I tried a Ballfinder Scout. It was utter rubbish. What's the worst/most bizarre bit of kit you've come across?

Never bought one but tried a mates "swingsetter" by leadbetter - total crap. Best is a weighted club I made by tipping lead shot into an old clubs shaft.

Those Ballfinder Glasses, Pure trash!

Does my putter count? (actually it's not the putter that's useless, it's me!)

My mate bought an electric trolley off of one of the auction channel on Sky. It broke before he could complete the first hole.

No suprise really as it looked as though two ten year old kids had made it out of old pram parts.

Still it made us laugh...

I got a small string of minature golf balls that you slide along to count your score on each hole, why I was tempted to buy such an item is beyond me, it does double up a great worry bead substitute

Q-Link. Only the most deluded of fools would buy one. Only the most witless of incompetents would then lose one.

3 X 64 degree lob wedges from sports world for £6 a time, none of them were any good.

McStumpy
did it not work then ? as Im really tempted but then Iam also deluded and foolish

those little "anti-static" strips that used to hang off the back of Ford Orions and such. In fact they used to hang off everything. Supposed to stop travel-sickness, but "proven" many years later to do sod all of the sort.

Didn't stop the entrepreneur / charlatan trousering a few million though :-(

Come to think of it, why do some asians buy a beautiful £80K car, then hang what looks like an old curtain tassle off the rear tow hook? Is a religious thing, to ward off bad luck, or to stop travel sickness?

I just want to know why my dog has an alter ego called 'Doodles' and what he's doing on my computer at home while I'm here at work. See message seven up from here ^. He's an italian Spinone called Milo, is actually irish and was born on 1st April. Barks at the top of everyone's backswing and can't find balls for toffee. Good dog though. Sorry I digress. Worse gadget? Airflite balls. Stupid and no point. best recent find - black balls. I'm so used to staring at a white one I don't actually focus properly any more...the black ones kind of surprise me into paying attention.

Black balls - you've just reminded me about a funny email that I received about a plumber in America..... no, that was gangrenous balls

I largely avoid golf gadgets and gizmos, but the most useless thing I have seen and had a go at are these daft tees - brush tees, and the ones with a sorta spiked rubber cup. They do absolutely zero to help the ball strike and are sold at a quid or more each.

Sandy C - My avatar is in memory of my late Spinone "Webster" who i lost a year last Christmas.
They are fantastic dog's and i would not put it past Milo to log on to Golfmagic given the personality and intelligence of the breed.

McStumpy

Quote: - "Q-Link. Only the most deluded of fools would buy one. Only the most witless of incompetents would then lose one."

C'mon Alan stop sitting on the fence - name names

...... if you dare

LOL

won a ballfinder scout in a comp and it cant even find balls on the fairway. So glad I didnt pay £129 for it!!!

Doodles - Webster looks gorgeous. He really is the spitting image of my Milo. I shall use a pic of my other Spin as my avatar (Flo. She's wicked) So Webster will have a pal...this must be really annoying to anyone wanting to read about golf gizmos so I'd better start talking about golf.
Seriously, gadgets are generally poo and should be avoided at all costs.

If you really want to a laugh at the sh*te that is out there then make sure you go to the London Golf show - last year I almost got convinced to buy a glass putter (?!) saw some weird arse swing aids and a driver with a "cyclone turbine" hole in it - I used to be an aircraft engineer and I can tell you what an utter load on boll*cks that was.

Having said all that, I still religiously clean the grooves in my clubs with a special little brush device before every shot under the misapprehension that it will somehow give me backswing on my lazy, slow swing.

Damn I'm missing out on some serious spin here, I still use a tee to clean my grooves. How sad am I?