8.5ft wide room, has anyone done it?

[B Gib]

So after posting just a couple of days ago about having an 11ft wide room to use (which was already small) I’ve basically run into a problem which means I’ll have a tiny room 8.5ft wide

has anyone built a sim in a room this narrow or is it even possible? It’s the only area I have available so really hoping there is a success story out there?

[Sim-dreamer]

You might not like this but...

I’m building a dedicated “shed” for a sim in my yard, but while I’m working on this I’ve got an optishot running in my garage. My garage is only 10.5’ wide and 8’ ceiling. I hit every shot with a wedge, and I have no room to hit any other club. And I mean NO room. Honestly I’m just happy to be able to hit balls, even if they’re foam practice. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. The optishot at least doesn’t add extra width. Instead of a sim in that small of a space, maybe look to build a “ hitting bay”. You might be able to get an awesome set up for less than you planned in a smaller space than you thought possible. Best of luck to you, I hope you figure a great solution

[Sim-dreamer]

Just to add to above for clarification, I can’t wait to get my “shed” with a sim, BUT, I can’t tell you how much I love just having a space to hit balls, practice or otherwise, to just practice and relax. In the land of the blind the man with one eye is king... my point obviously is that a space to hit balls is better than not, so the rest lies up to you. Others for certain will have better advice I’m sure. Again, I wish you the best, please keep us updated

[mthunt]

The minimum from ball to wall behind is 7 feet for a driver so 8.5 is possible but it would feel like being in an MRI machine.

[triplebogeysrbetter]

Until your in the zone and whack the hell out of the ball. Then the club head hits the wall behind. Just saying ! I might have done that once or twice.

[Tommyseb]

I’ve got 8.5ft.. I’m 5ft 9 and a fairly flat swing, I’ve got a gc2 and hit all clubs up to hybrid with no issue, for 3w and driver I have to move the gc2 into left handed mode and hit over it, works fine for me. It is cramped and for driver I’ve hit the side wall behind me a couple of times..

[FirGir]

My space is 9 feet 3 inches wide at the hitting area, I'm 6 feet tall and can hit driver. In the pic there are 24 inches from the right wall and where the back side of the SkyTrak begins. So take away a foot of that space and find a different spot for the laptop and clubs and maybe? Do I rarely bounce the heel of my driver or three-wood off the back wall during a late night sesh trying to reach the 15th at Augusta in two? Yes.

[B Gib]

Lol, not sure spending my evenings in the equivalent of an MRI machine sounds all that appealing!

Tommyseb - you wouldn’t happen to have an image of your setup would you? I’m using a skytrak so might be able to get a few inches closer to the wall vs the GC2?

Also do you angle & hit towards the centre of the screen or do you just hit into the right side of the screen?

ulrimately is love to be able to hit driver but I can hit my 2hybrid a good way so it wouldn’t be a total disaster if I can’t as I’d still be able to play TGC without being too heavily disadvantaged (so long as the par 4’s aren’t all 500yds!)