Golf Brands That Make It By Hand

Watercolour golf course maps from Austin — hundreds of courses, commissions open.

Hi-loft sherpa fleece headcovers hand-sewn in California, with vintage ski-resort and country-club patches sewn on top.

Two ex-Nike craftsmen in Nike's old Fort Worth building — wedges ground by hand, fitting required.

Hand-knit retro headcovers from Austin, one at a time, taught by the maker's mother.

Hunter Myran hand paints hickory alignment sticks in North Dakota, names on both ends included, since 2024.

A father and son making leather grips in Texas — Horween leathers, no minimums, no paid endorsements.

Handmade leather, Harris Tweed and waxed canvas golf goods, made in Louisville since 2015.

The original hickory alignment stick, hand painted in Minnesota since 2017 and in Ryder Cup bags the same year.

One-of-one headcovers reworked from Supreme, Palace, Carhartt and Nike pieces in a Yorkshire workshop.

Hill Country silversmith, est. 1992 — sterling ball markers, never more than ten from one design.

Handmade 42-inch hickory alignment sticks at $55, from a shop founded on making the gear it couldn't find.

Handmade leather golf headcovers, belts and accessories, made in Nova Scotia since 2014.

David Edel fitted putters by where you actually aim, measured with a mirror and a laser. He sold the company in 2023; the method outlived him.

A cabinetmaker's hexagonal ash alignment sticks, laminated like a split-cane fly rod so they flex and return straight.

A Chicago-born musician in Los Angeles who taught himself to screenprint and embroider; funny slogan hats, every one $39.

Harris Tweed and tartan headcovers made to order in Fife — plus RAF flight suits and Augusta coveralls cut into covers.

One-of-one headcovers cut from vintage jerseys and course towels, plus hardwood alignment sticks.

One-of-a-kind headcovers cut in Brooklyn from 1940s quilts, old camp tents and fly-fishing waders, by a Melbourne surfer turned ad creative director.

Vancouver, 2018. Forged irons and wedges custom-built in-house, sold direct at near off-the-rack prices.

Hickory alignment sticks finished by hand in the Hudson Valley, named for the founder's daughters; a numbered Sun Mountain edition in 2026.

Family-owned; cuts, stains and paints hickory alignment sticks to your colours and stripe design.

Golf bags, shoe bags, coolers and duffels, cut and sewn in its own New Jersey factory a few miles from Midtown.

Hand-knit wool headcovers since 1962. Nicklaus, Watson and Ryder Cup teams carried them.

A six-person Texas machine shop — engraved putters, markers and leather from Tyson Lamb's bench.

Handmade headcovers and Sunday bags from an Orewa workshop: mallards, beach birds, silver ferns and a sense of humour.

Paige Harding and Adam Brown cut and sew wool, tartan and corduroy headcovers in their own studio in the Perth hills, plus waxed canvas pouches and custom work from football shirts.

Handmade carry bags since 1985 — and the maker behind collabs for Fyfe, Sugarloaf, Miura and Bandon Dunes.

A small Denver leather shop making golf's small things: scorecard holders, tee rings, hammered repair tools and a RossCo headcover.

Hand-painted ball markers with a sense of humor, plus one-of-one headcovers sewn from old jerseys, out of St. Johns, Portland, since 2021.

Handmade Portuguese headcovers and towels, made to order on a three-week lead.

Manchester golf brand for the hero shot: skull ball markers, handmade Harris Tweed headcovers and Play Golf Recklessly.

Custom hickory alignment sticks, painted and laser-etched to order, with a Nantucket streak.

Screen-printed by one person in Perth who refuses wholesale on principle.

Ben Selby’s studio makes every cap to order in small batches, aged and distressed by hand, all at $50.

Formerly ORCA Golf. Founded by Deborah and Erica Bennett; bag supplier to the 2023 LPGA International Crown.

Small-batch hardwood goods from the Florida panhandle — the only black walnut alignment sticks in the category.

An Ohio machine shop cutting solid copper divot tools on CNC, with enamel-filled engraving that patinas with use.

A glove company that also turns Appalachian hickory into beeswax-sealed, bronze-capped alignment sticks.

Ash alignment sticks made to order in Scotland by a maker with an R&A-funded PhD in golf-ball design.

Hand-cut wool headcovers and blacksmith-hammered markers from a Beaverton workshop that covered the 2016 U.S. Ryder Cup team.

Solid copper ball markers, laser-engraved and finished by hand, led by a desert roadrunner in sunglasses.

American hickory alignment sticks wrapped by hand in waxed Irish linen thread — a first run out of West Virginia, 2026.

Machined brass and titanium divot tools balanced by hand, plus a magnetic ball-mark bag tag. Our top pick in Small Things, Big Impact.

Custom leather headcovers and towels made largely in the USA since 2006.

Zoe Walker-Faure's hand-sewn headcovers, started in a college dorm with her mother and grandmother.