Funny golf team names are one of the ways golfers can express their personalities. Sure, a witty name doesn’t affect how you play, but it will help others remember you and give everybody a good chuckle.
As time has gone on, players have become a bit more lighthearted. This has meant that in the 21st century, there has been a rise in the popularity of funny golf names for teams.
So, let’s run through 200+ funny golf team names to give you some inspiration. We’ve got classics like the Back 9 Bandits, fantasy golf team names such as The Bogey Men, and names based on puns and wordplay like Party of Fore.
Don’t forget to try out your own to get your buddies laughing at your next tournament together…
How to Choose a Funny Golf Team Name
Here are some tips on how you can choose funny golf nicknames for your teams so you can have the best golf team names:
- Write a list of your favorite golf words and another list of your favorite words and phrases your friends use. Then mix and match them to find a great fit.
- Go through similar-sounding words that you can play on for a golf name
- Think about pop culture references to films or movies
- Keep it short and sweet under 5 words
- Or write a really long one to annoy your opponents 🙂
The Classics: Best Golf Team Names
Here is a list of some of the best golf scramble team names that have been used for years.
- 19th Holers – it’s not all about what happens on the course, it’s the socializing after too
- Back 9 Bandits – a common team name
- Back 9 Boys – for the boys
- Back 9 Girls – for the girls
- Back Spinners – it’s what they excel at
- Ball Busters – expect a few cracked balls!
- Ball Boys – they are constantly fetching their balls
- Balls Deep – no need to explain this one
- Balls Deep in Water – many lost balls
- Ball Losers – same again
- Balls and Bros – there are few better ways to spend your time
- Balls of Fire – they are on fire!
- Ball Shankers – it happens to the best of us
- Birdie Babes – for the girls who love a birdie
- Bogey Babes – for the girls who just can’t reach par
- Bogey Bros – a reliable team name
- Birdie Bandits – a fun spin on birdie players
- Birdie Boys – the boys who love a birdie
- Bogey Boys – for the boys who can’t each par
- Bombs Away – all about the distance
- Bump and Runners – it’s an efficient way to play
- Bunker Boys – we’ve all been there
- Bunker Babes – happens to us all
- Brothers in Arms – teamwork makes the dream work
- Chicken Wings and Swings – what a combination
- Chipsticks – a great potato chip option
- Club Rentals – we don’t always have our clubs with us
- Couples Therapy – a great one for a pair in a couple
- Designated Drivers – a clever name many of us can relate to
- Drive Hard – a good way to start
- Exterminators – always a reliable name
- Far from Par – aren’t we all?
- Fairways and Highways – getting your shot onto the highway would be impressive
- Fore Play – clever
- FOUR – just to let golfers know in advance that it will be shouted
- Fringe Players – they play their best golf from here
- Front Nine Fellas – some prefer it to the back nine
- Gang Green – it’s where they excel
- Gardening Club – golf and gardening goes hand in hand
- Gardening Gang – a variation
- Gardening Girls – everyone loves gardening
- Girl Gang – girl power for the win
- Girls on Fire – we hope there is a fire extinguisher on the course
- Golf Misfits – that goes for a lot of us
- Golf Warriors – they are at the course every day
- Golden Girls – they can’t help but shine
- Grass Masters – they know how to move around the course
- Green Gang – it’s where they perform best
- Green Girls – the same as above
- Hack Attack – you won’t know what’s coming with these violent shots
- Hole in Fun – they come for the enjoyment
- Hole in None – so do these, with a little less success
- Hole in Ten – they get there eventually
- Home in Two – ambitious, I like it
- How’s My Driving – not bad, actually
- Ladies Club – basic, but effective
- Ladies First – after you
- Ladies Who Launch – a clever name
- Long Putters – it has its advantages
- Lost Everything – how will they play golf?
- Miss Mulligans – second time lucky
- Mullet Masters – a great haircut
- Natural Hazards – watch your head
- Par Then Bar – they’ve got their day planned
- Please Let Us Win – their desperate and not afraid to admit it
- Put Me Down For a Par – I’m sure we all know someone who has done this
- Reckless Drivers – on and off the course
- Slay Sisters – watch out for this team
- Slice and Dice – solid
- Smooth Drivers – not often that we hear a serious one
- Strokes of Genius – confident, I like it
- Team Green – the green is where they are at home
- The Close Enoughs – we all know one
- The Fairway Finders – super catchy
- The Fore Players – works best for a team of four
- The Gimmes – the ball never goes in
- The Nose Pickers – they love a bogey
- The Part-timers – they play golf every afternoon
- The That’ll Do’s – their determination is lacking
- The Wannabees – they want to look the part but fall short
- The Water Hazards – fish, look out
- The Waterballs – it happens more than we like
- The Water Boys – they spend more time getting their ball out of the water than playing
- Two Putts Are Never Enough – golf is tough!
