Golf is a game I enjoy occasionally playing and also to an extent watching. Unfortunately, I never posted my stories from a day at the greatest tournament ever, the Wachovia Championship. One of the greatest obstacles impeding me from playing the game more, besides the fact that I'm horrible at it, is that I can never manage to keep an eye on my ball (or anyone else's) after it is hit. The problem is naturally that I pound the ball so far away that even though it's in the middle of the fairway, it can be hard to find. The answer is for technology to make our lives better with Radar Golf (mentioned on Engadget).
For the not horribly unreasonable price of ~$250, you get a scanner and 12 golf balls with imbedded RFID tags. I didn't read enough to see how these tags affect the flight of the ball, but RFID tags are small and if you need this device, that isn't your greatest problem. If someone wants to send me a device to demo, contact me here and then send away...
Posted by shs4 at May 26, 2004 02:04 PM | TrackBack