If you have a broadband connection, you can watch entertaining and useful videos for free.

Google Video has over 700+ golf videos online and most of them are free.

They range from goofy home-spun stunt videos to not so subtle commercials (local link) to useful training videos from experts.

In order to view them you will need:

  • PC with Windows 2000 or XP or Mac with OS 10.3
  • A recent vintage browser IE 5+, Firefox, Safari
  • Flash 7 player from Macromedia — it’s free
  • Broadband connection for smooth playback

The videos can be sorted by type (free or for sale) and duration (long, short, or in-between):

  • Golf — all videos (728) 
  • Golf — videos for sale (17)
  • Golf — video duration: long or over 20 minutes long (81)
  • Golf — video duration: short or up to 4 minutes long (579)

If you search for the word golf, you will get a few unexpected items related to cars, disc golf, or mini-golf. It’s good idea to narrow your search a bit by adding terms. Try the following:

  • golf swing (41)
  • golf ball (57)
  • golf training (25)
  • golf course (193)
  • golf tiger (34)
  • golf fun (82)

I like a lot of the commercials that are entertaining like the ones from the Super Bowl. Nike’s Tiger Woods - Ball trick is clever and short.

Many of video can be shown on other websites. Just add the Google Video code to a page to embed a viewer linked to a specific video.

The Boy’s Golf Weekend by Sausalito Memories was shot in northern Minnesota.