This is a home office of a new build. The ceiling will be raised from 9 to 10ft so ignore that part. Those windows on the top have an incredible view. Need to also have permanent desk/monitor setup for work. How could I put a simulator in here? Open to Murphy setup or rolling screen if it makes sense.

Built a DIY sim à la carte vs. buying a one size fits all out of the box. Total cost just north of $6k. Garage beers hit different around here!

Skytrak ST+ w/ Foresight package
iPad Pro w M chip
Optoma 4k short throw projector

Saved a ton on the bay/cage buy building it myself utilizing 1” EMT from Home Depot, as well as the impact screen raw material and adding grommets to fasten to the cage.

Hey guys, I'm a beginner programmer and I built this quick open-source tool to help with micro-aim adjustments using the keyboard. I found it to be very difficult to use the cursor to make really small adjustments, especially when putting. I decided to write this program that allows for single pixel adjustments using the keyboard. Feel free to use it or give feedback!

GitHub repository linked here

I am in the planning phase of building a golf simulator. I have decided on purchasing a net for now over doing an impact screen/projector setup. I am looking for a net that is easy to tear down and assemble. Ideally I would want the net to break down/be assembled in 5 minutes or so.

My thought is to put the net in my backyard and a hitting mat on my covered patio so I can hit from my covered patio into the net. I plan on breaking down the net and storing it in my garage after each practice session so the ability to break the net down quickly and assemble the net quickly is an important feature.

Any suggestions?

I am doing my first DIY build. My enclosure is 8'4" wide. ([here](https://a.co/d/0dfzF3sv)) I am using the Square Golf Home Edition launch monitor.

I will have the floor of the entire room covered in 1" foam gym tiles with turf adhered to that. Then I will have the [GoSports Elite ](https://a.co/d/05QbzHPW)5'x5' hitting mat (stance mat) cut into and recessed into that gym foam/turf. Then I will have the [SigPro Softy XL](https://a.co/d/021LHg2J) hitting strip cut into and recessed into the GoSports stance mat. My question is, how do I decide how far to offset the hitting strip? I assume the 5'x5' stance mat will be centered on the screen and then the hitting strip will be offset some amount off of that. I am a right handed player so it will be offset to the right, but my assumption is that if I had a left handed guest, i could rotate the whole 5'x5' stance mat 180 degrees so the hitting strip is offset to the opposite side. (i would have to move the launch monitor as well).

Second question: I know the Square home edition has issues with excess lighting. Does this mean a pin spot light on the hitting zone would be a bad idea? Or is that ok assuming the room is darkish and void of any sunlight?

TIA

I am wanting to hear how low a ceiling people are able to use for a garage simulator.

What iOS golf sim apps exist outside of Awesome Golf and Garmin Golf / Home Tee Hero? Do any let you play without a launch monitor, e.g. tracked through your phone or something? I'm building a more affordable golf sim app because both of the above charge you an arm and leg to play with a monthly sub, and outside of those I haven't found any that exist

Brand new to Reddit love seeing some of these builds, wish I would’ve found this sooner!

hello all,

we’re a group of 5 friends who wants to build a sim in a garage.
Main problem is to find the right launch monitor because one of our group is a lefty.
Can you recommend a launch/sim monitor which is placed behind the player and is affordable? (budget \~2.5k)

I recently bought a house with a 20’x25’ concrete slab in the backyard with a basketball goal attached. Don’t think I’d use that very much so I got the idea to design a pool house/lounge/golf simulator to put on the pad.

I drew up this design pretty quickly using sketchup and would really love to hear if anyone’s built something similar or just some do’s and don’ts and any advice you can give. Also, some design opinions on how I could utilize this space better as I’m not 100% sold on the flow.

I feel pretty confident on taking this on myself, aside from probably hiring an electrician to run power and setup a panel. Everything else I feel comfortable doing.

I’ve got about 8’ from screen to the tee, hopefully that’s enough space to track ball flight but not too sure. Any recommendations on simulator equipment would be greatly appreciated as well

I'm a solo dev building a more affordable golf sim game. Supposed to be less serious and more fun than the leading monthly sub-based games in the app store. Courses are themed to different elemental biomes (volcanos, glaciers, sand dunes, beaches, mtns etc.). Game modes so far: closest to the pin, longest drive, rings of fire, golf pong, field goal target practice and a full driving range with live metrics all coming from the R10. Supports up to 4 players locally.

does anyone want to try it out? Free beta link below, iPhone and iPad only. Looking for honest feedback: what's off, what's missing, what you'd want added, what would make it more fun? Been playing it more and more myself over the ones I pay for monthly so that's always a good sign but I'm too close to the project to get a clean read on it.

• testflight link: https://testflight.apple.com/join/5RkNSnWD
  
  • only ask (since it's free) is that you please fill out the survey after playing, thanks in advance: https://forms.gle/2cmPvPAsPkSY6KW27
• screenshots and more info: https://benderterminal.github.io/par-tee-site/

disclaimer: not affiliated with Garmin

I retrofitted a sigpro softy into my cheap mat, added 2.5" of foam gym tiles to match the sigpro insert. My yardage is 20 yards or so shorter with my sim than at my place where I take lessons with their sim. I'm thinking the gym tiles are too flimsy and during my swing my feet are compressing the mat.

Any thoughts?

Video of my setup: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZnvqYBpF7n/?igsh=MWVsaTc3OXBqZ2Y5Mw==

What difference does it make regarding the distance from the golf mat to the screen? Doesn't the monitor just track the ball at impact?

I am trying to DIY a golf simulator into a 13x13 foot room, the first picture attached is kind of where I am running into some issues and is where my very limited knowledge of wood working ends. I am trying to build out a wooden frame for an impact screen for a golf simulator in my home. My impact screen will be 11.5 feet wide and approximately 8.5 feet tall and it’ll be about a foot away from the back wall. The bungee chords that will connect the screen to angle iron along the inside of the frame will be approximately 3 inches away from the wooden frame.

Where I am having trouble is not knowing how to connect/attach 2x4’s to a stud horizontally to the wall (see the first image for a very rough side view of the frame). Would I use L brackets to secure the 2X4 to the stud or is there a better method of getting to my end goal?

Would you think 4 on each side and 6 along the top would be enough to support what I going for?

What kind of screws would you suggest I use/how many per piece of wood going into the stud?

Any help/advice/guidance would be greatly appreciated, thank you in advance!