How Tiger Woods Should Have Used Technology To Cheat on His Wife

It's a story doomed to repeat for all of time: Man cheats on wife, wife catches man, wife eagle-claw-slaps man, man runs away, wife chases after man with a golf club, man crashes car. This could have been prevented. More »

Japanese Putting Bra Lets You Golf Into Lingerie

Sometimes, you just want to practice your putting. If you're near a woman wearing Triumph's new golf outfit, and you can convince her to take it off, you can putt to your heart's content. More »

Pro Golfer Advertising with LCD-Loaded Bag

It's a marketing ploy that may quickly spiral into Rodney Dangerfield's legacy. More »

Upcoming Rugged Nokia Versus a Golf Club

Nokias have had some trouble with earlier waterproof tests, but according to these videos an upcoming Nokia rugged phone is able to maintain a phone call through a chip shot and a rugby boot. More »

Mini Golf Rug Proves Augusta Can Be Vacuumed

The Putt Up or Shut Up Rug Kit doesn't include windmills or water features, but it's not a horrible way to work a mini golf course into your office. More »

Break Out Your CAD Hat and Design a Mini Golf Course For NYC's Governor's Island

Attention Putt-Putt Tycoons: now is your chance to leave your mark. The folks who turn scary, ghost-filled Governor's Island in New York Harbor into a summertime funzone want you to design their minigolf course. More »

Carlin-esque Architects Put Driving Range Atop Water Filtration Plant

Somebody wanted to build a water filtration center on the spot of a Bronx, NY golf-course driving range. Bad idea? It was until the architects decided to build the plant and keep the range. More »

OnPar: GPS Rangefinder with iPhone Aesthetics

There are a slew of GPS rangefinders out there for golfers, but not many are built with all the style, portability and one-touch interface of a premium touchscreen smartphone. [Lifehacker]

Argon Laser Putter Delivers Birdies With Predator-Like Efficiency

If the Predator were a golfer, he'd hunt his prey—the pin, in this case—with this tri-laser equipped putter. More »

High Tech Titanium Golf Clubs May Lead to Hearing Loss

It looks like golfers may have more to worry about than bad backs and jacked-up knees. Apparently, swinging those new fangled fancy titanium drivers may lead to hearing loss. More »

Air Force One Golf Clubs Use Compressed Nitrogen to Help You Hit Farther

Have you ever heard the adage that you can buy a better golf game? I really is true. Over the years my game has improved dramatically because of improvements in club design—but I never expected to be swinging anything like the Air Force One. On paper, PowerBilt's idea makes a lot of sense—by filling a clubhead with nitrogen at pressures of up to 150 psi, you can dramatically reduce the thickness of the face and increase the sweetspot because there would be no need for mechanical bracing. The result is increased flex in the clubface on impact which translates into greater distance. More »

Netherlands To Get World's Largest Indoor Golf Complex

I play golf, but I hate the outdoors, so I'm going to move to the Netherlands, because they're on track to open this rad, giant, indoor golf course that I can play year round. Non-golfers won't understand what that means, but those of us in Seattle have a fairly short period that we actually get to go out and play, thus it's a crowded affair, making it very expensive. This magic land will have 34 indoor driving range berths, measure over 15,000 square feet, and feature weather-protected sand traps and water hazards. I'm hoping George Jetson attends the opening, because his handicap sucks. [Tuvie, via TechFresh]

UroClub Lets Golfers Go Pee-Pee in Public

Ever been on the golf course, knocking back a few beers, when nature calls? It may be against club rules to duck into the rough for a leak—that's why the UroClub, developed by awesome urologist Floyd Seskin, is an answer to your prayers. Just place an inconspicuous towel over your junk, unscrew the cap of the club disguised to look like a 7-iron, and whiz away—up to half a liter. When you're done, stick the leak-proof club back in your bag and take your next shot. The UroClub costs $50, a small price if you don't want to look like the guy below. [UroClub via Keith Olbermann] More »

Electronic Golf Caddy Carries Your Clubs Sans Judgment Or Teen Angst

Yet another job for pimply 16-year-olds has been rendered obsolete with technology, now that golfers can use the Shadow Caddy—a fully autonomous golf club carrying cart that trails behind you automatically. The three-wheeled cart works by following a signal from a transmitter worn on the golfer's body. Switching the caddy's setting from "Follow-Me" to "Park" makes sure it never accidentally follows you into a bunker or onto the green. More »

