Preventing Bounce Back from Top Bar

[boozcruz33]

I have a custom Carl’s enclosure that is only 18” deep. This custom depth was used to limit the amount of space taken up in the basement. While I have used mattress topper memory foam to protect the back bar, it is still possible to hit the top front bar with a high shot. The enclosure wrap doesn’t have enough slack to enable me to stuff the inside with more memory foam, so I am looking for an alternate solution. Putting 1” pipe insulation or pool noodles on the outside would only help slightly and would not look very good. I have been thinking about some custom cut baffle canvas (I am using Chicago Canvas sound absorber fabric for the side curtains), but the uneven ceiling height makes that a bit of a challenge.

Any recommendations?

[tntfox]

boozcruz33, take a look at the this post : https://golfsimulatorforum.com/forum...e-with-padding

I made my own inside corner pads and am planning to make another one to hang across the top as a baffle. It could also serve to protect the top bar depending on how you mount it. You could do something like I did for my bottom bar cover. I strung a cable between the uprights and suspended the bottom bar cover so it would not lay flat on the floor. Having it suspended also provides extra give when a low shot hits it. You would have to either bungee it to your top, front bar or connect a cable across so that it holds the pad in front of that bar. Now that I think of it, you could make an "L" shaped pad that lays over top of the bar and hangs down in front. In any case, you can cover a foam pad with the same material you used for the top and side protectors.

Let me know if you need more detail.

[MVetter]

I had some bounce back early. My cage is 10’x10’x9’. I went to Home Depot and bought pipe insulation 1” pipe. Works really well and looks super clean

[boozcruz33]

I had some bounce back early. My cage is 10’x10’x9’. I went to Home Depot and bought pipe insulation 1” pipe. Works really well and looks super clean

Thanks for the feedback. I thought I had read that pool noodles and the foam pipe insulation don't do much to prevent bounce back. If that works well, I will give that a try. It is hard to test how well it works until you accidentally hit it with a full swing shot. Have you had some direct hits on the foam pipe and did it deaden it enough to prevent potential injuries?

[khalespace]

Pool noodles or pipe insulation are not enough. They reduced the bounce back for sure but the balls still come back really fast. I am thinking about cutting strips of vibration damping pad that are half inch thick and do some test.

[3on3putt]

I think if you're hitting the top front bar you're just hitting from too close. Simplest fix is to just move in a little. How far away are you hitting? And how high is the cage?

[boozcruz33]

I think if you're hitting the top front bar you're just hitting from too close. Simplest fix is to just move in a little. How far away are you hitting? And how high is the cage?

The top bar is 8’ high and it is about 8’ from the hitting area (9’ from the screen). I have not hit the bar yet, but I am trying to be cautious for the kids. A 45° shot would likely be an intentional high-loft shot with a wedge or a real bad hit with a driver (idiot mark territory). Probably highly unlikely, but I am just trying to be safe.