Guides
Plan around your room, understand equipment requirements, and identify what still needs verification before buying.
Field NotesForesight now includes Silver and Course Pass at no cost for accounts with a qualifying FSX license. Here's who qualifies, what you get, and what still needs Gold.
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Gear GuidesWe read the Amazon price history of 18 golf products, from putting mats to launch monitors. Training aids drop 20–49% and repeat their lows around Black Friday; most sim gear barely moves.
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Field NotesThe Indoor Golf Shop and Uneekor have early holiday promotions running. Before you buy a discounted simulator, check room fit, software, package contents, returns and delivery.
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Field NotesPureplay's Early Access is set for November 6. Check your launch monitor, Windows PC, renewal price and the features that are still only planned before you pay.
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Field NotesA garage can make a great golf simulator room, but it brings problems a spare bedroom doesn't: door tracks, a parked car, cold winters, hot summers, and bare concrete. Here's what to check before you buy, with numbers from manufacturer manuals.
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Field NotesCeiling height is the room limit you can't move. Here's what Uneekor, Foresight, Trackman, SkyTrak and Rapsodo publish about ceiling and mounting heights, and how to check your own swing before you buy.
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Field NotesA hitting mat sets your stance, your tee options, and even how high your ball sits for the launch monitor. Here's what to check, with maker-stated specs for three mats side by side.
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Field NotesThrow ratio tells you how far a projector must sit from the screen to fill it. Here is the simple formula, a worked example for a 4:3 golf screen, and the stated specs for four short-throw projectors.
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Field NotesVenue Wi-Fi is built for phones, not golf simulators. Here's why it breaks mobile sim setups, what your launch monitor actually needs, and the travel routers and 5G hotspots event companies use to bring their own network.
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Gear GuidesGift ideas for anyone with a golf simulator, sorted by type: sim room upgrades, putting, swing and speed trainers, launch monitors and juniors. Every pick shows its budget so you can scan fast.
Read guide →Gear GuidesYour launch monitor measures the shot. Something else draws the course. Here's where that software runs, which programs work with which monitors, what changes if you switch, and how to use free trials before you commit.
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Gear GuidesForesight's camera tech is behind fitting studios and commercial bays. The new $1,699 GC2 brings that approach home. Here's what it measures, what it costs to run, and how to build a room that feels like a sim bar.
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Gear GuidesSeven launch monitors for a home golf simulator, sorted by budget and by the room they need: under $600, $600–$2,000, and premium.
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Field NotesOrganize your simulator purchases by what you own, what is essential, and what can wait—without confusing cheap parts with compatible parts.
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Field NotesA backyard R10 setup starts with two distances: launch monitor to ball and ball to the net or screen that stops the shot. They establish the tracking layout. The golfer, containment, device connections and storage still need their own checks.
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Field NotesPlan your Garmin R10 indoor setup with verified room, ball-to-net, mat and software requirements. See what is required, optional and still needs checking.
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Field NotesHow much space a golf simulator needs: room width, depth and ceiling height from the makers' own setup guides, plus how to measure your room before you buy.
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