Thinking about buying a Golden Tee. What should I look for? What's a good model?

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Thinking about buying a Golden Tee. What should I look for? What's a good model?

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Golden Tee. And, so does my wife. I really want one. What should I be looking for when looking at these games? I know I want a newer one. What are the differences. What's a good price? 2005? Fore? Tournament? What's the differences? How much should I pay? Will one of these fit inside a Ford Explorer?

I know.. tons of questions. I just don't know enough about them. Looking for any insight. Thanks!
 
Get a Complete. It has 29 courses, basically all the courses they released during the Fore series. You should be able to find a nice dedicated unit for under 1500 at this point. The newer GTs are still up in price, so I would hold off on those. If the Complete is too rich for your blood, buy a 2005, 04, 03, or 02, and after you're tired with that, buy a Complete board off of ebay. It is a plug and play upgrade for the above years (assuming you buy the same color circuit board as the game you're converting... they had a red board and a green board). There is a complete bdset on the bay right now for 425.

Complete and the above years require a HD, but the usual ebay sellers have made a flash drive available for the series. If the HD fails, you can buy that. Most of the GT Fores out there use a Wells 9200 digital monitor. Good picture when they work. If the monitor keeps giving you fits, you can either send the chassis to Chad over at arcadecup, or just buy a new Kortek tri sync from Betson (around $400 new). I've also had GT's come in with Neotec and WG mid res monitors, and they all generally suck ass.

No idea if it will fit in an Explorer. The cabinet is front deep, so measure before you move it.

-Mike
 
Oh, the Fore series aside from Complete should be easy to find well under $1k at this point all over the place.

-M
 
I would get an early Fore cab, and then upgrade to a complete. You could pick up an 03-05 for 600-700, and then get a complete kit. Then your only spending 1000-1100 total. Most Completes Ive seen go for 1400+. Just trying to save some loot, but I guess you should grab whatever is available. I got my 04 Fore for free, so any money I put into it wont hurt as bad :)
 
There's a guy over in Cinci selling bare cabs with working d9200 for $400. Throw in a complete kit and you've got a med res complete for $850. I bought 1 off of him and am putting it together for a friend...

I realize that isnt close to you - but just to show you what is possible...
 
I have a nice 2005 with 5 courses that needs monitor work or really just another monitor, $500 and its yours. I have owned it since about 2000 and it was originally a dedicated 97
 
I have a Golden Tee 3d in a non-dedicated cab that I got for $50. I have a med res monitor that I am tossing in there and getting one of the Fore games. I saw that a 2005 kit w/marquee went for $100 on Ebay recently so it's not hard to put one of these together for very little money.

Most def get one with a med res monitor if you don't have one to toss in there. The GT Fore games and newer can run on either med or standard res but look much better on med res. Also, if you are going for a non dedicated cab, make sure there is ample room on the control panel for your hands to roll the trackball.
 
Also, if you are going for a non dedicated cab, make sure there is ample room on the control panel for your hands to roll the trackball.

Go dedicated, John. I had a conversion (in an MK cab) and it was a finger buster. Some of the conversions are nice, but the big ass CPs look weird. The dedicated Fore! cabs are cool looking (IMO) so go with that. I am all for what others have said. Find an older model (Fore!- which was '01 or an '02) and buy a kit to upgrade later. GT's are awesome when friends are over.
 
Yes, I am definitely going to get a dedicated version 2005 or newer. There was a 2005 Fore for $250.00 by me but it was in an old Simpsons cabinet. Yuck.

Which ones have medium res monitors???
 
You want one of these bad boys, don't ya?

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I *think* all of the Fore! series cabs used Med res monitors, but I do believe that they are all switchable between med and standard. Its a golf game, and while I'm sure med res looks pretty, you would be fine with a std res monitor (that is, if the dips are switchable). I'm sure someone else could chime in...
 
Its a golf game, and while I'm sure med res looks pretty, you would be fine with a std res monitor (that is, if the dips are switchable). I'm sure someone else could chime in...

It is DIP switchable for std res or med res on the PCB. Med res was the factory default. The DIP is in the SW5 DIP bank -- DIP swith #1.
 
yes it's the fore series that uses medium or standard res. Everything before that is standard res. A non dedicated cabinet is an option as long as there is ample room to roll the trackball. The one I have has a big control panel with plenty of room.
 
yes it's the fore series that uses medium or standard res. Everything before that is standard res. A non dedicated cabinet is an option as long as there is ample room to roll the trackball. The one I have has a big control panel with plenty of room.

I think I'd want a medium res for sure. Anyway telltale signs of a medium res monitor when looking at photos of cabinets?
 
Well most of the medium res monitors are 27". All the ones I have seen with Std res are 25". Your mileage may vary, not valid in all states, blah blah blah
 
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