r/Golfsimulator

I have a pretty low key setup in my garage. Go Sports net, Square Omni, 43" QLED as a monitor and a cheap < $100 hitting mat off of Amazon. Ive had the mat since around Christmas and its starting to show signs of wear. Im wondering if this is common amongst all mats or does the low cost, in this case, equate to low quality. The mat gets great reviews on Amazon but I wonder if upgrading to something like a beavertail would increase durability. Is the juice (cost) worth the squeeze (result) with a high priced mat? Im a pretty casual golfer so Im just not sure. Thoughts? For context I golf about twice a month but I do want to keep improving, hence the sim setup :)

Just moved. Looking to spend the next month building out my garage sim. Recommendations on any LMs? I have guaranteed 14ft of depth to work with, but can possibly be pushed to 16ft but that may not be ideal. LM will only be used indoors.

I'm an okay-ish golfer looking to get better (shoot 90-100) and trying to narrow down which sim I should get for the range. My focus while looking at sims (and improving my game) has mostly been club path and face angle data, but I noticed a lot of people don't seemed as concerned about getting a device that doesn't have this. Is that more because of a budget constraint or is it that once you get better, knowing club path and face angle become less important?

I thought deciding on an enclosure and a launch monitor would be the hard decision here, but turns out that picking out a hitting mat/strip is going to be the death of me.

I have a budget of about $1000. Ideally, I would like one that translates well to actual course numbers; if I carry a 7i 160 in the sim , I’d like to expect somewhere in that ballpark at a course, though I’m not sure if that’s even realistic. Also whatever mat is better for injury prevention, doesn’t necessarily have to be the best.

I like the FiberBuilt Grass series, but not sure about having the ball “tee’d up” on every shot. But I suppose one could use the non-hitting strip portion? Although not sure how that feels.

Getting a lot of ads for Country Club Elite. Looks great, but have read some mixed reviews; some saying it’s harsh, some saying it’s the greatest budget mat ever.

Recently came across the Carls Hotshot Gel mat. Can’t find too many details on it, but some concerns were regarding gel inserts wearing out within a year.

Sig Softy… seems to be a common go-to? Sounds like there’s an indent that develops in the strip after a couple of months of use. Does this affect anything?

Any other suggestions.

I have an approximately 13" wide by 16" deep by 11" tall area in my basement that I want to install a golf simulator room. The area is currently unfinished.

I'm looking for some guidance on how much to budget to setup the system (including install cost) not including the PC and the simulator unit. I already have a trackman IO.

I'm thinking I'll need the projector, screen, padding for the walls, ceiling, turf floor with removable hitting mat.

Anyone do this? My thoughts go towards I have to bring it in every winter. Even summer humidity being a problem.

Earlier this year I built a golf sim in one of my garage bays. Bought a cheap Anything Sports 8'x'8' enclosure. There are two doors that are behind where the enclosure is placed. That's where the HVAC closet and some storage is located. I need access to those doors often and when I do I have to move the sim enclosure out of the way. It is an added pain in the butt as each time I move the enclosure I need to readjust my projector. I want more of a one and done solution. I'd also like to have a slightly larger screen. A retractable seems to make a lot of sense as that would make it easier to access the closet doors rather than sliding the enclosure around every time.

The dimensions of that area are about 11' wide and 9'6" height to ceiling.

The two options I'm looking at are a custom setup from Gungo Ho or a Metech roller setup with a Spectrum Poly Spacer screen. Both are similarly priced and much cheaper than the Vanish 11 from The SportScreen.

I'd appreaciate any opinions and insight.

For those of you who play SGT- the season ends on August 31.
Does the new season start right away on September 1?
Is there any reason to start/pay now or should I just wait until September 1?
Looking forward to joining!

Hi guys,

I was thinking about putting a golf simulator in my garage. The problem is that I have an even floor. There’s a drain in the middle of the garage. It’s approximately 30x30 garage and funnels to the centre from all sides to the drain with a roughly 3 inch difference.

Looking for some cost effective ideas.

Wondering if it is worth having say 6 inches of room in front of my Vtrack launch monitor hitting area to putt from. This way you are just putting on the turf rather than putting “through” the hitting strip.

Anyone have a setup like this? Looking at the Bullseye Soft Strike hitting strip. Thinking I’m either going to order a 18 inch x 30 inch hitting strip and leave 6 inches in front or not space in front and the 24 inch x 30 inch hitting strip.

Getting close to the final stages of my garage simulator and trying to dial this in this week.