- Three Putts – it’s never easy
- Three and a Half Girls – for a female group with a shorter friend
- Three and a Half Men – for a male group with a shorter friend
- Wedgies – the wedge is their reliable club
- We Love It in the Rough – no explaining
- We Skipped Work for This – many do
- Wood Whackers – they know how to use a wood
Funny Fantasy Golf Names
If you can reference a film, a game, a TV series, or something else that is a part of popular culture, it always goes down well in golf. Especially if it has a golfer’s name attached to it.
Here are some of the best funny golf fantasy names:
- Angry Birdies
- Angry Birds
- Back to the Kuchar
- Bubba Fett
- Buff Caddy
- Breaking Baddeley
- Bring Me the Head of Sergio Garcia
- C-3putt-O
- Drawshank Redemption
- Fairway to Heaven
- In-Pain Lowry
- Janzen in the Streets
- Ladies of the Green
- Lords of the Pin
- May the Schwartzel Be With You
- Meet the Putters
- Nicklaus at Night
- Saint Nicklaus
- Shooter McGavin
- Sultans of Swing
- Stroke of Luck
- Taylor More Distance Please
- Terminator 2: Jason Day
- The Big Lebowski’s
- The Bogey Men
- The Bohn Identity
- The Caddyshacks
- The Eagles Have Landed
- The Gary Wish This Wood Lands
- The Grateful Sned
- The Greatest Game Ever Played Won’t Be This One
- The Happy Gilmores
- The Longest Yard
- The Stingers
- The Tommy Fleet-Woods
- The Tree Stooges
- Tiagra Wood
- Tiger’s Wood
- Two Putt Shakur
- Patrick Can’t-Lay It Up
- Poulter-geists
- Red Hot Chilli Chippers
- Weapons of Grass Destruction
- Where’s Faldo?
- Who’s Your Caddy?
Punny and Funny Golf Team Names With Wordplay
Below is a list of golf team names with puns and wordplay:
- 21 Graemes
- A Shingo Ate My Baby
- Brandt Awareness
- Bros Before Boges
- Cink or Swim
- Complete and Putter Madness
- Dimpled Balls
- Don’t Rory Be Happy
- Dude, Where’s My Par?
- Drive a Hard Bargain
- Far From Par-fect
- Fore Amigos
- For the Love of Golf
- Gimme a Break
- Going Pro-No
- Golf Diggers
- Grass Murderers
- Greener on the Other Side
- Ground Control to Captain Tom
- Hicks with Sticks
- Hole Models
- Hook, Line, and Sinkers
- I Like Big Putts and I Cannot Lie
- Jabba the Putt
- Jagged Little Phil
- Krabby Caddies
- Mull It All Over Again
- On the Fringe
- No Fair Way to Do This
- Not So Tee-riffic
- Par-Tee Time
- Party of Fore
- Putt Away Your Clubs
- Sam Burns the Grass
- Shank-a-lot-amus
- Shanks a Lot
- Shank You Very Much
- Shots R Us
- Slice and Dice
- Stroke My Ego
- Stroke of Bad Luck
- Tee Party
- The Divot-ed Golfers
- The Eagle-Eyed
- The Handi-chaps
- The Holey Ones
- The Knights Templar of Holy Green
- The Life of the Par-tee
- The Mulla-agains
- The Mull-it-overs
- The Tee-totalers
- Thunder-cads
- The Wrecking Balls
- Under-par-fect
- Victorious Secret
- Working on my Putz
- Yank You Very Much
Creative and Unique Best Golf Names
Here is a list of some of the most unique golf team names that you don’t hear very often:
- 8 Ball Fools
- Beer Cart Bandits
- Callaway Crushers
- Chip on the Shoulder
- Grip It ‘n’ Rip It
- Hybrid Heartbreakers
- It’s Never Mull Around Us
- Mizuno Mishandlers
- Old But Gold
- Only Here for the 19th
- Pencil Crushers
- PING putters
- Titleist Titans
- We Only Play for Fun
- We Really Want to Win
- We Spend More Time in the Sand Than the Beach Boys
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Final Thoughts
Now you have a bundle of funny golf team names to use in tournaments. As we said, it’s a way for your personality and creativity to shine through in a sport that sometimes doesn’t allow for too much.
It also helps other players and teams remember you. You don’t even have to be a good player. You could be terrible! But all will remember a clever golf team name that brings a smile.
It’s what golf is about, having fun.
Feel free to share your witty and good golf team names with us. We’re excited to see what you come up with!
Jack was inspired by his Grandad Ron’s golfing and grew up playing this great game. Jack has a handicap index in the 30s and plays with the PING K15 driver and irons. Jack has written more than 40 articles on GolfSpan since 2022. Jack is always looking for ways to find the edge on the course to share with readers and played monthly at High Legh Golf Club near his home in Warrington, Cheshire. You can connect with Jack on X and LinkedIn.
- Best score: 94
- Favorite club: PING K15 driver
- Favorite putter: Wilson ProStaff OD+ putter
- Favorite food at the turn: Always a banana
