Fourth of July weekend is here, which means bad fireworks, worse traffic, and if you play your cards right, a genuinely great few days on the course. This week: a golf cart designed by an Apple alum, a PGA Tour pro's watch collection, and everything you need before the long weekend hits.

01 — Best Things This Week

Tommy Fleetwood and the Art of Being a Golf Dad

Fleetwood's the rare tour pro whose best stat isn't on a scorecard. He's stepfather to two boys and father to a third, and by his own account he's been a parental figure to one of them since age five. Worth the read even if you don't care about his ball-striking.

Talking Watches: With Keith Mitchell

Hodinkee sat down with PGA Tour pro Keith Mitchell in St. Simons Island for a look at his collection. Not the first time we’ve talked about Keith and his watch collection, for good reason.

Amble One

Julian Honig, ex-Apple design, teamed up with Michael Tropper to build a street-legal electric buggy that splits the difference between a golf cart, a Mini Moke, and a lunar rover. No doors, a cork steering wheel, a canvas roof, and it weighs a quarter of what an electric Mini Cooper does.

02 — Brand Spotlight: 3PuttRound

Most golf accessory brands are trying to sell you something you didn't know you needed. 3PuttRound is doing something rarer, making the stuff you already carry more fun. Our favorite product is The Tee Case: an iPhone case with a built-in tee compartment, a tongue-in-cheek play on the popular rhode lip gloss holder. Your wife will know what we’re talking about.

It's a small idea, executed well, which is the whole 3PuttRound thesis. They're not trying to be a lifestyle brand with a golf angle, they're a golf brand, full stop, with a sense of humor about it.

03 — Poll of the Week

Who makes the best golf bag?

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Sid Mashburn Polo Belt — $175

Hand-embroidered in Colombia, built for an actual polo match, overbuilt for your Saturday round. This is the belt you buy once and wear until your kids fight over it.

SSC x PAYNTR Summer Slides — $50

Made to expose your golf sock tan is the tagline, and there's no better one-line pitch for a golf slide. Function follows form here, in the best way.

Gravity Caddy Mini — $99

A foot-pedal short-game ball feeder with zero batteries. If you've ever bent over 40 times during a chipping session, you understand why this exists. Pre-order now, ships July 6.

Fried Egg Shotgun Start Dad Hat — $35

Part of Fried Egg's Red, White and Blue collection, timed perfectly for the weekend. Clean, not loud, the kind of hat that works at the club and at the tailgate.

05 — Sales

Criquet Summer Final Sale

Up to 40% off. Their polos rarely go on sale, so when they do, you move. Stock up before the good sizes disappear.

06 — What We're Listening To

DJ Set, Brooklyn — Barry Can't Swim

Recorded live in Brooklyn a couple weeks ago. Good for the drive to the course, better for the drive home after a bad front nine.

Stay cool, swing easy. See you next week.


— Riley, Founder & Editor