Help is at hand though - the Golf Talking Meter - a speaker box gizmo which clips to the bottom of your club offers instant precision engineered audible feedback to let you master a winning swing, such as: "Hook", "Slice" or hopefully "Nice Shot".

Whether it's a help or hindrance depends on how annoying you find the sound of a robotic coach. Perhaps the Golf Talking Meter is best employed to distract opponents but even then, as one site points out, selling for 15 euro it's probably 14 euro overpriced.