Check out Office Mini Golf, it’s a flash based game, similar to mini putt golf, but takes place on various office desktops with a myriad of hazards awaiting your best attempt at par.

According to the Hooters Pro Golf tour history, this is the best 3rd tier pro golf tour that sends players to the Nationwide tour and then on to the PGA.

The NGA/Hooters Tour, which puts a greater emphasis on strong community support, well-organized events and benefiting a local charity, has helped more professionals acquire their PGA, Senior PGA, and Nationwide Tour cards than any other developmental tour.

Envision yourself teeing it up with Tiger one day in the majors? This is likely your best route.

Mizuno has an interesting video that explains the differences between casting and forging to develop our irons.

Sleeve of 3 Halloween themed golf balls. Use them for display or play!

Uroclub is an accessory for your bag that looks like a club but is designed by a practicing uroligist to allow golfers to, ahem, relieve themselves on the course without exposing one’s self. It’ll gives you the self assurance to stay on the course, both in the front and back nine!

This $49.99 accessory is designed to resemble a 7 iron and it comes with the privacy shield (aka ‘towel’) so for all intents and purposes the group in front or behind you may not realize you’re emptying your bladder. Instead it’ll have the appearance of inspecting your club or taking a practice swing if you think you can hold it in there while swinging away.

The twist-on cap’s seal better be tight to keep it from draining when you put it back in the bag with your real clubs.

Here’s the TV advert:

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iGolf let’s you swing your iPhone like a golf club and then tells you how far your shot went. It gauges how fast you swung and how far your shot traveled with the iPhone’s accelerometer. It’s like having a driving range wherever you go.

This app works on the same principal that the Wii does. Both the iPhone and the Wii motes have accelerometers, these can detect movement of the device along teh X Y Z access and determine speed of movement. Ergo, it can act as a golf club and mimic your movements in the application.

Well, if you have an iPhone then it’s lucky for that Social Gaming Network has released iGolf as a free app. What better way to practice your swing when you’re in the elevator, or waiting in line for instance.

Just for god’s sake, don’t let that phone go flying across your room, into your TV, through a window or the aquarium.

Note: This is not a training aid!

[via TechCrunch]

After several years of buzz, earlier this year the, the "System 1" from Sonic Golf was delivered. And the cost is a lot less than the original $1000 for the first seven sold to help fund this startup. The cool thing about this gadget is that it uses a unique approach to real-time audio biofeedback using musical tones that is directly applicable to a golf swing. Sonic Golf S1 uses accelerometers, wireless signals, and music processing chips to convert your swing motion to continuous musical tones.

Slow swings are low pitch, quiet tones. Swing faster and the pitch and volume gets higher. With each swing you hear your rhythm and tempo, backswing/downswing transition, and the timing and speed of your club head release.

What is included in the Sonic Golf S1 System? The Sonic Golf S1 includes the following components:

• A golf shaft insert
• A belt-worn audio processor
• Ear-bud headphones
• A 6-iron training club with a custom Golf Pride grip that holds the shaft insert
• Instructional materials

At US$129, it’s not cheap, but compared to many other training aids out there it’s not bad at all. Plus if you’re a gadget guy like myself it makes sense to try this approach.

Golf Gators is a golf shoe company that is innovating and I love that in a company. They describe themselves as a company that wants to make golf even more fun and they don’t take themselves too seriously.

They are definitely proving both points by their recent announcement of the Spackler golf sandals. So I guess hippies can now also join in the fun enjoyed by the old boy’s network for generations.

There’s two interesting things about the Spackler. It has removable/replaceable spikes. It has holes in the heel that can hold 1 or 2 tees ("Golf Gators Golf Tee Rocket Launchers"). This last would be great if you have no pockets to keep said tees.

Yes, if you get these for Christmas your golf buddies will make fun of you next Spring (it even says so in the FAQ). Seriously though, I’ll be sticking to my Footjoys, but with Spacklers wearing an MSRP tag of US$39.99 and multiple colors and sizes to choose from for both men and women, if it tickles your fancy then why not get a pair when they’re available in a few months.

Here’s an interview at the Golf Gator booth from the 2008 PGA Expo Las Vegas.