Can this golf simulator turn a novice into Tiger Woods?

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I’ve pitched and I’ve putted, but I’ve never played a proper round of golf, mainly for fear of public humiliation. An indoor golf simulator, however, lets me make a fool of myself in relative privacy, so I tentatively accept the offer of a hybrid club from James Day, the founder of Urban Golf. I gaze down at a real golf ball on a real tee, then up at a digital…