5 easy gifts for the minimalist winter golfer

It’s rainy season in Seattle. Perhaps more relevant — it’s darkness season in Seattle. But that doesn’t mean golf season is over. It just means golf season is different. The days are short, there’s no time to waste and the USGA says your score doesn’t count, anyway, so it’s a good time to strip back to the essentials. My editors asked for a few things I’m bringing to the course — here are five:

1. The best gloves in golf

Most rain gloves look kind of stupid and some don’t even work that well. Get these white/gray FootJoys, which solve both problems for just $28. This is literally a must-buy for every golfer. I cannot emphasize enough that if you play golf, like, ever, you need to own these gloves. Stick ’em in your bag, grab ’em when necessary. Thank me later.

Footjoy Raingrip

Essential equipment for rain-ready play. RainGrip offers advanced wet weather performance, comfort and durability to let you focus on your play, not the rain.

$28 from Footjoy

2. An extra layer

If we’re playing golf in Seattle we should wear a little bit of Seattle, too. If it’s pouring I’ll send you to Galvin Green or FootJoy for a rain suit; if it’s just damp or chilly grab yourself a Radmor hoodie (I’ve become obsessed with cotton and these are the best on the market), hybrid jacket or both.

Radmor Higgins Hoodie

The Higgins 2.0 is crafted from a lighter weight loop terry knit, blending Organic Pima Cotton (the finest in the world) and elastane for exceptional comfort, breathability, and all day performance.

$145 from Radmor

3. A simple bag

You might think you need a bag with a stand for wet conditions. I dunno, maybe you’re right. Maybe I’m the idiot. But the Ping Moonlite is the one for me; I’ve tried a bunch of small bags and this one acts the biggest and most durable for some reason — and it’s easy to chuck in your trunk at a moment’s notice.

4. Shoes built for the job

Another Pacific Northwest brand, True, knows what they’re doing when it comes to setting you up to walk a golf course. The Lux Hybrids are built for wet conditions (just check the descriptions for each True shoe; some are built for warm weather, some are built for all weather.)

5. A speaker with perks

It’s a good speaker, it hangs off your bag, somehow it’ll tell you the yardage, too? Yes please.

Bushnell Wingman Mini GPS Golf Speaker

The Wingman Mini is a compact speaker that allows you to listen to your favorite tunes and get audible distances around the course. Ideal for both walkers and riders! LISTEN TO YOUR MUSIC AND GET AUDIBLE GPS DISTANCES The Wingman Mini features outstanding sound quality. Just connect to your music source, and the Bushnell Golf App for an experience unlike anything else on the course. HIT THE BUTTON FOR AUDIBLE FRONT, CENTER, BACK OF GREEN CALL-OUTS Get audible distance readings, from 38,000+ courses worldwide, through the Wingman Mini by simply pressing the “B” button. AUDIBLE 1ST TEE INTRODUCTIONS & CUSTOM SOUND BITES Get these by simply pressing the “B” button on the side of the unit. INTEGRATED BITE MAGNETIC CART MOUNT Wingman Mini features Bushnell’s franchise feature BITE magnetic mount that allows you to easily mount the Wingman Mini right on the cart bar. CARABINER CLIP Easily attach the Wingman Mini to your golf bag. TWS TECHNOLOGY This technology allows you to play two Wingman Mini speakers with the same audio simultaneously. NEW BUSHNELL GOLF APP The Bushnell Golf app provides additional product benefits, information and data to further help improve your game, as well as access to easily be able to update your GPS device (for 2021 GPS products and beyond). BUILT TO LAST The Wingman Mini is IPX7 fully waterproof.  

$99.99 from Fairway Jockey

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Bonus: The Stack.

This is the winter we get speedy, gang.

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