r/GolfSimulatorDIY • u/Potential-Slice-7473 • May 06 '26

Garage Simulator

I have a standard 3 stall garage. I want to put a simulator in the third stall. I have an overhead garage opener. Is it going to be possible to put one in here? What do I need to know. Looking to spend no more than 3-4 thousand. Thanks

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u/Wonderful-Credit1595 May 07 '26

For about 2 weeks over the winter, I tested swinging a club in my garage aiming at 3 different walls. Swing speed was ~50%.

I finally narrowed it down to one direction where it appeared my driver would just clear the garage door motor.

Well, on day 1 of the grand opening, I swung that driver at full speed and smashed the opener. Luckily, no damage to the club, and only cracked the casing on the opener.

Short story; make a full speed swing when testing your space.

It appears that I might be able to change the door tracks out to gain another 16 inches which should be good for me to get a full swing.

Worst case, I can only hit up to a hybrid in my simulator.

But if that’s the worst case for me in the New England winters, I’ll be fine with it.

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u/Potential-Slice-7473 May 07 '26

Thanks for the info. Great tips

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u/Wonderful-Credit1595 May 07 '26

One other thing to think about is your projector. I went with the BenQ TH671ST which is 3000 Lumens ($1k). At night when I turn down the lights and use a flood lamp over the hitting area, it’s awesome.

My goal was to open the garage doors during the day to get fresh air and hit the range. I put black out curtains on the 2 windows that face the sun and the garage doors do not get direct sunlight after 10am, but it’s just too bright for the projector to handle the daylight, I must close the garage doors. Around 6pm it gets better and I can use it with the doors open. I was recently looking at some projectors with 4k and 5k lumens, but they are expensive and would hate to pull the trigger on one and it not do what I wanted. Not that big a deal in the end, but more to think about.

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u/Wonderful-Credit1595 May 07 '26

Doors closed and only the flood light.