Indoor Golf… Do You Partake?

Typhoon · 2024-12-05T01:02:50+00:00

Well it’s that time of year here in the Northeast. Tomorrow night I start back working at our Indoor Golf place. Probably get a round in tomorrow night and...

Par4QC

rsvman2 Around here the driving ranges all have the extra mat where the ball sits. Haven't been to any of the newer inside ones, or the ones with sims, to see how they are. I did play on a sim several years ago that had the extra mat to hit off of, even a 'sand' area on the same mat. Horrible.

Typhoon

An extra mat? What are you guys talking about? We have a replaceable strip with a tee hole but the entire mat area is the same height

Weirfan

We always use these tees
https://birteegolf.com/
I purchased my own but most the good indoor sim places I have been to this way supply them along with the RCT balls .

I have an indoor place less than 5 mins that has 5 bays all with Trackman and they supply the tees above and RCT balls.

these tees are also useful for those folks who play all season long ( when the ground is frozen )
My bottom limit is usually 40*

ode

Typhoon turn off putting

This absolutely the key. NO putting and set auto gummies at something reasonable. It can be a slog if playing with folks who aren't used to SIM golf. There is one thing worse than waiting on the course and that's waiting on the SIM🤮. Used to play league and there was the occasional group of guys in the slot before me/playing partner and they'd go over and the attendant wouldn't do shit about, so we'd schedule at a time that was first or make sure no one was scheduled before us.

ode

Also last place I played had a rubber tee housing that accepted tees and you could adjust height easily. It was a little loose but I had a thicker stemmed tee that worked great. The cone shaped tees work but IMO are a PITA as they fly into the screen and at times are hard to find.

sdandrea1

@Typhoon , do Shooters come to indoor golf? Share some stories! 👍

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sdandrea1 I wonder if they show up with a 30 pack.

Typhoon

sdandrea1 , do Shooters come to indoor golf? Share some stories!

Actually no…not at our place. We don’t offer food and alcohol. We are golf first… unlike places like X-Golf, Birdie Bar, Champions 18 that advertise themselves as a bar with golf. All the specials are on bar food and drinks. Our specials are on golf/lesson packages.

I did have one guy last year call and say, “ I was thinking of coming down to do some shootin in the tunnels…”🙄

I played along of course😂

mulegolf

I've never played indoor golf but I own a simulator (Mevo +) and 10'X10'X10' cage as well as a projector and projector screen. I've owned this setup for 2-3 years now but haven't hooked it up to use it yet. Last year we went to Texas so I didn't use it. This year I'm still recovering from getting a new knee and my always bad back is acting up so it doesn't look like I'll use it again this winter.

Bravopilot

mulegolf Can't miss the opportunity, $12 and I'll pay shipping?😎🙃

colej

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30 pack of stones!

Rickochet

garyt1957 Chipping, pitching and putting are rreally tough on screens for me.

We had an indoor place 10 years ago with 4 sims. We laughed when one of our buds would use his putter and plumb bob the screen. 🤣 I never really liked the sims but it was a good chance to meet with the buds, hit some balls and the place had a nice bar and grill. Unfortunately they had zero biz in the summer and it maybe lasted a year.

Typhoon

Rickochet That’s the problem with the 9 million places popping up around here. They are following each other and are clueless. Great in the winter… but you’re only getting the drunks. Nobody is there for practice or golf lessons. As soon as the courses open up, those places are ghost towns and end up closing. Our courses are open March - December 1. That doesn’t leave these places much time to make a years rent etc..

We’ve been around forever, over 20 years. It’s more of a year round golf school with indoor golf. We get golfers not shooters.

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