Imagine if you could play the finest golf courses in the world from the comfort of your own home! We don't mean sitting on the settee and pressing a few buttons on a control pad. Oh no! This is as near to proper golf as you can get without going onto a golf course. .'GOLF LAUNCHPAD is a fantastic, new golf driving pad where you hit the golf balls (on tether) with your own golf clubs... now THIS IS REAL SIMULATION!'\\nSean Gibson, GamingIllustrated.com.It is perfect for everyone from golfing enthusiasts who want to practice their game through to people that just like computer games. It's the ultimate golfing gift. Plug it into your PC or laptop, pop in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 (included) and you're ready to go!.With British weather not being the most reliable and with ever-increasing working commitments, many players don't get much chance to play the sport they love. Well thankfully the Golf Launchpad puts an end to all of this, as you can play 'proper' golf from the comfort of your own home! Not only that, it will actually help your game..'What I found most interesting is that like my real ball flight tendencies, I was hitting it right, which gave me an accurate reading of what I tend to do wrong in my swing. While another guy who tends to pull shots was doing just that. Overall, we found the product to be easy to set up and use. The sound is uncanny to how it sounds like a real golf shot.' \\nNick Ciattei, Golf Guide Magazine.So how does it work?.Think of Golf Launchpad as a high-quality golf pad or golf mat embedded with sensors and digital signal processing effectively a specialised game controller for golf. .When you swing your clubs wood, iron or putter Golf Launchpad uses optical sensors to measure 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. Suitable for left and right handed players, it also comes with a swing analyser so that you can modify your game accordingly!.'We've had HUNDREDS OF GADGETS on the air since we started this program. Of ALL of them, the golf simulator there, GOLF LAUNCHPAD, that's the COOLEST!'\\nESPN2's Cold Pizza.Attached to the rugged, low-profile unit is a tethered, regulation golf ball attached to a silky-smooth double ball-bearing mount for a completely authentic golf experience. Should you want to hit normal balls into a net or into a field (safely!) simply remove the tether from the ball (no tools required)..The tethered balls are made from Dupont Surlyn, the same compound used in the best golf balls, so they sound and feel like the balls you hit off the fairway. Golf Launchpad's tethered ball has been designed to reproduce the impact-physics of a free ball to perfection. This means that you feel and hear the thwack of your irons and the ping of your woods just as you woul