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GIMME! golf ball stencil

A printed cap that marks GIMME! on a golf ball, for the golfer who asks for every putt inside the leather.

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3D render of a green 3D-printed golf ball stencil with GIMME! cut through it, sitting on a golf ball, next to a ball marked with GIMME! in green
Print only ~15 g

Every fourball has one: the player who looks up hopefully from three feet and waits for someone to say "that's good". Now the ball asks for them. One line of six characters with no closed letters at all, so the only extra cuts are the bar and the dot of the exclamation mark. It is the cleanest cap in the set.

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Made with our free golf ball stencil generator, not modelled by hand: we typed GIMME! 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 70 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 20 minPrint time
~15 gFilament
1Printed parts
70 × 48 × 29 mmSize (W x D x H)
All print details
Print details
TypePrint only
Printed parts1
Size (W x D x H)70 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
Added2026-10-05
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Questions about this design

Why does the GIMME! golf ball stencil have no stencil bridges?

Because none of its letters close on themselves. G, I, M and E are all open shapes, so nothing inside the cut can fall out of the cap. Only the exclamation mark is two openings, a bar and a dot, with solid plastic between them.

How do I print the GIMME! 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. At 0.2 mm layers and MK3-class speeds it takes about 1 h 20 min and 15 g of PLA (estimated from the file, not sliced); a current printer is faster.

Can I change the words on the GIMME! 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.