Home Improvement Ideas For Golf Enthusiasts

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Planning on redesigning your home and looking for a way to incorporate your passion for golf? Home improvement and golf might not seem like a great match, but it takes just a bit of creativity to bring your home to life with the spirit of your favorite sport. 

Whether you’re a golfer and you’re looking for a way to bring your passion home, or you live with a golfer and you want to surprise them, there are some fun ways you can bring golf into your home without it looking like a clubhouse. 

Here are our favorite home improvement ideas for golf enthusiasts. Try one of them or all of them, depending on your own preference! 

Design With The Course In Mind 

What comes to mind when you think of the golf course? It’s different for everyone, but some things you may think of are spaciousness, an open feeling, freedom, beauty, nature, and activity. These characteristics are what you want to bring to your home. 

There’s no clutter on the golf course. It’s wide open and easy to move through. While we understand that not every home has the space, if you can, designing your home with an open, walk-through feeling can help bring that freedom feeling to your space. 

If this is a little tricky, think of the feeling inside the golf clubhouse. Your own home club’s clubhouse may offer some design inspiration as well, from the decor to the furniture. 

Choose Your Colors Wisely 

The color usually associated with golf is green. But painting an entire room green could be a bit much, although it might seem logical when thinking about creating a golf-like feeling. 

Golf is a gentleman’s and gentlewoman’s game. While some golfers enjoy being a bit more on the quirky side with their fashion and go for the bold colors, the classics are muted, sleek, and plain. 

Neutral colors with a touch of brightness here and there work well for a golf-themed home. You can add dots and dashes of green here and there, but keep it subtle and make it a feature rather than a theme. 

Consider the Small Details 

Sometimes, it’s the little things that make the biggest difference. You don’t need to cover the walls with golf posters or paint everything green! Instead, look for small, unique ways to add golf personality to your home. 

For example, rather than a golf ball-covered tablecloth, stick to a sleek, sophisticated, and small centerpiece of a mounted golf ball. The golf touches should be subtle, not in-your-face! 

Vintage golf clubs standing in a corner, an old-school golf hat on a hook on the wall, a stack of golf books on the table, an aerial map of your favorite golf course… The options are endless! 

Use Natural Materials 

One of the overriding themes of golf is nature. You can’t get away from it, unless you’re hitting golf balls in a Topgolf arena! An easy way to add more golf energy to your home is to bring a little bit of nature indoors. 

You may immediately think of adding a few plants, which is an excellent idea. This brings the beautiful natural feeling of the golf course right to you. If you have a favorite golf course and it has certain flowers or natural features, why not go and find the same things to add to your home? You’ll get that golfing feeling every time you see them. 

Apart from plants, we recommend using natural materials as much as possible. By this, we mean choosing furniture and accessories made of wood, hemp, or other natural items rather than things like metal. 

The combination of all-natural materials and pretty plants in your home brings a lovely, nature-like feeling to each room, making you feel like you’re right on the course. 

Create a Golf Haven In a Spare Room 

If you really want to go all-out on the golf stuff, kit out a spare room in your home in full golfing glory. That way, not everyone who walks into your home is assaulted by golf stuff, but you still get to have your little slice of golfing heaven! 

Here, you can go golf-mad. Put a golf bedspread on the bed, hang a full-sized poster of your favorite player, install a movable putting green, and go all-out with your golfing fantasies. 

If you have the space, you can even install a home golf simulator. This will allow you to practice your swing and hone your skills no matter the weather or the time of day. This is your golf cave! 

Make Your Yard Golf-Friendly 

Here’s where you can have some practical fun! Even if you’ve got a small space to play with, you can create your own mini-golf layout so you always have the fun and excitement of a course right at hand. 

This may require some hard work on your part or a bit of a spend if you get someone else to do it. But think of how much fun it’ll be, either alone or with buddies! 

Another backyard idea is to install a golf net so you can practice your full swing outdoors whenever you want to. Just make sure the net is big enough to catch your wayward shots—you don’t want to accidentally break a neighbor’s window or conk them on the head with a flying golf ball. 

Conclusion 

When it comes to home improvement ideas for golf enthusiasts, all you need is a bit of creativity and the boldness to try new and unusual things! You don’t need to turn your home into a mock golf course, but there are ways to bring the game into your decor subtly and in an attractive way. 

Try some of these ideas out. In the end, it’s about what you love and feel comfortable with, but these ideas should bring the golfing feeling right into your space. Still struggling? An interior design course may be the way to go! 

About the Author

Jordan Fuller is a retired golfer who also has a passion for home renovations. When he’s not on the course or coming up with new ideas for his own home, he’s researching and writing value-packed articles for his website, Golf Influence.