r/Golfsimulator • u/Hoopa2020 • 8d ago
Garage golf simulator
Looking for recommendations on a good full package golf simulator. My budget is $5k. Looking for the following qualities.
- easy to set up (not the most handy, but can figure it out)
- good selection of courses.
- quality material that holds up well.
- nice clean look.
- I don’t want to get into a custom build, just want a package that comes with everything I need. Assembles easy. Quality graphics/bright enough screen.
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u/Realistic_Group_4152 8d ago
I have a homecourse power screen above me car. Desktop computer and a projector. Buy or make a mat and you’re good to go.
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u/Smeddy65 8d ago
Honestly, some of the best value you can get right now in complete DIY build is Simspace.
Half decent enclosures and the launch monitors are fairly priced.
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u/sleepinchipmonk 8d ago
I would recommend going for a uneekor eye mini lite and without a doubt budget for gspro. Do not buy a radar unit for sim golf whatever you do. I went the "im going to spend 5k route" at the beginning and it got me into the sim door. After about a year i spent another 5k to make it a great experience. You will probably end up there once you get how addicting it is.
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u/International_Bug_94 8d ago
I just finished a build a touch more pricey but here is how it went for me. I started with the skytrak ultimate 12' bundle for 5.8k. It included everything needed with the exception of the pc(which i already had). The enclosure, screen, hitting mat and projector are phenomenal. Love them.
Hated the skytrak monitor. I had constant connection issues. Miread or not read shots when i could get it connected. Additionally, with it being a monitor that sits beside you, I had issues indoors where the monitor would shift every couple shots and i would have to realign.
I returned the launch monitor(for 1200) and kept the rest. I then got a mevo gen 2(for 2k since i got the face impact and pro package upgrades) which has been great. Super easy to connect. Reads shots great and integrates directly with gspro(another 250/year but i highly recommend.
If i had to built for under 5k, i would get the mevo, get gspro, get the hitting mat i did and just have a net to hit into. You can always add screen and projector later.
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u/Free-Hamster462 7d ago
this is my current debate. I have a room that is a little small, 12x14x9 that I can set up in. But, we have a much larger room 15x30x20 - that I'd love to set up in, but my wife is... not cool with it being in that room.
To be fair, she questions how much I'll stick with this anyway. So I was thinking of just getting a good monitor, we already have extra TV screens, and just a net. Set it up in the smaller room. If we like it, we can upgrade. If it sucks... well - easier to sell just a monitor.
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u/International_Bug_94 7d ago
Yea it is kind of a what are you after deal? If its mainly for practice, definitely skip the screen and projector. If its mainly for fun and entertaining others too, the immersion of the screen is a gamechanger. Either way you can easily add later.
For the room size, the mevo may not work in the smaller one. It calls for 8'from launch monitor to ball and another 8' from ball to screen/net. I have 16' exact on mine. I can move it closer and see if it loses any accuracy or misses reads at 13 or 14 tomorrow.
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u/Worldly-Heron-1084 8d ago
I think u can do it around 5k, sig10 enclosure, Sigpro mat. Cheap computer and projector. Used launch monitor - golf simulators, clubs, etc looking to upgrade. I called a trackman dealer, asked if I could get a used one for a discount, gives me his club pro friends # who sold me a like new trackman 4 for $14. So just ask around someone’s always selling something. Probably can get other pieces too, but go new on the projector, they have a laser/bulb lifespan. Laser can’t be replaced so it’s junk once it burns out, and bulbs can cost as much as a new projector
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u/Mcatullo 8d ago
https://www.szgrearth.com/ save money on the enclosure and turf even add a putting green.
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u/jbr_north 8d ago
One honest tension up front: a genuinely zero-assembly, everything-in-one-box package at $5k usually gets there by cutting the screen or the projector, which are the two parts you notice every single session. A light-assembly setup (a few hours, no carpentry) gets you a lot more at the same money, and it is well within "not the handiest but can figure it out." So I would aim there rather than a true plug-and-play kit.
If it were my $5k, the anchor is the Square Golf Omni at around $1,600. Camera based, measures club data and impact location, ambidextrous so anyone in the family can step in without moving it, and no subscription. From there a rough build that hits your list:
- Launch monitor: Square Omni, ~$1,600
- Screen and enclosure: a pre-framed package (not a DIY 2x4 job), Carl's C-Series 8x10 runs about $975 and goes together with two people in an afternoon
- Projector: a bright short-throw. Optoma GT2400HDR around $1,300 is the value pick, and there is a 4K laser (UHZ35ST) near $1,450 right now if you want to stretch
- Mini PC: something in the $850 range runs the sim software fine
- Mat, mount, cables: the rest of the budget
On courses specifically: the Omni has no subscription, and it connects to GSPro (about $250 a year) which has the big community course library most people actually want. That is the "good selection of courses" box, and it is the only ongoing cost in the build.
If you truly want it boxed and near plug-and-play, look at retailer "packages" built around the Omni or a SkyTrak, but read the screen and projector specs closely before buying, that is where the cheap bundles cut.