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Hello. I am looking to build a golf simulator in my garage and some help from you experts would be great. A little background on me is I'm 31, from Ireland and live in San Francisco. I didn't play golf at all there (which I now regret since I now take notice of the amazing courses there). I started playing a year and a half ago and I try to play one round per week, go to the driving range once per week at least and I booked a series of lessons. I'm on my 4th lesson and current handicap is 15.3.
I had been thinking of a simulator for a while and made the mistake of purchasing the optishot 2, building a platform from 1-1/8 plywood and setting the unit flush and fixing home depot turf on top. I made a screen out of heavy duty fabric from a material store and bought some large golf nets on amazon which I attached 8 inches from walls and ceiling. All seemed good and until I started playing and I seen that it just didn't seem to hit anywhere like I hit on the range and just having the issue of taping clubs and worrying about shadows was pissing me off.
Info I would appreciate would be advice on a computer,(desktop or laptop best) a real screen. Where I could get and approx price.
After reading a lot of posts on here and watching youtube videos I think I'm set on the Foresight GC2 and HMT. I called them and went through the expected interrogation of what I needed it for since they talked about asking their committee if I needed to buy the FSX software for $2500.
I was quoted for a PGA show special:
GC2A - $5995
HMT- $5895
FSX - $ 2495
Shield - $110
5 additional courses - Free ($155/retail per course)
They quoted me $995 for a laptop: Win 10, intel i7-6500u, geforce gtx 950m (4gb) 8gb ram, 1tb hd, fully loaded ready to play.
I'm really not sure when it comes to computers what I will need and if I decide to also use 3rd party courses if that is enough or what.
I would like to purchase a decent impact screen but again I don't know much about them (my garage is 14W x 30L x 12H)
From research I'm thinking that the trustrike single is ok unless there is another?
My budget started at $14k but after pleading with my wife I got it up to $17k haha. I will have to work Saturdays also for like a year but I think it's well worth it.
Any help at all is greatly appreciated.
I had been thinking of a simulator for a while and made the mistake of purchasing the optishot 2, building a platform from 1-1/8 plywood and setting the unit flush and fixing home depot turf on top. I made a screen out of heavy duty fabric from a material store and bought some large golf nets on amazon which I attached 8 inches from walls and ceiling. All seemed good and until I started playing and I seen that it just didn't seem to hit anywhere like I hit on the range and just having the issue of taping clubs and worrying about shadows was pissing me off.
Info I would appreciate would be advice on a computer,(desktop or laptop best) a real screen. Where I could get and approx price.
After reading a lot of posts on here and watching youtube videos I think I'm set on the Foresight GC2 and HMT. I called them and went through the expected interrogation of what I needed it for since they talked about asking their committee if I needed to buy the FSX software for $2500.
I was quoted for a PGA show special:
GC2A - $5995
HMT- $5895
FSX - $ 2495
Shield - $110
5 additional courses - Free ($155/retail per course)
They quoted me $995 for a laptop: Win 10, intel i7-6500u, geforce gtx 950m (4gb) 8gb ram, 1tb hd, fully loaded ready to play.
I'm really not sure when it comes to computers what I will need and if I decide to also use 3rd party courses if that is enough or what.
I would like to purchase a decent impact screen but again I don't know much about them (my garage is 14W x 30L x 12H)
From research I'm thinking that the trustrike single is ok unless there is another?
My budget started at $14k but after pleading with my wife I got it up to $17k haha. I will have to work Saturdays also for like a year but I think it's well worth it.
Any help at all is greatly appreciated.
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