If you enjoy golf themed gadgets like the Chip Shotz Desktop Golf and the Golfing Mario and Luigi Mini Figures, this radio-controlled toy should be right up your alley.

Test your skills with the remote control golfer as you position him, choose his club (from a driver, an iron, or a putter) and swing away!

Variable power swing control allows you to apply just the right amount of power to your shots whether you’re driving or putting. Address the ball after each show with your fully directional remote control which also serves as a golf bag to store your clubs when not in use.

The R/C Golfer is available from the Perpetual Kid website for $34.99.

(Via The Red Ferret Journal)

We have seen some fun USB gadgets for golfers, such as the putt returner. Fans of this sport can now enjoy a computer accessory that is not only fun, but also quite useful.

The Green House company has come up with this USB mouse that looks like a golf ball and has a mousepad designed like a green. The green also comes with a tiny putter, a golf ball and a hole. And to top it off, the mouse lights up in several colors. No word on pricing or availability.

See more photos of the golf ball mouse over at Akihabara News.

(Slippery Brick via Geeky Gadgets)

Remember those fun and cool Star Wars Golf Club Covers from last year? Now you can extend your gear with some new Star Wars-themed golf accessories.

Sculpted art or sporting good? We’ll let you decide which best describes Bridgestone Sports’ new pair of Star Wars golf bags, each highly stylized in the guise of Darth Vader or a stormtrooper.

These amazing golf bags from Japan will soon be available for a suggested retail price of 50,000 JPY, or about $500. Also down range are three golf club covers sporting Vader, stormtrooper, and TIE fighter designs, as well as Star Wars-themed ball markers.

See more photos of the Star Wars Golf Gear over at starwars.com.

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Grown tired of the Tiger Woods Golf Simulator? Try the Full Swing, a simulator which allows you to setup and participate in online tournaments.

It uses a Windows-based PC and a video projector to provide a view of the current hole and course. Two 360-degree curtains of infrared beams, emitted at 60,000 pulses per second, provide exact and immediate ball-flight statistics.

Here’s a video demonstration of the Full Swing Golf simulator:

Now, all you need to get started with the Full Swing Golf is a room that’s at least 20(D) x 13(W) x 10.5 (H) feet, and about about $55,000 to spare.

(BallerHouse via OhGizmo)

Desktop gadgets and golfing, it’s a never ending story. Last out was the USB Putt Returner and now have this animated lamp.

When you pull the chain to turn this lamp on, the golfer will putt a golf ball into the cup while the crowd cheers in the background.

Sit back and watch as the dynamic putting action sends a golf ball across the green. The moving golf ball and the unmistakable sound of the cheering crowd are reminiscent of a pro golfer making a successful high-pressure putt in a tournament. Shade is decorated with silhouettes. Pull chain has a golf ball at its end. Lamp accepts bulbs from 45-70 watts.

Features:

• Lamp accepts bulbs from 45-70 watts.
• Simulates a putt rolling into the hole and the crowd cheering.
• Shade is decorated with silhouettes.
• Pull chain has a golf ball at its end.
• Colors on lamp are green and tan.

The Animated Golf Lamp ($69.95) is available at Amazon and SkyMall.

There’s something about golfing and USB, the ides for coming up with fun and weird products related to this never seem to end.

This little desktop gadget allows you to demonstrate your golfing skills and challenge your friends to a mini golfing challenge.

Plug your Putt Returner into your computer’s USB port. This will automatically activate the game. Place the ball on your desk a short distance away from the Putt Returner and carefully line up your putt. Strike the ball smoothly with your miniature putter. If you hole your putt the ball will be sent right back to you!
Vary the distance and angle of your putts for a never-ending challenge!

Pack Contains:

• 1 USB Putt Returner with flag
• 2 Miniature putters
• 6 Miniature golf balls

The USB Putt Returner requires no batteries and works with all PC operating systems. It’s available for £9.99 (about $21 USD) at Drinkstuff.

