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A printed cap that marks IT WAS WINDY on a golf ball. The excuse, written down before the round even starts.
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Golf's favourite excuse, ready on the ball before the first tee. It works on a calm day too, nobody checks. IT WAS over WINDY, two lines at the largest Size the tool offers: the A and the D keep their middles on thin stencil bridges and every other letter is open.
Made with our free golf ball stencil generator, not modelled by hand: we typed IT WAS / WINDY into its Initials field on two lines, 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.
Print the file as exported: rim flat on the bed, dome up, with tree supports on (organic in PrusaSlicer).
Peel the supports out of the inside of the dome.
Wipe the ball clean so the ink bites, then seat the cap on top and press the rim down until it cups the ball.
Draw through each opening with short strokes from the edges inwards.
Lift the cap straight up and leave the ink for a minute before you touch it.
Print details
| Type | Print only |
|---|---|
| Printed parts | 1 |
| Size (W x D x H) | 70 x 48 x 29 mm |
| Print bed needed | 71 x 49 mm, 30 mm tall |
| Filament | ~15 g |
| Layer height | 0.2 mm |
| Infill | 15% |
| Supports | Yes |
| Download | ZIP: stencil cap (STL) + README with print settings |
| Added | 2026-10-05 |
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.
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That is exactly who it is for. Mark a sleeve of balls for the friend who blames the wind, the greens, the new driver and the group in front, and the first excuse of every round is already taken care of.
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.
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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