I Bought a FAULTY Golden Tee GOLF Thing | Can I FIX It?

This Radica Golf game was part of a job-lot from eBay. Everything in it was sold as faulty!
Let's get this thing working again!
Hope you enjoy!
Steve
PS. I'm not an expert in repairs at all. I do this for fun, and it may not be the best or safest way to go about repairing broken stuff. I'm pretty good at melting plastic though. Please don't copy me - I'm an idiot.
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[@StezStixFix]

Stupid Radica Golden Tee Golf Thing

[@Audit-The-Auditors-UK]

How did you get so lucky. I bet you thought you would be up all night for the fun or sun? LUCKY.😀

[@Caddy666]

i've got one of these. GTG is ace. its not a great version, purely because it misses out the really snarky annoucer voice over. " its in the drink"

[@imaginitivity7853]

I read that as GoldenEye golf and thought it was based on James Bond's retirement years

[@mwk1]

*GET IN!*

[@imaginitivity7853]

I was a bit surprised you bodged the wire externally, instead of just rewiring inside the unit

[@impr3ssion]

Your videos inspired me to bid on a junk auction for my dream guitar, and I was able to repair it. Here's a sincere thanks from Texas.

[@EikottXD]

Nice bro! Congrats from Houston 🤘🏻

[@somersetretrogames]

I hope it was a BC Rich

[@DeathMetalDerf]

That's fantastic, dude! Very well done indeed!

[@impr3ssion]

Thanks, y'all. It's a Casio EG-5, the weird one with a cassette player. 😅

[@Castlevanius]

Stupid Guitar~

[@kdub2757]

My bosses sister was the accountant for the company that created golden tee. The company went from a handful of people to hundreds when Golden Tee became a hit in all the bars. Takes me back to my bar going days.

[@novatriio]

This is why I love the internet 💀 An utterly random golf gadget being repaired out of a job lot found on eBay and someone who knows the company accountant for a company you’ve never heard of is just in the comments… (assuming you aren’t lying)

[@Tidder007]

Glad to see your daughter chipping in! 🤣

[@StezStixFix]

🤣

[@keelbyman]

😂

[@mancaveretrogaming5245]

Used to love playing this in the pub, had no idea they made a home version!

[@StezStixFix]

Yeah, I vaguely remember the arcade version but hadn't seen this before either. It's good fun!

[@BIadesMan]

Yeah this was a favourite of mine when I was a young en.Good video my man.

[@TheBaldr]

@@StezStixFix Almost every sports bar in the US had a Golden Tee.

[@lukeb0030]

@@StezStixFix but also, a stupid game .. right ?

[@chrisj2848]

Nice Steve! Remember that golf is only a pretentious excuse to drink in public! VOS was awesome today too. 👍

[@StezStixFix]

😁 Thanks, Chris!

[@Jesselovespinball]

Your fix it videos always make me laugh . Not only are they instructive, I appreciate your sense of humor. Keep them coming ! I’ve been with you since less then 5000 subscribers and I’m really happy to see how much your channel has grown!

[@ygstuff4898]

"You could say it was....par for the course." -- truly, this caused me pain in some form (haha). A simple, yet very enjoyable repair to watch (I personally struggle with very fine wires, so really appreciated watching the video cable repair)

[@IceNein763]

When ever you splice multi-conductor cable, always stagger the splices by the length of each splice. That way the total thickness will be the thickness of the original cable plus one splice. It will barely be bigger than the cable originally was.

[@MisterZealot]

Nice! A bit of a tip on fixing cut cables I picked up somewhere. You don't cut both of the smaller cables in parallel but offset instead, so your heatshrinks won't be piled up together but one after the other, resulting in a much less bulkier fix in the cable radius. If you have room for it, that is.

[@ajspice]

Fuckin' genius! I'm stealing this idea.

[@MyRegardsToTheDodo]

I personally would have removed the damaged part of the cable from the mainboard, fiddled the good part through the protector and then soldered that to the mainboard. No heatshrink needed at all and considering the damaged part of the cable was so close to the protector, nobody would have noticed 5 or 10 centimeters missing.

[@MisterZealot]

@@MyRegardsToTheDodo putting aside that it sounds like a lot of work 😋, most protectors are fused to the cable. Aren't they?

[@MyRegardsToTheDodo]

@@MisterZealot No, normally they aren't, I've done that to a few older controllers, the cable breaking shortly before the protector is an extremely common problem with OG Xbox controllers for example. And it's really not much more work than what was shown in the video, I mean you have to strip the wires anyways to fuse them together with lead, but you'll also have to use quite a few pieces of heatshrinking tube.

[@MisterZealot]

@@MyRegardsToTheDodo Aha. Ok. Guess I never paid too much attention to them and assumed they were fix. Good to know.

[@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co]

Love it, and at least it wasn't another USB or HDMI port. I love that KZbin hit me with multiple ads for golfing in Calgary during this video. I don't golf. I'm not in Calgary.

