Golden Tee at Max's
(Credit: Molly V. Strzelecki)
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Golden Tee is video golf. If you've ever been to a bar where a group of guys stood huddled in the corner smacking their palms against a video game, extending their arm into a wide arc while standing on tiptoes, then cringing desperately and making that "So Close!" face, they were more than likely playing Golden Tee.
The rules are simple. Follow the same rules used in a real, live golf game. First, pick your course. No, wait. First, put in your money. Games start at $0.75, which doesn't sound like a lot. Then again, smacking a little white ball around a big green lawn doesn't sound too difficult, either, but it all eventually takes its toll. In general, the machines we encountered charged approximately $2 per player to play nine holes.
Players have their choice of courses, from amateur to championship levels, each featuring various weather conditions and terrains. Style of play is also an option: Stroke, skins or tourney. Depending on the machine, and which type of play you pick, you can play any amount of holes you'd like, but some will only let you play nine or 18. (Though you do get your choice of the front nine or the back nine, if you're particular.)
Golden Tee allows you to change clubs for certain shots, line up your golfer and it even provides stats in regards to the slope and angle of where you are in relation to the green or cup. And that big white ball in the center of the console? That's not your golf ball, that's the trackball. Smacking it as hard as you can not only makes you look cool, but the distance on your tee shot, as well.
The player with the lowest score wins, of course.
Go to Game on: Golden Tee to learn how to play.
