Funny Golf Gifts for Men That Will Actually Get Used

Updated on: October 22, 2026 • ~11 min read

Author: Graeme

Every golfer has a three-putt story.

Ours became a clothing brand.

So we take golf jokes seriously, and here's the uncomfortable truth about most funny golf gifts: they're funny exactly once.

The toilet putting set gets one laugh on Christmas morning. The joke mug gets another on Boxing Day. Then both go in the drawer with the "World's Best Golfer" mug.

The best funny golf gifts for men are jokes he can use every round: a headcover that heckles his driver, a ball marker that roasts his putting, a box of joke balls for the first tee, a pair of funny socks, or a hoodie with a cow tearing round in a golf cart across the front.

If the joke only works once, it isn't a gift. It's landfill with a bow on it.

In this guide, I'll take you through the funny golf gifts that actually get used, from stocking fillers for the bag to clothing he'll wear all winter, plus the gag gifts that fail the test.

About the author: Graeme Whiles founded Three Putt Golf Clothing, a brand named after golf's most relatable failure, and plays off 14 in West Yorkshire. He has reviewed more than 100 golf clothing brands on this journal.

In this guide:

• The best funny golf gifts at a glance
• Funny golf gifts for the bag
• Joke golf balls for the first tee
• Funny golf clothing he'll actually wear
• Funny gifts for the 19th hole
• Fun golf experiences
• The funniest gift of all: a private joke
• Funny golf gifts that fail the grass test
• Funny golf gift FAQs

The Best Funny Golf Gifts at a Glance

Short on time? Here are the picks that get used long after the laugh.

• For the bag: a Shanker "Fore Right" driver cover, a gopher headcover or a ball marker that looks like a cracker.
• For the first tee: a sleeve of exploding golf balls, or balls printed with his own face.
• To wear: our Reckless Driving or Tee Time designs, Frustrated Golfer socks or a Happy Gilmore "Go Home Ball" cap.
• For the 19th hole: a pint glass with a real golf ball in it, or a book of comic golf letters.
• For a night out: Puttshack, Swingers or Topgolf.
• Skip: the toilet putting set, crude prints he can't wear at the club and anything shaped like a golf ball that hangs on a wall.

My top pick: a dozen golf balls printed with a private joke. He'll tee it up all season, and it's the funniest golf gift I've ever been given.

Gift	Why it's funny	Price
Shanker Frustrated Golfer socks	For the shortest fuse in the four-ball	£9.99 / $9.99
Two Ruddy Ducks and a Partridge on a Par Three (book)	Letters from golf's most hopeless high-handicapper	£9.99 (UK)
Shanker Exploding Golf Balls (sleeve of 3)	A first-tee ambush	£11.99 / $11.99
Pins & Aces Gilmore Cracker ball marker	A ball marker that looks like a snack	£12 / $14.95
3 Putt King multi-tool	The title nobody wants	$14.99 (US only)
Golf ball pint glass	A real Titleist set into the glass	£18.99 / $24.99
Happy Gilmore hockey jersey towel	Happy's number 18 on his bag	£23 / $29.99
Happy Gilmore "Go Home Ball" cap	Happy's pre-shot pep talk	£27 / $28.95
Mug Shot Golf Balls (3)	His cartoon face on every drive	$29.99 (US only)
Three Putt Reckless Driving tee to hoodie	A cow banned from driving the buggy	£30.99 to £54.99
Three Putt Tee Time tee to hoodie	Tee time, tea time	£30.99 to £54.99
Shanker "Fore Right" driver cover	The shout he hears most	£34.99 / $39.99
Gopher headcover by Daphne's	A gopher guarding his driver	£34.99 / $45.99
"I WILL NOT 3 PUTT" ball marker	A promise he'll break by the 4th	$35 (US only)
Personalised Titleist Pro V1s (dozen)	A private joke on every ball	£52 / $58, plus text from £4 / $5
Swingers gift card	Crazy golf with cocktails	From £10 / $10
Puttshack voucher	Mini golf where the ball keeps score	From £20 / $10

Prices are from each seller's own website, checked on October 22, 2026. Some of these sellers only ship to one country, so I've said where each one sells. Three Putt prices are in pounds, and our shop shows your local currency.

How I Picked These Funny Golf Gifts

Every gift on this list passed the grass test: will it see grass, the range or the inside of a golf bag within a month of being unwrapped?