[@rciancia]

That was a Grand Par said ,Grandma - nice fix - stupid game

[@StezStixFix]

😅

[@GameRaveTV]

The look you give after the pun was perfect.

[@spartacusprimus8709]

Par for the course…nice. Great work Steve! You need some more challenges.

[@Effect2o]

Another great video!! Thank you and keep them coming!!

[@reneschoolderman7835]

Keep up the good work! Always a laugh and something to learn

[@kiphakes]

LET'S GOOO!!!

[@mtshark7]

Nicely done Steve!

[@CubixFails]

Haven't seen your vids in a bit, but always glad to see you posting x

[@MrTimsvids]

Hi Stez, any chance of a "champion the wonder horse" as an outro, it would make my day!!

[@misspacman82]

"Par for the course", that stare got me chuckling. Dad humor is strong with this one.

[@biggtiming4220]

''Par for the Course'' stares intently freaking hilarious If you ever quit what you doing to go do comedy I'd still be your number one fan.

[@jeanrodrigues2021]

Just found this gem of a channel and now i can't stop watching!

[@phildar4580]

Just came across your channel. I have absolutely no experience in electrical engineering, but love what you do, and how you do it :) Greetings from Denmark

[@BristlyBright]

You put a smile on my face! Thank you!!

[@yourdad8228]

This video was Par for the course. Excellent as always!

[@leftieloosers]

That's a great game. Nice fix.

[@wisher21uk]

Great fix well done 😊

[@andybracken1627]

This was an arcade classic back in the day! Top work as always dude

[@djhev2787]

I liked the little nod to The Stranglers at the end 👏 👏

[@kuma1388]

You closed it out with a cover of one of my favorite songs ever. Golden Brown

[@theecrazyoldgamer8770]

I enjoy watching your videos. I find them informative and fun to watch. my best to dave. Thank you and have a great morning/afternoon/evening = )

[@pedromimoso8804]

Just great, Steve! Nice adapatation até the end! 😂

[@turks1966]

When you had this open it appeared as if one of the supports for the roller ball was broken inside the console, still very good job, really enjoy your videos.

[@peterjarnes25]

You rock brother!

[@weniard]

Nice job Steve :)

[@Chrish1981]

Gooood job, damn cords getting caught in crap, great video! And par for the corse was a pretty good dad joke 😂

[@TravisKmeow]

Music today was 10/10, great work Steve! Say hi to Dave for me

[@james3418]

Your Raps are epic mate love em

[@peterwilliams8922]

Well I learned something. I've never been good at hearing lyrics, crap actually. So I was very happy to see the line 'with my mind she runs' from Golden Brown, I always thought the song was about machine guns. :D

[@Jerec]

This looks great to have at home.

[@jadedrakerider]

Very cool. I picked up one of these faulty units, too. It has battery corrosion, but it seems to be getting power. No video though. I am going to play with it some more to see if I can get it working. If not, maybe I can hack the trackball for something else.

[@Andoryuuu]

Love the "Golden Brown" cover at the end.

[@Allerick178]

Nice work Steve.

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Frederick! 😊

[@walter9724]

I used to play the arcade version of this at my local arcade. I think it was a newer version as the graphics were way better. Was one of my favorite games to play there

[@BrendyNew]

I want this!!! Used to love this game in the pubs in the States

[@jakubmentel4329]

And i thought i cant solder wires 😂 Even master have problem with that. Lot of love Man !! Keep doing what u do !!

[@SuperDarren79]

Pat for the course deserved a like 😂

[@FrankWoodPhotography]

Par for the course. Quality!!

[@RaekenZayt]

Lmao, never change brother, the jokes are part of the experience I wouldn't miss. Keep em comin!

[@Smuttleydog]

I like the easy ones , makes me more confident to have a go :)

[@Lee_Essex]

That game wasn’t stupid, you were really enjoying it. 😂

[@AmstradExin]

"Daaaad! My Toothbrush isn't Dirty! Have you skipped work again???"

[@dogzilla1408]

Golden Tee was the game to play in the 90's. We'd hit the pool hall have some/many 😂 drinks, play pool and Golden Tee!. That was a while ago.

[@Mr_Brainz]

Rap soundtrack is the same one Tito on Retro Renew uses for his outro. You turned it into a full on banger 😂

[@onirtnec183]

Awesome music again!

[@jerofld]

Steve, one thing I like to do when soldering wires like that is to form hooks in the braided wire (and the shield) then use the hooks to give both sides support. Just folding the wire onto itself for a little bit will make a decent hook and then they can be hooked on the other wire and "handshake" a bit. Twisting them together helps after they're hooked together, as well, then solder and cover with the shrink tubing. Anyways, thx for the video!

[@Metalborn710]

Yeah thats the way. Those splices he did wont hold up long!

