For Societies
Golf society prizes people actually take home.
The prize table is the bit organisers leave until last, and it shows. Half a dozen sleeves of balls, a plastic trophy nobody wants to dust, and a booby prize that goes straight in the bin on the drive home. We make golf society prizes on the other end of that: original golf art, mugs, cards and bottles that survive the week after the day.
Start with the table, not the products. Most societies decide what to buy before deciding how many prizes they need, then either overspend on the winner and leave nothing for the side competitions, or spread the budget so thin that every prize feels like a raffle. Work out the shape of the table first and the buying takes ten minutes.
How many prizes does a golf society day need?
For a typical society day of 20 to 30 players, six prizes covers it without dragging the presentation out: first, second and third on the day, nearest the pin, longest drive, and a booby prize for the card nobody wants to read out. Larger fields add a team prize and a guest prize. Beyond about eight, the presentation stops being a moment and starts being an assembly, and the prizes themselves get cheaper to stretch the pot.
What a full prize table actually costs
Here is the arithmetic from our own price list, for a six-prize table. Our cards start at £19.99, mugs at £16.99, bottles at £28.99 and posters at £14.99, so a table can be built at very different weights depending on what the day is for:
- Modest (society roll-up, subs-funded): a print for the winner, mugs for second and third, cards for the side competitions. Around £110 to £130 for six prizes.
- Standard (annual society day): a framed print for the winner, bottles for nearest the pin and longest drive, mugs down the field. Roughly £180 to £220.
- Captain's day or a trip: framed pieces for the top three, bottles for the side competitions. £300 upwards, and the winner gets something that goes on a wall rather than in a cupboard.
Those are our prices, not estimates from elsewhere, and they include UK delivery. Nothing here needs a minimum order.
Bigger fields: golf day prizes, tournaments and season-long competitions
A society roll-up and an annual golf day are different problems. Once the field passes about 35 players the table needs a team prize and usually a guest prize, and the arithmetic changes. Using the same price floors, a ten-prize table for a 40-player golf day runs to roughly £240: framed pieces for the top three at £32.99 each, bottles at £28.99 for nearest the pin and longest drive, mugs at £16.99 for a four-player team prize, and a mug for the booby. That is a whole golf day prize table for less than most societies spend on the halfway-house bacon rolls.
A season-long order of merit is cheaper again, because it spreads. Eight roll-ups with a mug for each winner is £135.92, and an overall champion's framed print at £32.99 plus a runner-up poster at £14.99 takes the full season to about £185. Set that against a single engraved trophy and it covers the whole calendar rather than one afternoon. Societies that run a competition across the year tend to find the per-event prize matters more than the final one, because it is the thing that gets people to turn up in February.
Nearest the pin, longest drive and the booby prize
The side competitions are where prize tables usually go wrong, because they get treated as afterthoughts. They are the prizes most likely to be won by someone who did not otherwise have a good day, which is exactly why they should be worth having. The Putting Line suits nearest the pin, being a green and its contours read from above. The Bunker Blast, a greenside splash caught mid-strike, has the right energy for longest drive. For the booby prize, The Halfway Hut is tea, a bacon roll and a glove on weathered timber, which is a kinder joke than a wooden spoon and still gets a laugh.
What we do not do: no engraving, trophies or society logos
Worth saying plainly, because most of this category sells the opposite. We do not engrave, we do not print society logos onto anything, and we do not do branded balls, tees or embroidered kit. Every piece carries its own artwork and that is the whole offer. If your day needs the society crest on a trophy, a trophy engraver will serve you better than we will, and we would rather tell you now than take the order.
Made to order in the UK for your society event
Everything is printed to order on gallery-grade stock in the UK, delivery included. Posters travel rolled in a tube; framed and canvas pieces arrive ready to hang. Because each piece is made when you order it, allow a few working days' production on top of delivery, and order a couple of weeks before the day if the table matters. If your date is tight, email us before you order and we will tell you honestly whether it can be done.
A greenside splash caught mid-strike, bold energetic linocut - sand-ochre, black and signal red.
An elevated view of a green and its contours, clean mid-century graphic - one flag, one tracking ball.
A golf bag against a bench at golden hour, as a warm pop-art print - the round remembered.
A sweeping heathland dogleg as a vintage travel poster - fairway green, heather purple, cream and ink.
Tea, a bacon roll and a golf glove on weathered timber, warm inviting oil - the pause at the turn.
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Questions, answered
How many prizes should a golf society have?
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Six covers a field of 20 to 30: first, second and third, nearest the pin, longest drive, and a booby prize. Bigger fields justify a team prize and a guest prize. Past about eight the presentation drags and the individual prizes get thin.
What are good prizes for nearest the pin and longest drive?
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Something a player keeps rather than consumes. A bottle or a smaller print works better than another sleeve of balls, because the side competitions are often won by someone who had a poor round otherwise, and a keepsake lands better than kit they already own. The Putting Line suits nearest the pin, and The Bunker Blast suits longest drive.
Can you add our society logo or engrave the prizes?
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No. We do not engrave, and we do not print society logos, crests or names onto anything. Every piece carries its own artwork. If the crest is essential to your day, a trophy engraver is the right supplier, not us.
What is the cheapest sensible society prize?
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Cards start at £19.99 and mugs at £16.99, both of which work down the field or as a booby prize. A digital download is £9.99 if you want something for a side competition on a roll-up rather than a full society day.
How far ahead should we order for a society day?
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A couple of weeks is comfortable. Everything is made to order, so there are a few working days of production before anything ships, and framed pieces take longer than posters. See our delivery and returns page for details, or email us first if your date is tight and we will give you a straight answer.
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