i'd definitely be my best customer, but just with a handful of visitors recruited from the local course that thing would probably pay for itself
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i'd definitely be my best customer, but just with a handful of visitors recruited from the local course that thing would probably pay for itself
Yea in my head it would've worked out, when i asked my family members that are successful business people they said probably not worth it.
I have a SkyTrak with an impact screen. All in I’m around $6k. But I’m going to go with the new Full Swing Kit as soon as it comes out since it has club data. That will be around $4k more but I can sell my SkyTrak for roughly what I paid for it.
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What simulator software are you currently using, if any? What SIM software is available for Full Swing?I have a SkyTrak with an impact screen. All in I’m around $6k. But I’m going to go with the new Full Swing Kit as soon as it comes out since it has club data. That will be around $4k more but I can sell my SkyTrak for roughly what I paid for it.
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i'd definitely be my best customer, but just with a handful of visitors recruited from the local course that thing would probably pay for itself
Yea, it seems easy in your head, but then there's rent, liability insurance, utilities, staff. It all works when there are golfers, but the bills keep going even when the golfers stop coming.
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Just a few weeks ago a friend of mine brought up how business and real estate seem to be domains still largely dominated by people growing up in them rather than picking up the skills later in life on their own terms.
I'll investigate insurance and what additional facilities might be required in order to host guests instead of just using a facility myself. Rent and basic utilities (well, electricity?!) i will obviously require for my own use.
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I have a SkyTrak with an impact screen. All in I’m around $6k. But I’m going to go with the new Full Swing Kit as soon as it comes out since it has club data. That will be around $4k more but I can sell my SkyTrak for roughly what I paid for it.
Can I get some room dimensions? A couple retailers are telling me I don’t have enough room for a projector. Here’s my layout now. Ceiling is about 13’ at 6’ from the screen.
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Not the best setup but workable would be a protected floor mounted projector. The problem is your overhang and only having a screen height of 8 feet. The overhang will block the top of the screen . A projector offset to the side of the ball path would work. Just hate the idea of a shank hitting the projector cover, but this setup works for a lot of people.
robd. - can you share some pictures of how you set up and break down your garage simulator? I am in the same position where I absolutely can not give up my garage full time for the sim, but wouldn't mind setting up each time. But its the biggest spot in my house that can house a simulator set up. Wondering how you are able to manage the screen and the side pieces for shanks.
GCQuad if you are a .com billionaire, SkyTrak is what I went with
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Bought our house a little less than a year ago which came with a shed in the backyard. My most recent project was converting it into a golf shed. SkyTrak but no simulator software yet. 100% worth the effort and money. Here’s the before and after. 
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Check out golfsimulatorforum.com. I promise there is an answer to every question you have on there somewhere. And plenty of inspiration.
That is some nice work
Good call! Thanks for the lead. Just registered.
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here you go! The spornia folds up like a clam so I just remove the poles and lean it up against the wall to park both cars in the garage. Mat I do the same and lean it against the wall and use bungee cords so it doesn’t fall.
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Here's mine from spring with gc2. I don't use it in the summer as have a membership at my local course.
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I have a SkyTrak that I use in my garage with a net and an iPad on a stand. Not as cool as a screen but it works well.
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I don't use a projector either. I use the app on my phone for the SkyTrak and airplay my phone to the TV in front of me using an Apple TV if I want to see the data on a larger screen. I often times just watch TV while I hit and check my shot shape/numbers on my phone. Works perfectly fine.
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I am really hoping the R10 and other type of launch devices will bring some prices down for us budget minded guys. I think more affordable is just around the corner. Currently I have a net and launch monitor in my shop that works really well, but really want to upgrade to something like a Skytrak where I can see more of ball direction.
The net practice has improved my game enormously, but I am limited to where the ball is actually heading. I will be watching closely. There are some great setups in this thread.
The net practice has improved my game enormously, but I am limited to where the ball is actually heading. I will be watching closely. There are some great setups in this thread.
Looking forward to receiving my R10. Unfortunately most of my practice time will be outdoors as my garage and basement are not tall enough. Still trying to convince the wife that I could take a kids bedroom but even that might be too short for driver at 9ft.
Really want to improve my golf game and hopefully this will help
Really want to improve my golf game and hopefully this will help
Picked up a Skytrak last winter during the lockdown. Found a guy selling his whole setup on GolfSimulatorForum.com.
Here's a recent pic of mine - I had just moved it from another area of my garage. Skytrak is put away in this pic but you get the idea.
Here you can see the SkyTrak.
Here's a recent pic of mine - I had just moved it from another area of my garage. Skytrak is put away in this pic but you get the idea.
Here you can see the SkyTrak.
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Is that easy to do? Dig down deeper in the basement? I wanted my builder to dig the basement deeper and they said they couldn't go more than 9 feet. I didn't even think about digging deeper after the basement was done. Is that really feasible?
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I wish I thought of it at the time. But with the two story addition, the farmers prick and mud room there was so much going on. Oh well next time
As we like to say, anything is possible with enough money.
Residential code usually limits basements to around 10 feet without doing any real engineering, so that could be what was stopping them, but yes, you can go deeper. You can do just a portion of the basement deeper to save and have a step down to the lower portion.
We just designed a house with a simulator in the basement, and a portion of the slab in that room 2 feet lower for one of those smart putting greens. I think the owner is a member of my club, so I have to try to meet him...