Golfer in a commercial indoor golf simulator bay

Operators and venues

Commercial Golf Simulators

Commercial bays live or die on utilisation. We plan from the service path outward, treat the acoustics during construction, and specify for the worst swing that walks in.

Venue types7specified
Markets51states + DC
Site walkFreeno obligation
LicensingCommercialincluded

Free quote

Price Your Bay

Three quick steps. You get a specified build and a real number back.

  1. 1Contact
  2. 2Requirements
  3. 3Request
Step 1 of 3. Contact information

No obligation and no pressure process. We reply with a specified build, and we will tell you if your space needs work before any equipment is worth buying.

Utilisation Beats Specification

The equipment is the easy part of a commercial build. The hard parts are layout, sound and throughput. We have walked into venues with excellent hardware losing money because the bays blocked the service path, the impact noise wrecked the dining room next door, or a group took four minutes to reset between rounds.

So we plan these rooms starting from the service path. Where food comes out, where staff stand, how a group of six arrives and leaves without crossing an active hitting bay. Bays go into what is left. Doing it the other way round produces a floor plan that looks efficient in a drawing and jams solid on a Saturday night.

What Commercial Grade Actually Means

Impact screens rated for continuous play rather than domestic use, because a home screen in a busy venue needs replacing inside a year. Enclosures and netting engineered for public access and for the worst swing that will ever walk in. Turf in replaceable sections rather than a single sheet. And commercial software licensing, because home licences generally do not permit paid play and the exposure sits with you rather than with your installer.

We itemise the consumables and their replacement intervals at quote stage. A model that ignores replacement cost looks excellent in year one and painful in year three.

By venue

Pick Your Venue Type

Amenity, attraction and practice facility builds pull in different directions. Start with the one you are building.

Golf Simulators For Bars and Restaurants

Venue

Bars and Restaurants

The bay is not the product. Dwell time is. Everything in the layout should serve how long a group stays and how much they order.

See the build Bars and Restaurants
Golf Simulators For Country Clubs

Venue

Country Clubs

A club bay serves three masters: member practice, the teaching professional, and off season revenue. Spec for all three from the start.

See the build Country Clubs
Golf Simulators For Hotels and Resorts

Venue

Hotels and Resorts

Nobody on your night shift is going to troubleshoot a projector. Build the bay so they never have to.

See the build Hotels and Resorts
Golf Simulators For Offices and Corporate Spaces

Venue

Offices and Corporate

An office bay has to look like it belongs in an office. That constraint shapes everything from the enclosure to the acoustics.

See the build Offices and Corporate
Golf Simulators For Apartment and HOA Amenity Spaces

Venue

Apartment and HOA Amenities

Residents live above and beside this room. Acoustics and access control matter more here than in any other commercial build.

See the build Apartment and HOA Amenities
Custom Golf Simulators For Theme Parks and Attractions

Venue

Theme Parks and Attractions

Attraction builds are a different engineering problem. Continuous throughput, untrained guests, and an enclosure that has to survive both.

See the build Theme Parks and Attractions
Golf Simulators For Retail and Club Fitting Studios

Venue

Retail and Fitting Studios

Here accuracy is the product. Everything else in the room exists to support the quality of the measurement.

See the build Retail and Fitting Studios
Launch monitor shot data on a golf simulator screen

Equipment

What Goes In A Bay

The five components, and which of them actually carries your build.

See the parts list What Goes In A Bay

Free quote

Price Your Bay

Three quick steps. You get a specified build and a real number back.

  1. 1Contact
  2. 2Requirements
  3. 3Request
Step 1 of 3. Contact information

No obligation and no pressure process. We reply with a specified build, and we will tell you if your space needs work before any equipment is worth buying.

Commercial Build Questions

How much space does each commercial bay need?

Plan for roughly the footprint of a large parking space per bay plus circulation, seating and service access. The number that catches {city} operators out is circulation, not the bay itself. If staff cannot pass behind a swinging club safely with a tray, the layout fails on a busy night regardless of how the maths looked on paper.

What ceiling height do commercial bays need?

More than a home build. You are accommodating every swing that walks in rather than your own, including tall players with long drivers. We size to the worst case rather than the average, because a bay that only suits average golfers generates complaints and safety issues you cannot design out after opening in {city}.

How long does a commercial installation take?

The install itself is a matter of days per bay. The schedule is driven by what the room needs first: structure, power, sound treatment, egress changes. Most {county} projects run six to twelve weeks from site walk to opening. We sequence against your target date and tell you which items sit on the critical path.

Do I need a commercial software licence?

Yes if you charge for play. Home licences generally do not permit commercial use and the exposure sits with the operator. We include commercial licensing in every {city} build and show the annual cost in the quote so it does not arrive as a surprise renewal in year two.

What ongoing maintenance should I budget for?

Treat screens, turf sections and projection as consumables with a replacement schedule. How fast they wear depends on your volume. We give you the intervals at quote stage and can hold spares, because the real cost of a worn screen is the revenue lost while a {city} bay sits offline waiting for one.

Does a simulator bay need ADA accessible access?

Public accommodations need to provide accessible access, and designing at least one bay for it from the start is both a legal requirement and much cheaper than remediating later. We build the accessible route into the {city} floor plan during design rather than treating it as an add on.