NeverMore Putter Grip Retrieves Golf Balls By Sucking More Than You Do

There are very few gadgets out there today where saying "sucks balls" in the description is a compliment, but these putter grip replacements from NeverMore are one such example. The rubber grips replace your putter's normal grip, and allow you to retrieve a golf ball from the cup without bending over. They come in a variety of colors, which, if you're anything like this writer, will go nicely with the torrent of blue language that occurs regularly on the golf course. Mid-size or oversize grips go for $17 apiece. [Herrington via Book of Joe]

The Official Caddyshack Putter Just Slays The Golphers

Some see Caddyshack as the ultimate '80s comedy. The more enlightened have realized its truer potential as the greatest golf (and life) instructional video of all time. Now, for the low price of $249, you can take Ty Webb's (Chevy Chase's) putting philosophy to the green with the Official Caddyshack Putter. Every time you remove the programmed cover of this 100% steel milled putter, a lousy Ty Webb impersonator himself will say, "Na na na na, be the ball." Needless to mention, it probably won't do much to improve your game, but the annoyance factor could certainly add a few strokes to the guys you are betting against. [product]

Coax Japanese People to Play Golf With Star Wars Golf Gear

When's the last time you saw a Japanese person play golf? Perhaps with these Star Wars themed golf bags and cozies, they'll be more inclined to put down their Wii Golf and do some Real Golf. Or perhaps not, since golf is the most boring sport we can imagine. You know what would spice up golf? Golf with katanas. Or lightsabers. [Star Wars] More »

USB Putt Returner Lets You Bring Your Duffing to the Workplace

Just when you thought every USB gadget that could be invented has graced these pages, along comes the USB Putt Returner. This is not going to help you win any bets on the real links, but just like a full-size putt returner, this one pops your ball right back to you if you nail one. And hey, it's powered by any USB port. It's available now for £9.99 (about $20). [DrinkStuff, via 7 Gadgets]

Star Trek Enterprise Putter Destroys Romulan Birdies of Prey

Although we don't care much for golf, this USS Enterprise Putter actually looks quite cool—if you enjoy Star Trek (we do). The designers didn't actually intend to make this a Star Trek putter at first, but when they saw how the final double-nacelle cylindrical balancing weight design looked so similar to Kirk's baby, they had to go and get Star Trek licensing and make it an official product. The only way we could improve on this is to make it Picard's ship. [Star Trek via Uncrate via Neatorama via Scribal Terror via Signaleer via Boing Boing Gadgets via Sci Fi Tech]

Pyxis GPS Watch is Designed for Athletes, Not Aesthetes

The Pyxis GPS watch is a versatile gadget for exercise freaks — which also, judging by its looks, doubles as a blunt instrument that the CIA might use against their enemies when everything else has failed. With a gazillion functions, including time, speed, distance and even calorie consumption measurement, you can programme your goals into it, store lap exercises, and even keep your favorite routes on tap. Gallery and more on its other functions below. More »

MyMiniGolf Gives you Nine Neon Holes of Craziness

Holidaying somewhere without a kitsch crazy golf course? Now you can bring your own with the MyMiniGolf set. Designed by Georg Pal and Hannes Weber, the pack, which contains 13 injection-moulded handicaps, a steel mini golf club, two balls and a scoring pad, comes in a hold-all, and costs $231. [MyMiniGolf via Dezeen] More »

Giant Golf-Labyrinth Game For Sale

Do you like golf? Do you like Labyrinth games? Do you have a HUGE house? If you answered yes to those three questions then you might just be in the market for one of these. Its a scaled up version of a Labyrinth game, and was created as a mini-golf hole that used golf balls rather than ball bearings—if you managed to complete the game in one go you got a hole-in-one. More »

Beach Golf Concept Makes Caddies Obsolete

This golf club concept is supposedly just for use on the beach, so you don't need to carry a whole set of clubs around, but I see no reason for it not to be just as practical on the actual links. It's a club with a rotating face, allowing for you to adjust that 5 iron to a 9 iron quickly and easily. It's a neat idea, and if the hollow body and mesh face were replaced with regular club materials I don't see why you wouldn't be able to bring this to Augusta, leaving your sassy caddie back at the pro shop. [ThisNext via Be Sportier]

GreenHawk Laser Putting Trainer Shows You That Sweet Spot

Now you can hone your putting to a laser-sharp edge with this GreenHawk LPT Ultimate Laser Putting Trainer, showing you how to best align your putter to nail those tough putts. You place the AccuGuide alignment tool onto the cup, and clamp the lightweight laser putting trainer onto your club. Then its laser projects a tiny red dot on the exact spot where you should aim the putter. More »

Floating Golf Game

Interested in working on your short game but that pesky backyard pool getting in the way? This poolside golf game is the perfect solution to that predicament. It floats in the water, and you can chip special "hoop-and-loop" (Velcro) balls onto it. Miss the target and be forced to get wet retrieving the balls. It is like a sick and twisted version of Chinese water torture, but in polos. If you feel the need to work on that long game, just toss the poolside golf game into the ocean. $50. More »

