Discover the training aids that GOLF staffers loved the most this year!
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Welcome to GOLF’s 2024 holiday edition of Our Picks, where our experts are hand-selecting the items you — and your golf-loving family and friends — need on your radar. Scroll below for our latest batch of recommendations, and visit our Best Golf Stuff of 2024 hub page for more articles.
While the offseason can throw any golfer off his or her game, training aids can help keep your game sharp during the cold weather months.
But which training aids are the best? Now that’s the question.
At GOLF.com and GOLF Magazine, we see it all. The good stuff you want is on our website and in the pages of our magazine, hand-picked by our golf-loving experts who have been dialing in our best estimation of what exactly you (the reader!) wants. This holiday season, our staff put their heads together to come up with gift ideas you’ll jump at, both from our sister site Fairway Jockey and other brands across the U.S. The result? Must-have items any golfer would love — and just in time for shopping season.
The indoor training aids that we loved in 2024
Keep scrolling to see the most effective golf training aids that we used in 2024.
I tried the Power Shift Board for the first time at the PGA Show last year and I was absolutely blown away for a couple reasons. The first being the barrier to entry. You don’t have to be an expert to use it and gain something from your time practicing with this device. Another reason I am a huge fan of this training aid is because of the physical and audible feedback it gives you. You’ll know you made a proper weight shift when you can feel and hear it click. While using this device, that feedback actually helped me understand how much I could push into the ground without losing control and made me realize I had some untapped power in my swing. — Maddi MacClurg
This funky-looking iron’s sure to turn heads when you show up at the range or indoor simulator, but you’ll have the last laugh when everyone notices you’re making center-face contact on a club that’s half the size of a normal clubface. It’s intimidating (and difficult) to hit, but the PureOne Training Iron tests your ability to become a ball-striking pro. If you can hit it good with this, you can hit it good with anything! — Nick Dimengo
My favorite thing about the GPOD is that it’s agile and light enough to bring anywhere you go. So if you’ve got a spare hour to waste while visiting your in-laws, you can go in the garage, set this bad boy up, and get instant feedback on your swing. Not only does it get you out of washing dishes around the holidays, but it’ll surely make you the life of the party, too. That’s a win-win! — Nick Dimengo
OK, as a matter of full disclosure, I don’t have this item — but I need it, as it has all that I want to improve my putting indoors. There’s a putting mirror. We like those — they’re all the rage. There’s a marble putting gate. We like those — they’re also very popular among the pros. There’s a putting laser. We like those — because, well, lasers. But yeah, if your stroke or your alignment is the issue in your putting, this is a must-have. — Nick Piastowski
Anything that’s good enough for Scottie Scheffler should be good enough for every amateur player — which is why the GolfForever Swing Trainer should be on your holiday wish list this year. Designed for the golfer on the go, you can set this trainer up in a hotel during a business trip, the basement for those after-work nights, or on your golf cart before a round during a golf trip to escape the colder weather. So instead of always working on your swing or exhausting over every three-foot putt, try priming your body this winter instead. — Nick Dimengo
