Antiques Roadshow expert gobsmacked by rare golf computer with surprising value
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dailystar.co.ukAntiques Roadshow expert Gordon Foster was delighted when a woman brought in her dad's old golf machine, which he bought for "not much" in the 1960s.Presenting the BBC show on Sunday (March 7) at Kenilworth Castle in the Midlands, Gordon reveals the 1930s curiosity is basically an "early computer" and worth a lot of money today.He explains: "It’s an early computer and it’s a golf game.
It’s fantastic – I absolutely love it!"Basically, how it works I’m sure you know, you would whack a golf ball attached to a piece of string and it would record the direction of the shot by a hook to the left or slice to the right, the elevation of the shot and, of course, the distance of the shot."He continued: "The golfer, just like he would do on a normal.
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