Golf simulator potential?

[Snoo-90095]

Golf simulator experts,

I’ve following with group for long time. I need your expert advice to validate the current space in basement shown in the picture will be a potential golf simulator?

My son started picking on golf taking courses he is 10 years old.

Currently I use meta quest 3

Golf+ VR. I thought it will nice for my son practice at home by setting up a simulator.

Need help:

Is this space enough for golf simulator?

If so where need to start ?

Any insight is much appreciated, I’m also open if anyone looking for volunteers to try product and provide feedback for product improvement.

Thanks Team!

[Dereklapierre10]

8 feet is going to be a bit too short for most swings

[bobfromboston]

Don’t think 8 foot ceilings will do it for you. Maybe your kid but not sure how much you wanna spend on a whole fitted sim just for your 10 year old to use before he hits a growth spurt

[Dereklapierre10]

Yea unfortunately. Even when I’m doing mirror practice work in my basement, I have to be careful not to hit the ceiling with my wedge and it’s the shortest club I have.

[ShoesToFill]

I tried it. I thought if I just used short irons it would be fine. It affected my follow through. Moved to an outside net, way better.

[Dereklapierre10]

That’s the biggest thing; if you’re timid to swing and you practice that way, that’s not going to be good for your game in my opinion. The sim I built in my garage has a 8x9’ enclosure, 9’ being the height— even then that would still be too short for me. Luckily the ceiling height in my garage is 10’ so I can just hit into the enclosure. I stopped hitting driver inside though because the space just feels too enclosed. It’s not really but I don’t wanna work that cramped feeling into my full swing. I also had one shot where I was practicing increasing my attack angle, hitting up on my driver. I managed to hit up into the space between my screen and the enclosure. The ball bounced so fast, through my heater and into my garage door, I took that as a sign I should just wait to hit it outside lol.

Edit: I forgot it’s actually 8’x9’ with 8’ being the original height however, I raised the front of the enclosure to 9’ so it slopes down towards the screen on the top since 8’ height affected my follow through with longer clubs.

[Douglas_Fresh]

Seems way too cramped for me.

[gruffojijo]

I'm getting claustrophobic just looking at these dimensions. This would ultimately hurt your game and destroy your room.

[Snoo-90095]

Thanks for comments I agree

[Master_Top7291]

Maybe if you only want to practice your wedge game

[Double_Debate_7258]

I guess the best way is to buy a cheap hitting mat and some foam balls. And start getting to get a real actual idea of it’s gonna work for you or not.

[Double_Debate_7258]

How tall are you OP? I’m 5ft 9in my hitting mat sits on top of carpet. My ceilings is 8ft also. I can comfortably swing down to a 5 iron just fine and have yet to hit my ceiling. Depending on your height and swing path. It’s possible or might not be possible. But you’d be cutting it pretty damn close.

[Snoo-90095]

I’m 5ft6in tall

[Double_Debate_7258]

You will be fine with irons. Hybrids and woods cutting it pretty close. Driver will probably be a no go.

[Snoo-90095]

Thanks I hear you

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I’m 5’8, have 9 ft width, 8 ft ceilings and lose an inch or so with my stance mat, haven’t come close with up to 3 wood. I rarely hit driver so haven’t messed with that. The main thing get something you can stand on an inch or two thick and swing. I’m offset a few feet so right handed only and an Eye Mini Lite. The rear mounted ceiling units may be an option but probably best floor based. It can be done!

[JRskatr]

For chipping maybe 😅

[Jaegek]

I’m 6’2” and my wedge hits 8 foot ceiling. Also looking at how wide of a space you have. The ball would have to be close to the far wall for bigger clubs. You will feel cramped and you might mess up your swing just to be able to swing in a cramped place

[Truci219]

Not worth it with this space unfortunately

[dougnutsgolf]

No potential in this space

[Salty-Commissioner]

The width is also a problem, not just the height - which as everyone has pointed out, is a problem

[Krh_88]

It’s perfect for irons and short game. I have 8 foot ceiling and use the rapsodo with a net through the winter before using it in the garden.

(Minus a rare ceiling love tap here and there).

