Giro Golfing

Giro Golfing turns your phone into a golf club. You hold it with both hands, screen facing forward and pointing down, and then you swing it like you would swing a real club. The game reads the motion and the ball flies depending on how hard and how straight you swung. It sounds a bit silly, and it is, but it’s also surprisingly close to the real thing.

There are two ways to play. Golf gives you a full hole, a long par 4 of around 400 metres, where you have to think about distance, the lie and how the club face is turned when you hit. Putt is just the green, where you read the slope, line up your aim and try not to three putt in front of everyone.

You can play on your own or with friends. In golf up to four people can share the same game, and putting is one on one. Someone creates the game and shares a link and everyone joins from their own phone. If you can’t swing where you are, like on the bus, there’s a touch mode that works without moving the phone, and a short tutorial if it’s your first time.

It’s free, runs in the browser and works for the whole family. Just check that nobody is standing next to you before you swing.