[@rubberduck4966]

without SMD soldiering and no SOLID Test this video is only half the genious than others from you

[@barttenbrinke2155]

Waiting for the lyrics to drop to push that 👍 button 👌

[@tedtester2794]

oh boy that cable soldering gave me the shivers :D

[@Manu-nr1yt]

You should clean out the vinegar with a lot of water if possible. The acid is able to eat away the chrome coating of the contacts. To prevent this it should be neutralized somehow as soon as it did its job.

[@SpartanX360]

Another *SOLID* video

[@CTCTraining1]

Good fix Steve, and the world needs more alcohol-> tea song lyric transformations 👍😀

[@mattsephton]

I successfully replaced the tiny batteries in my Bluetooth headphones using my mates setup that is similar to yours. We are both inspired by your repairs! ps: my soldering was average

[@michaeldouglas7796]

nice touch with a bit of stranglers...

[@Thailandescapades]

What a one liner to finish …. Gold 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheDemoniusX]

Love hearing "Stupid Game" always makes my day.

[@CrashHeadroom]

*awards golf clap of acceptance for the goldblum line lol*

[@krahwinkel9503]

Next career incoming: Golf Pro ! Very well done, thanks

[@Wanton110]

I have one of these, one of the inexplicable mainstays of pubs around here were goldentee arcade machines..

[@chrise.2495]

Golden Brown.... Beautiful song

[@DigitalDiabloUK]

That looks fun. Worth replacing the cable with AV jacks to use standard AV cables?

[@lacosadz6519]

Amo tus videos

[@BrunakoPAO]

Funny to see the voltage dropping because of bad connections, didn’t know it would have this behavior. Easy quick fix again Steve 😅 hey can’t you come up with more difficult stuff ? 😁

[@ThySovereignLP]

Love the dad jokes xD "Got my daughters toothbrush"

[@natevaughn2307]

It's definitely not a "Stez" video without the "Stupid game"😊

[@rhinox3474]

I got the same item at a thrift store the other day. batteries were corroded and fuzed. Luckily it didn't eat the contacts too bad. All those plug and play games people always leave batteries in them.

[@finjibuns]

No way. I've been working my way through your videos and I actually have one of these I bought at a bootsale, plugged the wrong power supply into it and it popped. Maybe this video will help me fix it 🤞🏼 Edit - should have watched the video first as I would have realised you don't actually ever look at the board as it was a battery compartment corrosion fix 🙄😄. Stupid you tube

[@send9]

There's never a frown with your golden channel

[@SparksNZeros]

usually those types of strain reliefs you can desolder the cable from the board, pull the cable through the relief, cut out the damage and then feed the healthy cable back through and resolder to the board for a cleaner repair.

[@bufordmaddogtannen]

I usually loosen up that kind of strain relief with hot air, then it would be a matter of pulling the cable in to hide the fix, or resolder it internally, on a case by case basis.

[@doughy67]

yep thats what i would of done

[@steelcityreseller8170]

GET IN THERE!!! 😁

[@shoeonhead]

Does this guy rap in all of his videos? That was hilarious and actually straight fire XD

[@custommadeknives]

ive just got home to find id been burgled and then dealing with the police for hours , this has cheered me right up stez watching on my phione as they took my tv 🤣 gotta laugh or id cry thanks for the video mate

[@JoshuaJonah]

Usually if you wiggle those supposedly "molded" strain reliefs around you can get the wire sliding in it. The better way to handle this guy would have been to do that and pull 2" of wire back into the box and make new internal connections. But what do I know.

[@ronlevin2339]

I usually use 1 to 5% sollution of TCA or TFA in water, works and clean much faster that vinegar

[@eggstu]

Never skipping StezStix's rhymes is the only way

[@w_rodriguez]

nice par

[@jimlahey148]

Worse joke ever at the end - did make me chuckle 😂

[@Nobe_Oddy]

- - - - PAUSE the video @ 12:00 - THAT should be THE NEW CHANNEL PIC!!! lol Thanks for the video... you ALWAYS brighten up my Saturday's!!! :D

[@garydobbs2085]

On only post a video every two weeks now you don't need us. Just be careful Steve. It can change over night

[@craiggilchrist4223]

I was playing golden tee the other day on arcade and trackball.

[@RickLogan]

On the cable, I would have cut it like you did, but then open it back up, and solder to the board.

[@meesix]

Guys, what does Mr. Oizo mean? (Thank you for the video, Steve)

[@camptube7621]

In it’s time this was a great little game with a cool controller.

[@shaunimms5156]

Oh dear.....proper 'dad joke'!! 😁

[@antoniomorciano5016]

Sei un grande

[@wizerd5150]

bro your like a gaming god. well game fixing god anyway. !

[@MyCatTookOverMyChannel]

Head shrink tubes are the bandaids of cables

[@HankPanky]

Done it myself many times, but I hate using geat shrink in that way.