Golf

You'll never have to carry clubs around the course again, with this AI-powered vision-equipped caddie that recognizes you and moves by hand command. One model will even assess your swing in real time. Right now, the caddies are discounted by 40%.

Hikers, cyclists and other athletes carry their gear in backpacks, so why do golfers mostly use shoulder bags or wheeled carts? That's the thinking behind the Grasshopper Backpack, which can hold up to seven clubs along with other equipment.

Not all golfers enjoy pushing or pulling a trolley around for hours, which is why there are now powered models that move on their own. A new one, known as the S-Walk, actually keeps pace with its user as they walk across the greens.

​​It's a game of fine margins, so there's little wonder there are so many technological solutions aimed at giving golfers of all levels a helping hand. The latest is a new putter from TaylorMade built to shave shots off your game by using a sensor to measure your form on the green.

​​Hovercrafts, scooters, skateboards and jetpacks. We've seen some pretty out-there ideas when it comes to how golfers can make their way across the links. A new electrified pushbike might not be the most exciting of the bunch, but it may have practicality on its side.

​Garmin has today launched a new wearable that carries a lot of the functionality you might expect from a smartwatch, but doubles as a golf tracker to offer useful insights into your game such as course maps and shot-tracking.

Anyone who's tried to play the perfect 18 holes will know it's easy to go from a slice to a hook with just one small tweak, so data about what you're doing can be invaluable in improving. Iofit is hoping its shoes are the answer, analyzing your balance to work on your swing "from the ground up."

In 2013, pro golfer Bubba Watson, along with Oakley and Neoteric Hovercraft, designed a Golf Cart Hovercraft that glides across greens, bunkers and water traps. Now with the help of Martin Aircraft, the team has taken to the skies with the Golf Cart Jetpack.

Back in 2013, Mercedes showed the world what a three-pointed star-badged golf cart of the future might look like with the Vision Golf Cart. Well, the (near) future is here and Mercedes has teamed up with Scandinavian "golf car" manufacturer Garia to make the Mercedes golf cart a reality.

While many people prefer to ride in a motorized cart when they're golfing, not all golf courses have such vehicles. Well, that's where the GoCaddy comes in. The portable vehicle incorporates an existing GoPed folding electric scooter.​

Like a Roomba for the range, the Ball Picker is an autonomous robot that scoots around sucking up golf balls and returning them to a ball dispenser to be teed up again.

If most of your car trips are made up of short jaunts within your neighborhood, you may be able to get away with a slow-but-cheap electric runabout. Eco-Cruise recently launched just such a vehicle, in the form of its Cruser Sport.