For a funny gift, I added one more rule. The joke has to land every time he uses it, not just when he opens it.

I also want to be upfront. I founded Three Putt Golf Clothing, so our own Reckless Driving and Tee Time designs appear in this guide.

Everything else is here because it's genuinely funny and genuinely used. No brand paid to be included, and there are no affiliate links. Our review methodology explains how we handle that conflict of interest.

Want something sensible instead? Our guide to the best golf gifts for men covers every budget, from stocking fillers to launch monitors.

Buying for the golfer who has everything? Our guide to unique golf gifts covers the things he won't already own.

Funny Golf Gifts for the Bag (Used Every Round)

The best place for a golf joke is inside the golf bag.

He'll see it on every tee, and so will everyone he plays with. That's a laugh every round for the price of one gift.

A Shanker "Fore Right" Driver Cover (£34.99 / $39.99)

"Fore" is the shout golfers give when a ball is heading for someone. "Fore right" is the one his playing partners shout every time he slices it.

London-based Shanker Golf embroiders it on a beer-can-style driver cover that fits any driver, so the heckle is built into the bag. UK buyers can also pick the Massive Slice or Mulligan versions at the same £34.99.

Best for: the golfer whose first tee shot has its own postcode.

A Gopher Headcover (£34.99 / $45.99)

Anyone who has seen Caddyshack will get this one straight away.

Daphne's Headcovers makes a gopher driver cover that holds a golf ball "as a peace offering", fits drivers up to 460cc and comes with a lifetime warranty. Daphne's ships within the US only, so UK buyers can get it from The Golf Shop Online (RRP £34.99).

Best for: the golfer who quotes Caddyshack on the first tee.

A Cracker Ball Marker (£12 / $14.95)

Pins & Aces' Gilmore Cracker is, in the brand's own words, "a dead ringer for a snack cracker". It's enamel on stainless steel, with a magnetic back that clips to a hat or divot tool.

It's the best-selling ball marker on the Pins & Aces store, rated 4.9 from more than 1,800 reviews. Pins & Aces is based in Colorado and ships worldwide for a flat $14.95.

Best for: the golfer who's always hungry by the 10th.

Three-Putt Jokes for the Bag (From $14.99, US Only)

We named a whole brand after the three-putt, so these two had to make the list.

Groovy Golfer's 3 Putt King multi-tool ($14.99) is a five-in-one divot tool, ball marker, groove brush, carabiner and bottle opener, engraved "3 PUTT KING". Its solid brass "I WILL NOT 3 PUTT" ball marker ($35) is a promise he'll break by the 4th.

Groovy Golfer ships to the US, Canada and Australia, but not the UK.

Best for: the golfer who knows exactly why we're called Three Putt.

A Happy Gilmore Towel (£23 / $29.99)

SWAG Golf sells an officially licensed Happy Gilmore 18 hockey jersey towel: a 42-inch microfibre waffle towel with a double-sided print.

It's funny, and it actually gets mud off his clubs. SWAG ships to the UK, but international buyers pay any import duties on delivery.

Best for: the golfer who still tries the Happy Gilmore run-up at the range.

Joke Golf Balls for the First Tee

Joke balls are the purest golf prank there is.

One rule before you buy: balls that explode or wobble don't conform to the Rules of Golf, so they're for the first tee of a friendly, not the monthly medal.

Shanker Exploding Golf Balls (£11.99 / $11.99)

Shanker's "Catastrophic" balls look like a normal branded sleeve until the moment they're hit, when each one explodes into a cloud of smoke.

A sleeve of three exploding golf balls is £11.99 / $11.99, or £29.99 for nine in the UK. Tee one up for him on a golf day and stand well back.

Best for: the golfer who takes his practice swings far too seriously.

Mug Shot Golf Balls ($29.99, US Only)

Groovy Golfer's Mug Shot Golf Balls are three custom golf balls printed with a cartoon version of his face.

They're proper golf balls, so he can play them. Whether he can bring himself to hit his own face is another matter.

Best for: the golfer with the biggest ego in the four-ball.

Funny Golf Clothing He'll Actually Wear

A joke he can wear is a joke that works every week.

The trick is choosing something clever rather than crude, so he can wear it to the range, the clubhouse and his mum's house.

