Step1
Ask what he would like. If he has ideas, it will save you a lot of guesswork, not to mention shopping.
Step2
Buy your brother a new tool or a gift certificate to a home-improvement store if he's a handyman.
Step3
Give him a round of golf at his favorite course. Pay for a twosome.
Step4
Pay for a series of golf lessons.
Step5
Buy tickets to sporting events, Broadway plays, amusement parks or concerts, depending on his taste.
Step6
Give a year's membership to a museum or other nearby attraction.
Step7
Wrap up a year's subscription to his favorite magazine or a new one he would be interested in receiving.
Step8
Give a gift certificate to a bookstore, software store, golf or fishing outlet, or upscale clothing store, online or otherwise.
Step9
Buy a gift certificate to his favorite restaurant.
Step10
Hire a landscaping service to do his yard work for several months.
Step11
Pay for an initial gym membership - if you know that he's already thinking about joining one.
Step12
Choose a gift-of-the-month club. Each month for a year he can receive microbrew beer, software, fruit, cigars, wine or other goodies.
Step13
Give something personal. Collect information about your family history and have it put into a book, or copy and organize old family photographs to put into an album.
Step14
Make something. Use whatever skills you have to bake, knit, paint, sculpt, draw or craft a gift.