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Golf's Digital Divide

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the pay-to-play dept.

theodp writes "Are $50,000 simulators and $4,500 sensor vests driving a wedge between golf's haves and have-nots? That's the question posed by the WSJ, who reports that a new generation of expensive high-tech tools is stoking a costly arms race among golfers looking for an edge in a sport that already has an elitist reputation."

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  1. And lo, the day has come.... by Marko+DeBeeste · · Score: 5, Funny

    CyberSteroids for the men with little balls.

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  2. No way by MyLongNickName · · Score: 5, Funny

    You mean rich folks have an advantage? Damn. ll my life, there has been equality between the haves and the have nots. Especially in golf. Now, that is falling down like a house of cards.

    My life is over. Anyone want my user id before I go to end it all?

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    1. Re:No way by TubeSteak · · Score: 2, Funny

      With a name like "Rectal Prolapse" we don't need to see your UID to know that you're from a bygone era where goatse pics & links flourished in the forum that is /.

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  3. I am shocked... by ScaryMonkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    SHOCKED to hear that technology might be introducing the taint of elitism into the great Everyman's Sport that is golf.

  4. Re:This Just In! by Mathonwy · · Score: 2, Funny

    The problem with golf is that it is too subtle about being a "rich people game".

    Thus, I propose a NEW sport, which I humbly name "money-ball".

    The way it works is, you have a big bonfire. Throwing $20 into the bonfire gives you one point. The game continues until one side forfeits. Whoever has the most points at the end wins!

    Fun for hours!

  5. New Poll by sharkey · · Score: 2, Funny
    Who has the biggest snobs?
    • Linux
    • Apple
    • Golf
    • CowboyNeal
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  6. What's new? by labratuk · · Score: 5, Funny
    Are $50,000 simulators and $4,500 sensor vests driving a wedge between golf's haves and have-nots?
    I thought the whole point of golf was to drive a wedge between the haves and have nots.
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    1. Re:What's new? by killjoe · · Score: 4, Funny

      "I thought the whole point of golf was to drive a wedge between the haves and have nots."

      No that's the whole point of the wall street journal.

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  7. Cinderella story..... by ralfg33k · · Score: 2, Funny

    But does that simulator include using flowers for driving practice? Oh, I think not.

    Besides, most of the folks I know golf because it's a good excuse to swill something from the beverage cart, enjoy being outside instead of in their offices/cubicles, and fire off jokes that would otherwise score them a 30 minute meeting with their manager and an HR rep.

  8. Wha? by gearmonger · · Score: 2, Funny
    What is this 'golf' of which you speak?

    Or did you mean "Gorf"?

  9. arrggghhg the sun!!! by tlynch001 · · Score: 5, Funny

    A game that involves sunlight and walking? Like anyone here would play that!