{"id":5524,"date":"2016-02-05T20:18:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T20:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2016\/02\/05\/watch-golf-robot-named-ldric-hits-a-hole-in-one\/"},"modified":"2016-02-05T20:18:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T20:18:00","slug":"watch-golf-robot-named-ldric-hits-a-hole-in-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/watch-golf-robot-named-ldric-hits-a-hole-in-one\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Golf Robot Named LDRIC Hits A Hole-In-One"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Laura Wagner<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

A hole-in-one is a cause for celebration, even (especially?) when a robot does it.<\/p>\n

LDRIC, a cleverly named golf robot, aced the par-3 16th hole at Arizona’s TPC Scottsdale course earlier this week on just its fifth try.<\/p>\n

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The Launch Directional Robot Intelligent Circuitry robot’s name is pronounced “Eldrick” \u2014 as in Eldrick “Tiger” Woods. With its triumph, both LDRIC and Eldrick have made holes-in-one from the very same tee. (Woods did it in 1997.)<\/p>\n

The robot reportedly takes the wind and surface of the green into consideration when lining up and hitting its shots. Golf Digest<\/em> describes LDRIC<\/a> as “the go-to device for equipment and ball-testing in the golf industry. Not only is its swing sound and fluid, but it can replicate hooks, slices and other flaws inherent to the average golfer.”<\/p>\n

But it doesn’t wear brightly colored pants. So at least human golfers still have that going for them.<\/p>\n

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A hole-in-one is a cause for celebration, even (especially?) when a robot does it.<\/p>\n

LDRIC, a cleverly named golf robot, aced the par-3 16th hole at Arizona’s TPC Scottsdale course earlier this week on just its fifth try.<\/p>\n

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The Launch Directional Robot Intelligent Circuitry robot’s name is pronounced “Eldrick” \u2014 as in Eldrick “Tiger” Woods. With its triumph, both LDRIC and Eldrick have made holes-in-one from the very same tee. (Woods did it in 1997.)<\/p>\n

The robot reportedly takes the wind and surface of the green into consideration when lining up and hitting its shots. Golf Digest<\/em> describes LDRIC<\/a> as “the go-to device for equipment and ball-testing in the golf industry. Not only is its swing sound and fluid, but it can replicate hooks, slices and other flaws inherent to the average golfer.”<\/p>\n

But it doesn’t wear brightly colored pants. So at least human golfers still have that going for them.<\/p>\n

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