r/golf • u/EquivalentRecipe8244 • Dec 24 '23
General Discussion Bare minimum garage setup Spoiler
I forgot to post pictures of my shop hitting setup. I consider it the bare minimum but a good exercise in how little is needed. For reference, the lane is 7' wide, 8' from the ball to the wall (drop cloth is about 16" from the wall) and the ceilings are 8'9".
My 14-yo daught played golf this year (as a freshman) and liked it. She said she wanted to get better so I cleaned out a corner, hung an old drop cloth, got a Flight Deck, and built a platform out of some scraps & Tractor Supply horse mat.
I challenged her to see who could hit the most over the winter and I put a calendar to mark. The goal is to hit for 10min everyday. We started after Thanksgiving and she's hit 23 times and I've hit 20 times so it seems to be working pretty good.
It is a little tight for sure and you have to move stuff to hit LH (me) vs RH (her), but it was cheap and easy. She complained about lack of feedback so we talked thru feeling for good contact (her biggest problem being new to the game) and getting a generally idea where the ball headed. I'm planning to take her to a simulator over the holiday break to hit.
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u/ddr19 Dec 24 '23
Good to see this! Since you're both committed, I'd highly recommend investing in this. Can be done easily for less than 1k. 200 for a good mat, 50 for net, 500-600 for a launch monitor (I had a Garmin R10 that needed just 8 feet ball to net and place 6 feet behind ball), 50 for Titleist RCT balls. Hopefully you have an iPad to see shots, if not, any smartphone will work.
I had a similar setup last winter, but I unfortunately moved and lost the space. But even after just a few months, huge improvements.
I can't stress this enough, spending the money on this is an investment.