Real-life cheat code: Laser-targeted golf putter
- Date: February 5th, 2009
- Author: Jay Garmon
- Category: Gadgets, Geekend, Science
- Tags: Laser, Jay Garmon
The old axiom for winning at golf is “drive for show, putt for dough.” Well, now you can earn a little extra short-game coin with this can’t-possibly-be-legal golf putter that’s enhanced with multiple argon targetting lasers.
No, you’re not having a Caddyshack flashback, this a real product.
Technically, this device is sold as a training aid (for the bargain price of $69 plus shipping), both because no referee is going to allow a sniper-putter into a tournament, and because no club head with a nine-volt battery stuffed inside is going to give you decent play on the ball.
Anyway, this little beauty is supposed to teach you how to aim your putter and straighten your follow-through. Playing the lie? Well that’s a pun I’ll let you sort out.
(Found via Forever Geek.)
Jay Garmon has a vast and terrifying knowledge of all things obscure, obtuse, and irrelevant. One day, he hopes to write science fiction, but for now he'll settle for something stranger -- amusing and abusing IT pros. Read his full profile. You can also follow him on his personal blog or via his Twitter feed.
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This would be OK except...
robin.g.turner@... | 02/06/09
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Money
jocol | 02/06/09
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Might be worth it at the minigolf course.
Palmetto | 02/06/09
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