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FORE! golf ball stencil

A printed cap that marks FORE! on a golf ball, so your ball apologises before it lands in the next fairway.

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3D render of an orange 3D-printed golf ball stencil with FORE! cut through it, sitting on a golf ball, next to a ball marked with FORE! in red
Print only ~15 g Pro early access

The one word every golfer knows how to shout, now on the ball itself. If your drive is heading for the group on the next tee, at least the ball has already said sorry. It is a single line of five characters: the O and the R each keep their middle with a thin stencil bridge, and the exclamation mark cuts as two separate openings, a bar and a dot.

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Made with our free golf ball stencil generator, not modelled by hand: we typed FORE! into its Initials field, chose the Bold & Blocky font and set Size to 32 mm. Everything else is the tool's default, and the STL in the zip is exactly what the tool gives you: a 71 by 48 mm cap for a standard 42.67 mm ball, with a 2.4 mm wall, 0.5 mm of clearance, a skirt that reaches 12 degrees past the middle of the ball so it cups it, and two tabs with 7 mm holes for a rubber band. Like every free download from the tool, it carries a small raised MESHCAST mark on its underside, along one tab.

Seat it on the ball, draw through the openings with a fine permanent marker, lift it off, and the joke is on the ball in under a minute. It makes a cheap, quick gift for a golfer: print the cap, mark a sleeve of balls, hand over both.

Shown as a 3D render of the printed stencil on a golf ball and a second ball with the words drawn through it, not a photo.

What you need

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  • A standard golf ball, 42.67 mm
  • A fine permanent marker (the letters are small, a chisel tip is too broad)
  • About 15 g of PLA or PETG
  • A rubber band, if you want to hold the cap on through the tab holes

How to make it

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  1. Print the file as exported: rim flat on the bed, dome up, with tree supports on (organic in PrusaSlicer).

  2. Peel the supports out of the inside of the dome.

  3. Wipe the ball clean so the ink bites, then seat the cap on top and press the rim down until it cups the ball.

  4. Draw through each opening with short strokes from the edges inwards.

  5. Lift the cap straight up and leave the ink for a minute before you touch it.

Print details

1 h 19 minPrint time
~15 gFilament
1Printed parts
71 × 48 × 29 mmSize (W x D x H)
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Print details
TypePrint only
Printed parts1
Size (W x D x H)71 x 48 x 29 mm
Print bed needed71 x 49 mm, 30 mm tall
Filament~15 g
Layer height0.2 mm
Infill15%
SupportsYes
DownloadZIP: stencil cap (STL) + README with print settings
Added2026-09-25

Pro early access until October 25, 2026, then free with any account.

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Made with the free Golf ball stencil generator. Upload your own drawing and get the same kind of part built from it, in your browser.

Free for personal use. Selling the pieces you cast needs a commercial licence (Pro or Founder); passing on the file itself is not permitted on any plan. Full terms.

New to casting? Read the golf ball stencil guide.

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Questions about this design

Does the exclamation mark on the FORE! golf ball stencil print properly?

Yes. The bar and the dot of the exclamation mark are two separate openings in the cap with solid plastic between them, so nothing is loose and nothing needs a bridge. Dab the dot with the pen tip rather than drawing it, and it comes out round.

How do I print the FORE! golf ball stencil?

Print it as exported, rim flat on the bed and the dome up, with tree supports switched on (organic in PrusaSlicer, tree in Bambu Studio, Orca and Cura). They hold up the inside of the dome and peel out easily. Sliced in PrusaSlicer 2.7.2 at 0.2 mm layers it takes about 1 h 19 min and 15 g of PLA.

Can I change the words on the FORE! golf ball stencil?

Yes. Open the free golf ball stencil generator, choose Initials and type your own words, up to two lines of six characters, and pick the Bold & Blocky font to match this one. The Ball size, Clearance and Size sliders fit a different ball or change the mark; this one uses a Size of 32 mm.

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