Festive jumpers count too. Our guide to the best golf Christmas jumpers has the ones that work on a Boxing Day round.

Three Putt Golf Reckless Driving (From £30.99)

The cart's doing forty, the clubs are airborne and the cow at the wheel looks delighted.

Our Reckless Driving design is golf's two meanings of "driving" in one print, and it sits front and centre.

It comes on a 430gsm heavyweight hoodie (£54.99), a 400gsm crewneck sweatshirt (£47.99), a 305gsm cotton tee (£30.99) and a long-sleeve tee (£35.99).

Best for: the golfer who's been banned from driving the buggy.

Three Putt Golf Tee Time (From £30.99)

Tee time, tea time. The back print is a cow sat on a chair with a proper brew and its clubs leaning beside it, under a hand-drawn "Tee Time" sign. A smaller cuppa sits on the chest.

The cow goes back to where Three Putt started: a West Yorkshire field, a grandad, a bag of charity-shop balls and zero ego.

Tee Time comes on the same four garments at the same prices, and the Tee Time hoodie is the one I'd wrap.

Best for: the golfer for whom the halfway hut is a sacred ritual.

The Frustrated Golfer Socks (£9.99 / $9.99)

Shanker's Frustrated Golfer socks are one of the cheapest laughs in golf: a pair in UK sizes 9 to 12 (US 10 to 13), mostly cotton.

Best for: the golfer whose temper is shorter than his drives.

A Happy Gilmore "Go Home Ball" Cap (£27 / $28.95)

"Go home, ball" is the pep talk Happy gives himself before every shot. Netflix's official shop prints it on a golf rope cap for £27 in the UK and $28.95 in the US.

It's a five-panel cap with a contrast rope and snapback, so it looks like proper golf kit rather than a fancy-dress prop.

Best for: the golfer who talks to his ball. Out loud.

Funny Gifts for the 19th Hole

Not every golf joke belongs on the course. Some belong at the bar afterwards, where the round gets retold with better scores.

And if the 19th hole is the whole point of his golf, our pub golf outfit ideas will dress him for a different kind of round.

A Golf Ball Pint Glass (£18.99 / $24.99)

A pint glass with a real Titleist ball set into the side. It gets a "where did you get that?" every time it comes out of the cupboard.

In the US, BenShot makes them by hand in Wisconsin, at $24.99 for a 16oz pint glass. BenShot only ships within the US, but its UK partner, Innit, sells a 20oz golf ball pint glass for £18.99, handmade in Lincolnshire.

Best for: the golfer whose best shots happen at the bar afterwards.

A Funny Golf Book (£9.99)

Two Ruddy Ducks and a Partridge on a Par Three by Clive Agran is about 100 letters from Mortimer Merriweather, a hopeless high-handicapper, to a long list of famous names.

The title comes from one of them, which asks a bird charity to rename the bogey, double, triple and quadruple bogey after birds. It's £9.99 in paperback from Merlin Unwin Books and Waterstones.

Best for: the golfer who reads the club newsletter for the complaints.

Fun Golf Experiences

Sometimes the funniest gift is a night out with a putter in his hand.

Puttshack (Vouchers From £20 / $10)

Puttshack is tech-infused mini golf with a full bar and restaurant, and the ball keeps score for you, so nobody can fiddle the card.

There are four UK venues (Bank, Lakeside, Watford and White City) and about 20 in the US. UK vouchers run from £20 to £200 and last 12 months; US gift cards are $10 to $500.

Best for: a night out with mates who are better at golf than you.

Swingers (Gift Cards From £10 / $10)

Swingers is crazy golf for grown-ups: carnival games, cocktails and a course that doesn't care about his handicap.

In the UK it's London's West End only. In the US there are venues in Washington DC, New York (NoMad), Las Vegas (at Mandalay Bay) and Boston (Back Bay). Gift cards start at £10 in the UK and $10 in the US.

Best for: the golfer whose friends don't play golf.

Topgolf

Topgolf turns the driving range into a night out, with targets, automatic scoring and food. It has four UK venues and more than 100 in the US, and our guide to what to wear to Topgolf covers the rest.

Best for: the work night out where half the team has never held a club.

The Funniest Golf Gift of All: A Private Joke

The funniest golf gift I've ever received didn't come from a novelty shop.

It was a dozen balls a mate had printed with "Three Putt" for my birthday. I've never laughed harder on a first tee, and I was still playing them six months later.

