Gadgets and gizmos

You try telling a golfer that their preferred Sunday afternoon pastime isn’t a sport and requires no effort, and most will try and tell you it’s more than just a walk through the woods. After all, you have to bend over every now and again to put the ball on the tee and there’s the seemingly endless walk between shots. We haven’t even mentioned the strenuous lifting of golf clubs.

Well, fortunately, there’s a gadget that makes picking up and re-teeing the ball after practising your swing that little bit easier. The Hammacher Scheimer Automatic Golf Tee automatically puts a ball on the tee, without fail, so you can keep your stance and perfect your swing without all of that back breaking effort, leaning over.

What makes it an even better item for the golf lover is that it doesn’t need plugging into the mains, and indeed doesn’t require a power source of any type. Lower the lever with your club and the Automatic Golf Tee neatly and even proudly places the next ball onto the tee. It holds up to 35 balls and can be purchased for about £30 online so is much cheaper than a virtual swing machine.