To help take the stress out of holiday shopping, we’ve turned to our team to share their top gift ideas that the golfer in your life will enjoy.
Written by: Matt Stuckenberg, Assistant Manager at Golf Town South Surrey
Our Holiday Gift Shop is officially open! Looking for the best tech to help you improve your game? I’m here to help narrow down your choices with my top picks for tech gifts this holiday season that any golfer would love.
Theragun Mini
The Theragun line of products in a new addition to the Golf Town Catalogue this year, and it has quickly become a favourite of mine and a great talking point amongst customers in store. This percussive therapy device provides welcome relief after some intense work down at the driving range, I find it to be a great help in easing those stiff muscles the following day.
Garmin S62
For the golfer who is looking for not only the best golf watch, but a fantastic everyday smartwatch, the S62 is the gold standard in this regard. With full in depth 3D screens detailing the entire hole layout and the ability to move the pin to the exact position via the 1.2 inch digital touchscreen. You can rest assured that you will be perfectly dialed in for every game that you play.
Garmin Venu SQ
For the fitness fanatic in your family, the new Garmin Venu SQ is an absolute must have this holiday season, with the ability to provide high level fitness tracking functions such as the ability to track your sleep and show you a digital read out of your body battery, the new Garmin Venu SQ smartwatch is the go-to fitness smart watch for the fitness fanatic in your life.
Bushnell Wingman
The Bushnell wingman that was released this year has been a massive hit with our customers, with its patented stick to anything bite technology, and fantastic sound quality the wingman is a great partner to have while you are out with your local foursome. Not only does it have the ability to play your favourite music while you are out on the course, it also has a fully integrated GPS that will read and tell you your distances while you are out on course with a database of 36 000 courses. You can not only dial in your game, but create an awesome atmosphere with friends and family while you do it.
Arccos Golf Tracking System
The Arcos tracking system, has become the standout 1 stop solution for anyone who is looking to better understand the key data metrics surrounding their golf swing such as average club distances, strokes gained per round, and a one-stop integrated caddie solution that will provide club recommendations after 5 rounds of usage and data gathering. With golf’s off season rapidly approaching, the Arccos golf tracking system can provide the perfect gift for the golfer in your life who is looking to better understand his swing and use the off season as an opportunity to dial in his game and improve his overall play
Bushnell Pro XE
The Bushnell brand of range finders has been the go-to choice not only for most amateur golfers around the world, but it is increasingly being used by the professionals out on tour during their practice rounds to get precise yardages. The Bushnell Pro XE, is the best in this line of an already fantastic range of laser range finders that Bushnell produce. With ability to turn slope on as well as take into account elemental factors such as temperature and barometric pressure, you will get the most accurate distance possible to make picking what club and shot to play just that little bit easier. Combine this with Bushnell’s fantastic magnetic bite technology that means you can mount it to any metal cart or surface that is close at hand and a fully waterproofing casing, you can rest easy knowing that you have a product that is going to stand up in any weather condition for a long time to come.
The Golf Buddy Laser 1S
A newer entry into the world of range finders, is the small and compact Golf Buddy Laser 1S range finder. This fantastic looking product provides you with top tier clarity, a wide LCD for the best visibility possible as well as slope calculation function and pin seeker mode. This range finder provides fantastic value at $329.99 for the load of features that come as standard in its small design. This would be the perfect pickup for the golfer in your life who is looking to take his game to the next level by getting precise yardages every time he is out on the course at a price that does not break the bank.
Tour V5
It is usually very difficult to replace a product as popular and successful as the Bushnell Tour V4 was. Bushnell seem to have done that with their all new Tour V5, with a brand new casing system, slightly larger size as well as magnetic bite cart mount and the visual jolt technology that confirms to you that you are indeed locked on to your target, despite being the entry level offering in the new 2020 line of products, you are by no means missing out on anything by choosing this model. It is the absolute must have for the golfer who is looking to step up his game and get into the fantastic line of Bushnell products.
The Garmin Approach S20
The Garmin approach line of products has always been the absolute must have product when it comes to Golf GPS watches. The S20 has been popular for numerous customers who have come in looking to get a GPS golf watch. With its database of 40 000+ courses, to it’s helpful smart phone integrations that means that you will never miss any notifications while you are out on course, the S20 will be an absolute hit with the golfer in your life. This is made all the more attractive by the new price point on the S20 of $169.99. Packed with a load of features and fantastic battery life, the Garmin Approach S20 with its compact size will make the perfect gift under the tree or in the stocking of the golfer in your family.
Garmin G8
For the golfer in your life that likes to have an exact layout of the hole he is about to play before he hits his next shot, the Garmin G8 is a must have. With its large reflective colour touch screen providing crisp visuals and the built in play like distance measurement tool, you can go into any hole confident of exactly where you need to play your next shot. When you combine these features with the ability to track your scorecard, 38 000 pre loaded courses right out of the box and the ability to receive smart notifications. You need to look no further than the Garmin G8 in terms of a dedicated hand held golf device.
ABOUT MATT
Matt Stuckenberg is the Assistant Manager at Golf Town South Surrey. He has been working at Golf Town for the past 2 and a half years. His favourite local course is Belmont, which despite its short length, provides a stern test for any golfer with its dramatic elevation changes and unique layout. He has played golf on every continent apart from South America and Australia, so his personal aim within the coming years is to try and find a beautiful course on both these continents to play so that he can mark it off his bucket list.
Matt, Your list has a lot of Garmin & Bushnell products. Actually, I am a fan of these products too! These are the best. Keep up the good work.