Guides
Everything we have written, in one place. Eleven guides on golf gifts, what to carry on the course, and how to read a label. All written the same way: real numbers, the catch printed next to the claim, and our own products placed where they belong rather than at the top.
We make golf bars and grass-fed jerky, so our category appears in most of these. Where it does, the sodium and sugar are printed with it.
21 Gifts for Golfers, Sorted by What They Cost
The main gift guide. Four bands from under $25 to $150 and up, a price on every item, and the five things not to buy. Start here if you are buying for one golfer.
Golf gift guides
3 guidesThree more, for the cases the main guide covers only in passing.
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Golf gifts for men
Sorted by how much you know about his game rather than by price, because that is what actually decides whether a gift is safe.
13 ideas3 tiers
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Golf stocking stuffers
Twelve small things between $10 and $25 that get used up over a season, and the honest note on what does not fit a stocking.
12 ideas$10 to $25
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Golf tournament gift ideas
Tee gifts and prizes for a whole field, with the per player cost on each one and the lead times nobody mentions.
12 ideasPer player costs
On the course
2 guidesWhat to carry, and what to eat while you are playing.
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The 12 best golf snacks for the course
Ranked on how well they hold up over eighteen holes rather than on how good they taste standing still, with the catch on each one.
12 snacks4 tests
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What to put in your golf bag
Twelve things ordered by how much they change a round against how little they ask you to carry, plus four to leave at home.
12 itemsStand bag friendly
Snacks, bars and jerky
5 guidesLabel reading, category questions and the comparisons we do not dodge.
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Healthiest beef jerky: how to read the label
What the sodium, sugar and curing agents actually tell you, and which numbers are worth acting on.
8 checksLabel guide
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Is beef jerky processed meat?
Yes. What that does and does not mean, including the most common misreading of the 2015 classification.
Answer first6 sections
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Are CLIF bars healthy?
An honest look at a bar we compete with, measured on its own published numbers rather than on ours.
Answer firstComparison
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Protein bar before or after a workout?
Both, for different jobs, and why the bar that suits one is the wrong bar for the other.
Answer firstTiming guide
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High protein snacks you can actually carry
Eight snacks needing no fridge, ranked by protein per ounce against how little they ask of you.
11 snacksNo fridge
If you are buying a gift, start with the featured guide at the top. If you are working out what goes in the bag on Saturday, start with On the course.
Nothing here is sponsored and nothing is ranked by what it earns us. Where a list puts one of our own products first, the reason is printed with it.
