Sim room 2020 - Time to get serious

[abirdie4me]

I started building out my Sim room about 4 years ago, but work/family/money got in the way of me ever finishing it. It was functional, but not attractive. My kids are now getting old enough to show interest in golf, so I decided to tear it down and start from scratch. Here is the original room:



A couple of notes:

• The studs on the left and right walls don't line up, so I nailed up some 2x4's so I could hang the screen flat. I thought I would be building a box around them to cover the tarp clips, but eventually realized this approach wasn't going to work. So I left it looking like this for 4 years (LOL).
• The CCE mat has taken a beating and I've never really had elbow or wrist issues that some mention. Still dumping it and upgrading to something else.
• We built the house 6 years ago and had this space above the garage intentionally designed for a golf room. We had them put in the cheapest carpet they had because I thought I would be ripping it up as soon as we moved in...whoops.
• The mat slides all over the place, hence the 2x4's on the ground.
• Note the black marks in the middle of the screen. Rookie mistake, I hung a black backing directly behind the screen and it stained the screen over time. Sigh.
• The GC2 has been awesome, too bad Foresight software is so horrible. I only use FSX range, TGC1 and TGC 2019 for SIM play

[mp1972]

I'd like to get more information about the sprinkler head issue. (I actually PM'd you a while back about it, but I'll post my follow up questions here).

I have a very similar issue. I have one right in the center and probably 12-18" in front of the would-be screen area.

• So, did you just end up moving it forward slightly from its original location (clear of the ceiling protection tiles)?
• But it's still there straight down the aim line right? How far is it from the screen? From the hitting location?
• Do you feel like it's in a safe spot there, too far from the golfer to hit with a club, but not far enough to get hit by a golf ball?
• I assume you have had no issues with it there.
• What would happen if it did get hit? (I'm thinking nothing good)
• What is on the ceiling just in front of the sprinkler head?

I have a company coming out to look at mine soon and I'm trying to figure out where I should try to move it to.

I wonder if there is any way to add some protection to them from taking a direct shot.

I also have a second one in the room behind the area where the mat would be. Probably not in harm's way, but if I ended up getting an Uneekor QED it would be very close to where I would need to mount it.

They are proving to be a hassle and I'm just in the planning stage :-)

By the way - your room is awesome! Great job!

Thanks!

[coblue]

Great post, in process of designing mine. I have a couple of questions I didn’t see in the details.

What’s your ceiling height
what model is the projector and are you still happy with the choice
how deep is your plywood enclosure and has it been enough for errant shots/shanks
any problem with wedges hitting ceiling
is the projector behind where you hit from

Cheers

[William Jenkins]

Sorry for reviving this thread. I'm in the process of doing mine. I'd like to ask if anyone has a sofa in their sim room. Or is it too much?
I'm eyeing this sofa for my room, and it looks great. Of course, the room is 400 square feet, so I have a lot of space for furniture. What do you guys think? What else do you have in your rooms?

[abirdie4me]

Sorry for reviving this thread. I'm in the process of doing mine. I'd like to ask if anyone has a sofa in their sim room. Or is it too much?
I'm eyeing this sofa for my room, and it looks great. Of course, the room is 400 square feet, so I have a lot of space for furniture. What do you guys think? What else do you have in your rooms?

Just depends on your space and who will be using it. I had a couple of large beanbags in my room for a while, but ended up removing them because the kids just jumped around on them and it was too distracting. If your space can handle it, I'd say go for it.