Now I’ve officially seen it all. The Golfsmith Star Trek Enterprise NCC-1701 costs $130 and there are only 1701 available, which is probably 1700 more than there are golfers who are big enough Star Trek fans to buy this and use it on the course. It actually looks like a decent putter thanks to the weight-balancing warp speed tube thingies. Maybe I’ll pick one up someday, if only to freak out the establishment a little. Boldly go 18 holes with the Star Trek Enterprise putter [Tech Digest] → Read More
Howsabout a little mini golf before your mid-morning accounts receivable meeting? These remote controlled Mario and Luigi figurines would be great for just that. At $25 each, they’re not exactly cheap given that "frustration may ensue when trying for the perfect putt" but can you really put a price on the nostalgia-meets-mini-golf craze that’s about to sweep the nation? The golfers are attached to a Famicon-ish remote that makes use of the A and B buttons to handle all the swinging. The other buttons are merely there for aesthetic reasons. You’ll also get two easily-misplaced tiny golf balls and one saucer-shaped golf hole. Mini Golfing Mario & Luigi [ThinkGeek.com] → Read More
Ah, Golf — the fickle mistress. She takes without asking. If you’re frustrated that you don’t get outside enough, why not get outside and frustrate yourself even further with a nice, aggravating round of golf? As one of the most gimmick-heavy sports around, golf offers plenty of opportunities for a fool and his money to part ways. Here are a few golf gadgets that might help you step your game up a bit (or maybe just lighten your wallet). → Read More
If someone could explain why or how this is funny, on some level other than a base one, I’d be thankful. It’s one of those exploding golf balls, but at its center, it’s got a condom. Not a wrapped up one, which you could later use to avoid getting The Herp from the course hooker in the pro shop, but rather, ya know, just a condom. Supposedly it just flies out when the ball ‘splodes. There’s some pun in there somewhere, but I won’t be the one to make it. No, really, I don’t get it. Explain this to me, and you win my eternal respect for a month. Eternal, friends. Oh, and it comes with a “sexy tee”, which means a piece of plastic roughly shaped like a girl. Sexy! Exploding! Golf ball (with condom inside!) [product page, via Nerd Approved] → Read More
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Most people with an Xbox 360 probably own a copy of Gears of War. Surely they’ve played the hell out of it by now and it’s slowly collecting dust while they wait for a sequel to emerge. No sequel is in the works, but Epic Games boss Mark Rein has confirmed a spin-off of the game entitled Gears of War Golf → Read More
I hate the plug n’ play Wal*Mart style “video games”. But I really love the arcade game Golden Tee. It’s a little pricey, sure, but you get a lot of gameplay, and the way it approximates real golf is fairly true to the sport. (Yes, it’s a sport. Yes, I sweat while playing it. No, I’m not ashamed of that.) Because of my love for this game, I was thrilled — thrilled– to come across this home version, even though it’s in the form of one of those A/V cable-attached abortions. There have been console versions before, but they were pale copies. The feeling of letting the trackball go at just the right angle with just the right backspin is blissfully physical, allowing you to interact with the course and the ball and your clubs in a way that just feels better. Replicating that on my big screen at home is going to rule. The only thing that I might not like about this home version is I’m fairly certain that those two damned snarky commentators voices are included, with their bad observational puns intact. “Give him a shovel, he’s going to end up on the beach, Pat.” Up yours, pal, let’s see you get over here and do this. Golden Tee Television Golf Game [Hammacher Schlemmer, via Red Ferret] → Read More
I never got into golf. I think it’s because I prefer sports that involve some amount of sweating (edit: And the fact that it’s lame. – Blake). Though, if I ever take it up, I’m totally going to buy one of these putters, so I can whoop anybody I play. The comes the DiXX Blu Digital Instructor from South Korean company Infinics. The putters sensors and LCD screen help you align the club perfectly with the ball before you take a swing. It literally gives you the “green light” when you’ve got it in the right place. In addition to all of this, the putter collects data such as the path of the swing, swing speed, impact position and the angle of the putter’s face on each of your swings. How it measures the angle of your face is beyond me, but it seems pretty fancy pants. On sale later this month in Japan for ¥98,000 (US$832). CEATEC: DiXX Blu intelligent golf putter to create millions of Tigers [Digital World Tokyo via Sci-Fi Tech] → Read More
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