Just like someone looked at the USS Enterprise starship and thought “Wait a minute, that could be a putter“, did someone else take a look at a golf club and thought that it would make a perfect tape dispenser.

When you think about it, the shape is quite suited for the purpose.

The chrome club-shaped Swilken of St. Andrews Tape Dispenser is made of metal and costs $24.99 over at Golf Galaxy.

(Golfblogger via Nerd Approved)

After having been used as both a chandelier and a telephone, it is now time to let the classic spaceship show the world that it can be of good use to those who play golf – just as Star Wars showed us not long ago.

The design concept was simple enough, a flat putter head that was balanced to the rear by two off-set cylindrical weights. Once it was produced, it bore an uncanny resemblence to the Enterprise, thus inspiring its all-out redress as a licensed Star Trek item that is so cool, it may inspire Trek fans to take up golf! [Uh, some of us do already! - Ed.]

The putter comes in two versions, the higher-end Limited Edition features a special “NCC-1701″ head with the serial number (only 1,701 will be produced) engraved on the putter face, a True Temper Double Bend steel shaft, Winn NCC-1701 grip with gold accents, and a magnetized “Limited Edition” mallet headcover.

The regular putter features the unique “NCC-1701″ head, a True Temper Double Bend steel shaft, Winn NCC-1701 grip with red accents, and a magnetized mallet headcover.

The new NCC-1701 Enterprise putter from Golfsmith is available from the official Star Trek store for $129.99.

(Scribal Terror via Neatorama)

Remember the Desktop Golf toy from last month? Now you don’t have to be alone on the course anymore. Bring out the gear and play the game together with no other than Mario and Luigi.

The Mini Golfing Mario & Luigi ($25) players comes with a Nintendo Famicom style wired remote that allows a simple putting motion. The A and B buttons handles the swing, the other ones are just there for looks.

Features:

• Mini Mario and Luigi Feature Simple Putting Abilities
• Control them with the wired Famicom style remote
• Includes two golf balls and one hole
• Imported from Japan
• Each is 3″ Tall
• Requires 2 AAA Batteries

Can’t keep your mind off golfing and can’t keep your fingers away from those golf clubs? No problem, just open your desk drawer and take out the Chip Shotz Golf ($20) – a miniature solution to the must-golf-now problem.

The premise is simple: design your course (okay, arrange the greens, trees, water hazard and bunker on your desk) and get chipping by flicking the handle on the back of your little golfer. There’s a real knack to getting just the right amount of swing power and we guarantee you’ll be hooked faster than you can say Severiano Ballesteros.

Thanks to a few well-placed magnets you’ll soon be pulling off impossible chip shots, Tiger-tastic hole-in-ones and more. And the better you get the more difficult you can make the course. It’s like being a pro golfer and a top-flight course designer in one. Sort of.

Do you prefer dry land rather than the water theme jet ski and surfing simulators? Then this interactive golf game might be just the ticket.

The Tiger Woods Golf Simulator ($250) features over 800 world class courses and is compatible with Windows, Mac and PlayStation 2.

Attached to the rugged, low-profile, 3 Kg/7 lb unit is a tethered, regulation golf ball attached to a silky-smooth double ball-bearing mount for a completely authentic golf experience, right down to the thwack of your irons and the ping of your driver. Golf Launchpad is the ultimate home golf simulator that allows you to create, with your large screen TV or projector, the ultimate indoor golf experience!

When you swing your clubs — wood, iron or putter — Golf Launchpad measures your golf swing thousands of times each second (clubhead speed, path, angle) and translates this into information that EA Sports Tiger Woods PGA Tour software renders on-screen with breathtaking realism and accuracy.

May the fore not be with you using these Star Wars golf club covers. Choose between Darth Vader (Estimated arrival: August 2007) and Yoda (Out of stock, available for order). Get them at Entertainment Earth for $25 a pop:

• Star Wars Yoda Golf Club Cover
• Star Wars Darth Vader Golf Club Cover

(Via Luxurylaunches)