'The Floppy' Indoor Golf Balls

The name of this product sounds like the e-mails the usually fill up my spam folder, but The Floppy is actually an indoor-use golf ball. It is made out of a soft core and woven outer shell, but still feels like a real golf ball so that short game can still be practiced indoors—no chance in hell I'll be hitting the links with the downpour of rain that is sweeping the nation. $10 for a pack of three or $35 for a dozen. –Travis Hudson More »

VW Golf Renamed in Honor of the iPod (We Assume)

Introducing the Volkswagen iGolf. It is the exact same thing as the VW Golf, but it has a fairly convenient iPod dock and a big, fancy, pretty advertising campaign to go with it. We have seen companies of all shapes and sizes slap a lower-case i in front of a product name and the product is usually an iPod accessory, but a car? Seriously, are we in a world where the car is now an accessory to the iPod? More »

Golf Ball Launcher Makes Golf Fun for All

Yesterday was the start of a glorious season for me—it was the first day I was able to hit the driving range, but for those who don't fancy swinging a club it was just another Monday. The Golf Ball Launcher is a new concept that can make golf accessible and fun for everyone. The launcher is powered with a small air pump. It can launch a ball anywhere from 25 to 300 yards depending on the amount of air pressure applied. I enjoy some of the bullet points on the web page: More »

We've Got Wood: Callaway's FT-i Driver Has Square Head, Drives Straighter?

This is a big day for golfers, the day Callaway rolls out its square-headed FT-i driver using what the company calls "Fusion Technology." Just like the old PF Flyer sneakers of yesteryear whose makers claimed would make you run faster and jump higher, these clubs are supposed to improve your golfing performance. Callaway claims it's "the world's straightest driver," because its square design supposedly moves its weight away from the center of gravity. That's supposed to give you increased horizontal and vertical stability. More »

SkyKap Advisor GPS Golf Cap Whispers Sweet Distances in Your Ear

The SkyKap Advisor is a GPS-enabled golf cap controlled by voice commands. First you plug it into your PC's USB port and download course maps from SkyKap website. Then you wear the cap out on the links, asking it for information about distance to things such as the pin, water hazards and fairway boundaries, and it whispers the info into your ear. More »

DIY $5 Golf-Swing Trainer

Who needs to spend hundreds of dollars on fancy "As Seen on TV" golf trainers when you can make one yourself, easily. Old man winter may be keeping you off the links, but that isn't an excuse to not work on the golf swing. This training aid uses LEDs attached above the head of the golf club to analyze and perfect the swing. It costs a mere $5 to construct and could provide hours, upon hours of entertainment. It may not turn you into the next Tiger Woods, but at least it may eliminate the nasty slice or hook. Jump to see a video explanation of the device. More »

Segway x2 Golf Edition Hits The Links

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Golf Launchpad Cures Those Winter Blues

The Golf Launchpad is a USB golf simulator. Plug it into your PC or Mac, install a little Tiger Woods PGA Tour and hit the links, virtually. This time instead of throwing your club into the lake, you can simply bash it into your wall. The simulator is even capable of analyzing your golf swing to help your almost-worthless attempts at becoming the next Arnold Palmer. The Golf Launchpad is available for $250. More »

Digital Putter Digifies Your Game

Old man winter may be bringing his fat ass upon us, but that doesn't mean you have to stop playing. When winter hits it is usually time to move that game indoors and work on the putting. This digital putter may be able to help out your struggling miniature golf game. The DiXX (ha, dixx...) Blue Digital Instructor Putter has a digital screen that will display a green dot when you are lined up on the ball correctly. Once lined up correctly, just give it a whack and hope it goes through the uprights. Wait...what sport are we playing? $832 – Travis Hudson More »

Golden Tee Home Game Means Less Bar Embarrassment

The Golden Tee home game is similar to that of the Jeopardy home game, except you generally want to be drunk to play Golden Tee. This $60 Golden Tee game features a replica trackball so you can work on your game before going to the bar to get schooled by me competitors. The game even includes the Golden Tee Ambassador Card so you can keep track of your game progress at home or at the bars. – Travis Hudson More »

More on GPS Hardware and Software for the Sony PSP

We told you last week about how Sony is pairing up its PSP (PlayStation Portable) with GPS navigation hardware and software, and now we have more information about the release that will reportedly ship in Japan this December. The picture we showed you of the GPS hardware didn't give you an idea of the scale of the tiny device, but look at the picture above and you'll see that it's a small antenna that screws onto the top of the PSP. More »