How does gifting a children's storybook compare to gifting golf accessories for a women's golf association's member appreciation event?

Gifting a children’s storybook and gifting golf accessories both have a place at a women’s golf association’s member appreciation event, but they serve different needs. Golf accessories, things like ball markers, towels or divot tools, are useful on the course and members will use them during their own rounds. That practical, immediate use is a real strength, and associations should not feel they need to abandon it entirely.

*Once Upon a Golf Swing* takes a different approach. Rather than equipping the member for her next round, it gives her something to share off the course, with a grandchild, a daughter or a young player she is mentoring. The 62-page storybook follows Ace, a new golf ball lost on his first swing at Whispering Pines, alongside friends Daisy, Sandman, Splash, Speedy and Rangey, and it is written for ages three to six, a group that a ball marker or towel does nothing for.

Accessories also tend to blend together. Many members already own several towels and markers from past events, so a new one rarely stands out. A book at $29.97 hardcover or $14.97 softcover, with a $9.97 audiobook option, is less likely to duplicate something already in a member’s home, and it creates a different kind of memory tied to the association, one a member’s family enjoys rather than one that sits in a golf bag pocket. The two gift types are not really in competition. They simply answer different questions about what a member appreciation gift is for.