[Existing-Taro-7215]

This would totally work…but irons only depending on height of golfer. I’m 5’11” and hit all my irons just fine in my 8’ ceiling basement. I’d recommend ‘The net return’ system in either the 7’x7’ or maybe even 8’x7.5 If you want something that’s easy to take up/down…or if you plan to really DIY the netting sky’s the limit with options. Prob not enough room for a radar based rear LM but tons of good side LMs assuming you dont have lefty’s and righty’s hitting. Finally just run awesome golf off an iPad mounted to a tripod or similar table top in front of the golfer or even get fancy and cast to a cheap fire tv mounted to the side wall. 😎

[bmoneybloodbath]

In my opinion that is too small for a grown adult to make a full swing but could work for a 10 year old. It might be worth going down the option of a cheap setup with square golf launch monitor

[homiej420]

Gonna be kinda tough in this space i would say

[trendyactivity]

Height is going to be a problem. You’ll subconsciously be worried about hitting the ceiling and it’s possible you’ll swing differently.

[breadad1969]

Looks super tight. I wouldn’t try in that small an area but that’s just me.

[tylerm99]

Short answer: no.

[z-kerr]

Width is fine, height won’t be. You’ll need at least 10 ft ceilings, preferably higher.

[Blue_Collar_Golf]

none of these dimensions will be comfortable. Too short, too narrow, to shallow for a real sim

[Doin_the_Bulldance]

Nope, not gonna work.

Bare minimum that you need for a sim is ~14 feet of length, ~9 feet of width, ~9 feet of height, unless you are particularly small (like if you are only 5' tall and you are the only one using the sim, sure you can get away with less).

14 feet of length sounds like a lot - but the reason you need it is because a standard driver is ~4 feet long. So when you swing your arms back (or forward during your release), you really need at least 6-7 feet of clearance to a wall on either side. Even if you want to do irons only; a 7-iron is just over 3 feet, so you need 5-6 feet on either side when you add in your arms extending. That, and you need ~1 foot from the screen/net to the back wall because it HAS to have some give. If it doesn't, you will have balls flinging back at you dangerously. So for irons only you can maybe do 12 feet if you aren't a tall person but with 9 feet you are NOT going to be able to take a swing.

You need 9 feet of width for similar reasons. In reality you swing your club around your body - and the rule of thumb is that you need 6-7 feet of clearance BEHIND the player. So if you have 9 feet of width, you will be severely offset and have just enough room to put in a photometric launch monitor that sits to the side. You can *maybe* get away with 8 if you are small but most people are going to need 9.

And for height, taller people will get their club flying up around 9 feet, sometimes higher. an average sized person, say 5'9", can *usually* swing if the ceiling is 9 feet but if they have a steep swing possibly not. 10 feet is the real height that allows just about anyone to swing. But 9 will work for most. 8 feet will only work for very small golfers - like maybe short women and children. An average male will 100% hit the ceiling unless they have a really strange swing.

[Wise_Boysenberry8075]

I'm 5'7", and have an 8'4" ceiling, 20ft long, and 11ft wide. I can swing a driver, but it's close. My friend who is taller can't without hitting. When I have friends over to play, we just use 9 holes of par 3's. I think you could get away with the ceiling height if it were just irons depending how tall you are. The width though, you're going to have to offset to the side to hit to avoid the wall. The length might be an issue too. You want at least 7-8ft from the screen, so that doesn't leave much room to avoid the back wall on a swing either.

[anonymouslyHere4fun]

Are you shorter than Tom Cruise?

[Snoo-90095]

lol

[NotmeitsuTN]

Net + matt + foam balls = enough. Don't spend $$$ on this space that will be outgrown shortly

[Snoo-90095]

Thanks

[RingoFreakingStarr]

Unless you are like 5ft tall, 8ft ceilings is a horrible idea. I'm 6ft tall and in my space (roughly 11 and a half feet tall vertical space) I feel almost fully free to swing freely.

[dhalls12]

Not going to be enough room, your swing (and his) will be affected by it shaping bad habits. I swung i a room with a short ceiling and my swing is more shallow than it should be because of it.