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The gift guide for golfers

Unusual Golf Gifts

Most golf gifts are novelty. A coaster, a joke book, a towel with a slogan on it. It gets opened, laughed at once, and lives in a drawer.

The gifts on this page do something different: each one either helps a golfer hit it further or tells them whether they did. Five things from £14.99 to £199.99, built and sold by two brothers, one of them a PGA Professional.

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Strikely Performance Cap Swing Acceleration Stick — Spare Weight Set (50g + 35g) Swing Acceleration Stick

What to buy the golfer who has everything

This is the question behind most golf gift searches, and the honest answer is that nobody has everything. Most golfers have clubs, balls, gloves, a bag, a towel, a rangefinder and probably three head covers they never use.

Here is what they almost certainly do not have:

A way to train swing speed

Golfers buy distance by replacing the driver. Training the swing that holds it is the cheaper route and hardly anyone does it, because it needs a tool and a plan rather than a purchase.

A number

Ask a club golfer how fast they swing and most do not know. They know their handicap, their usual carry with a seven iron, and roughly where the ball goes. The actual figures sit behind a fitting appointment they have never booked.

Both gaps are fillable for under £200. Neither is filled by another towel.

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Five things, cheapest first. Each one either helps them hit it further or tells them whether they did.

Under £20
Strikely Performance Cap

Strikely Performance Cap

£14.99

The stocking filler that gets worn. No sizing question, and no golfer owns too many caps.

Why it's a good gift

A structured six-panel cap in performance fabric, with laser-perforated ventilation across the side and rear panels, a woven rope detail on the crown, a pre-curved brim and an adjustable snapback. Embroidered Strikely logo. Black or white. One size fits most.

It is the safest gift on this page, because the sizing question does not arise and no golfer owns too many caps.

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Under £20, one condition
Swing Acceleration Stick — Spare Weight Set (50g + 35g)

Swing Acceleration Stick — Spare Weight Set (50g + 35g)

£19.99

One set at home, one in the bag, and a lost weight never stops a session.

Only fits the Strikely Swing Acceleration Stick. Check they own one first.

Why it's a good gift

Two screw-on weights for the Swing Acceleration Stick, 50g and 35g, machined from the same brushed aluminium alloy as the originals. Twelve-month warranty.

If they do not own the stick, this is a bag of metal. If they do, it is the gift that says you knew what they already had, which is a harder thing to pull off than spending more.

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Under £70
Swing Acceleration Stick

Swing Acceleration Stick

£69.00

The three-stage speed trainer, with a printed six-week programme in the box.

Why it's a good gift

A 240g main barrel, plus 35g and 50g add-on weights that thread onto the tip, so one stick covers the full progression from light to loaded. Twelve-month warranty.

The training principle is overspeed: swing something lighter than a driver at full effort and the nervous system revises what full speed feels like, then add load so the body builds the strength to keep it. It is the same principle the branded systems use. The difference is what it costs and how many pieces you have to store.

For context, Google's UK shopping results for "golf swing trainer" on 14 September 2026 showed SKLZ Gold Flex at £39.99 and £44.98 from Costco, a Pure2Improve adjustable trainer at £69.99 from Sports Direct, a Rawspeed trainer at £99.00 from American Golf, and the Orange Whip at £99.95. The band runs roughly £40 to £100 and ours sits in the middle of it.

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Under £150
SPG portable launch monitor

SPG portable launch monitor

£149.99

For the golfer who argues about how far they hit a seven iron. Club speed, ball speed, smash factor, carry and total distance.

Why it's a good gift

A compact launch monitor with on-course and driving range modes, a backlit LCD and USB-C charging. In the box: kickstand, instruction manual, screen cloth and cable. It fits in a golf bag.

Give them the means to settle the argument. Fair warning: the answer is usually shorter than the story.

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The one giftBest gift
Strikely Speed Training & Launch Monitor Bundle

Strikely Speed Training & Launch Monitor Bundle

£199.99£19.00 less than buying both separately

The Swing Acceleration Stick and the SPG Portable Launch Monitor together. One trains the speed, the other proves it moved.

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Swing Acceleration Stick
Swing Acceleration Stick · £69.00
SPG portable launch monitor
SPG portable launch monitor · £149.99

Why the bundle

The stick moves the number. The monitor proves it moved.

The reason to buy both rather than one is that they answer each other. Six weeks of training with no baseline reading is six weeks of guessing, and a baseline reading with no training plan is a number that never changes.

£199.99£19.00 less than buying both separately

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What we do not sell

Worth saying plainly, because gift guides rarely do.

We sell five things: a cap, a spare weight set, a speed trainer, a launch monitor and the bundle. We do not sell balls, gloves, clubs, bags, shoes, nets, mats or rangefinders. If the golfer you are buying for wants any of those, a full-line retailer serves them better than we do.

We also have no independent accuracy testing to publish for our launch monitor. It reports the five figures listed above, and the honest position is that we have not put it in front of a third-party tester alongside a TrackMan. If published test data is what decides the purchase for you, the Shot Scope LM1, the PRGR Portable and the GolfBuddy Shot Mate have longer public track records in the same price bracket.

Questions people ask

What is a good gift for a golfer who has everything?

Something that changes a number rather than adding an object. Most golfers own every accessory and no training tool. A speed trainer at £69.00 or a launch monitor at £149.99 fills a gap that clubs, balls and gloves do not.

What are some good golf gift ideas for men under £20?

A cap he will wear, or a consumable he will use up. Ours is the £14.99 Performance Cap. Avoid anything sized, anything branded to a club he does not belong to, and anything whose only feature is a joke.

What is a good golf gift for dad?

Something he will use rather than display. If he talks about losing distance, the Swing Acceleration Stick at £69 comes with a printed six-week programme. If he argues about how far he hits it, the SPG Portable Launch Monitor at £149.99 settles it. If it is the one big present, the bundle at £199.99 has both.

What are good golf gifts for women?

Everything on this page suits any golfer who wants to hit it further. The launch monitor reads any swing, and the cap comes in black or white. The Swing Acceleration Stick comes in one size, 45 inches and 325g, so if she plays a noticeably shorter driver, check the length against hers first. Our swing speed chart has figures for women golfers by handicap and age, so you can see where she starts.

Will a swing trainer work for a beginner?

Yes, with a caveat. Overspeed training builds speed, and a beginner usually needs contact before speed. A beginner will get more from the launch monitor, because it shows what is happening. A golfer who already strikes it reasonably and wants distance is the right buyer for the stick.

Is it safe to give as a gift to someone with a bad back?

Treat it like any other physical training. The programme is progressive and starts at the lightest stage for that reason. Anyone with an existing injury or health condition should check with a medical professional before starting a new training programme. If that applies, the launch monitor is the safer gift of the two.

How do I know whether they already own a Strikely stick?

The Spare Weight Set is the only item on this page that depends on it. Everything else stands alone. If you are unsure, the bundle removes the question entirely.

What is smash factor, and why does the monitor report it?

Ball speed divided by club speed. It measures how much of the swing reaches the ball rather than how fast the swing is. It is one of the five figures the SPG monitor reports, and it is the one that tells a golfer whether a bad drive was slow or badly struck.

Keep reading

Swing Speed Training

How the three-stage speed trainer works, and what's in the free six-week programme.

How to Increase Golf Swing Speed

What creates club head speed and how to train it.

Golf Swing Speed Chart

Average speeds by age, gender and handicap, so they know where they are starting.