That's the formula: a ball he'd play anyway, plus a joke only your group understands.

Titleist's Pro V1 Custom service prints up to three lines of text, 17 characters a line, on a dozen Pro V1s (£52 / $58) for an extra £4 / $5 or more.

So print his worst moment on them. "Fore Right Again". "Shanks For Coming". The name of the bunker he lived in on the club trip.

Every ball he loses becomes a story for whoever finds it.

Best for: the golfer with a story his mates will never let him forget.

Buying for your dad? Swap the joke for the family's names and a custom play number. Our guide to personalised golf gifts for dad shows how.

Funny Golf Gifts That Fail the Grass Test

I'm all for a laugh. However, these get one, and then they get a drawer.

The Toilet Putting Set

The most famous funny golf gift in the world, and one of the least used.

It gets one laugh, then lives behind the bathroom door until someone moves house.

Jokes He Can't Wear in the Clubhouse

Some "funny" golf gifts are just crude. If he can't wear it in the clubhouse, at the range or in front of his kids, it'll never leave the drawer.

Clever beats rude every time. A pun survives a dress code. A swear word on a polo doesn't.

Golf-Themed Home Decor

A clock shaped like a golf ball. A cushion with a pun on it. They're funny in the shop and invisible a week later, because none of it goes anywhere near a golf course.

Our guide to the best golf gifts for men has the full list of what not to buy, "World's Best Golfer" mug included.

Final Thoughts

The funniest golf gifts aren't the loudest ones.

They're the headcover that gets a groan on every tee, the ball marker that roasts him on every green and the hoodie that starts a conversation in the clubhouse.

Run the joke through the grass test. If he'll use it, buy it. If he'll only laugh at it, buy him a pint instead.

If you'd like the joke to come with a heavyweight hoodie attached, start with our Reckless Driving and Tee Time collections. UK delivery is free on every order, and US orders of $40 or more ship free.

And for gifts that are useful first and funny second, our best golf gifts guide has ideas at every budget. If he already owns it all, see our guide to unique golf gifts for the golfer who has everything.

Frequently Asked Questions About Funny Golf Gifts

What are some funny golf gifts he'll actually use?

Pick jokes that live in the golf bag or on him. A novelty driver cover such as Shanker's "Fore Right", a gopher headcover, a cracker-shaped ball marker, a Happy Gilmore towel or a pair of Frustrated Golfer socks all get used every round. A hoodie with a funny print, like our Reckless Driving or Tee Time designs, gets worn every week too.

What are the best gag gifts for golfers?

Exploding golf balls are the classic: Shanker's look like a normal sleeve until they're hit, then burst into a cloud of smoke, at £11.99 / $11.99 for three. Balls printed with his own cartoon face are a close second. Keep pranks for friendly rounds and golf days, because joke balls don't conform to the Rules of Golf.

What are some funny prizes for a golf day?

Funny prizes work best when the whole field gets the joke: exploding balls for the longest drive, Frustrated Golfer socks for the worst score, a cracker-shaped ball marker for nearest the pin, or a "3 Putt King" multi-tool for the most putts. If he's playing in one, our guide to what to wear to a charity golf day covers the dress code.

What are good novelty gifts for a golfer?

The best novelty golf gifts are useful first and funny second: headcovers, ball markers, towels, socks and caps with a joke on them. Novelty items that never leave the house, like golf-ball clocks and toilet putting sets, get one laugh and then a drawer. If the gift won't see grass, the range or his golf bag within a month, skip it.

Can he use joke golf balls and novelty gear in a round?

Novelty headcovers, ball markers, towels, socks and caps are fine in any round. Joke balls are different: balls that explode or wobble don't conform to the Rules of Golf, so they can't be played in a competition or a round he's putting in for handicap. Use them on the first tee of a friendly, then put a proper ball down.

What is a good funny golf gift under £20?

Under £20 ($25), the best funny golf gifts are Shanker's Frustrated Golfer socks (£9.99), a sleeve of exploding balls (£11.99), the Gilmore Cracker ball marker from Pins & Aces (£12) or a golf ball pint glass from Innit (£18.99). In the US, Groovy Golfer's 3 Putt King multi-tool is $14.99. All of them make good stocking fillers or Secret Santa gifts. Our cheap golf gifts guide has the sensible ones.