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THE WORST EVER GOLF-RELATED CHRISTMAS PRESENTS

ROD MORRI

Golf Australia magazine contributor and columnist and The Thing About Golf podcast co-host

It would be an all but impossible task to argue it is a good idea for nongolfers to indulge in golf gift shopping.

The game is too complex for most of us who play to understand, how could we possibly expect the uninitiated to get it right?

But for all the clickable scorekeepers, golf ball monogramming sets, all-in-one divot tools with attached club cleaner and other assorted nonsense that have been received by those of us with the affliction, we should remain upbeat.

Sure, it’s a double loss when one of these useless contraptions peeks out from the wrapping paper. Not only have you received a gift you will never use but you have missed out on a gift you might

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