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Congratulations all.

Congratulations to the well chosen testers. Now the fun begins to getting dialed in with your new putters. I look forward to your results, observations, thoughts and insights. 

Congratulations testers! I am excited to follow along, such a great group!

Woohoo! Congratulations all! This should be a fun one to read about!

Congrats guys!!!
These putters certainly have the looks, let's see if they perform, too!!

Sounds like shorts weather!

Well I finally did it. I finished building out my impact screen. I saw so many advertisements for all-in-one impact screen outfits that were ridiculously expensive, I knew there had to be a way to do it on a much more cost effective basis. 
The frame is made from 3/4" steel electrical conduit. It's just under $10 for a 10' stick. This project took 8 of them. 
I used structural flange plates from Lowes to mount the studs to the wall. In total there were 9 of them that cost $6 each. 
I used structural tee's and cross tee's to complete the frame. There were a total of 8 tees at $7 each and 4 cross tees at $10 each.
I used some old black table cloths for the shroud and zip ties them to the frame so those didn't cost anything extra. 

Now for the screen... Its by far the most expensive item of the lot. I bought a 10'x7.5' screen from Carl's Place. It was $277 after tax (shipping was free). I wanted to give the screen extra support and cover underneath the open area so I added a 10'x9' mesh tarp from Harbor Freight. I think that guy was like $30.
Impact Screen: $277
Tarp: $30
Frame conduit: $80
Mounting fittings: $150
Total Cost: $540

I'm just using my 3rd car garage for this project so it's hardly a permanent structure or anything I care about looking nice. It's just for me to hit balls at by myself so I didn't go all out to fancy it up. At any rate, it saved me quite a bit of money building it out for myself instead of buying something premade. 
For the launch monitor hardware, I purchased the least expensive unit with decent reviews I could find which was the Garmin R10. I found a used on on Mercari for $350. I also found a cheap projector for $100 on Facebook marketplace. I already had a hitting mat that I purchased years ago, but they run around $100-200 for a decent one. I already had an old computer sitting around that I could use for the software. I built it over 10 years ago so you don't even remotely have to have anything state of the art to run something like Awesome Golf which I've been using. 
 
All in all I built a golf launch monitor bay in my third car garage for just around $1000 including the launch monitor. If I continue on using it I may consider upgrading not only the Garmin unit I'm using, but also the impact structure and it's surroundings. Maybe it's use could expand to have some buddies over to play some sim golf or even just pull up chairs and watch a game on the projector. 
If you're on a budget and you have the space... it's totally possible to build out something like this without dropping 5-6 grand or more. I use it as a practice space when I can't get to the course which with young kids is not as often as I'd like. 
I hope it inspires someone.

Hit 55° at the peak. It could have been shorts weather for sure. Opted for pants with the cooler winds though. 

Good Morning MGS Nation,
Today is my Friday, thank goodness, was a ruff weekend at work but now going into some good weather by the end of the week makes for a possible round or 2... 🙏
Hope everyone is doing well, going to order some new shafts so I can upgrade the irons, just waiting on those to be delivered along with the epoxy. True Temper DG's
Well, time to take a nap, to get some energy back and take on the tasks the wife has listed in the board. Have a great week!

Congratulations tp the testers. Have fun with it and cant wait to read your reviews!

Good Luck To All who signed up!
 

Good Morning MGS Nation,
Today is my Friday, thank goodness, was a ruff weekend at work but now going into some good weather by the end of the week makes for a possible round or 2... 🙏
Hope everyone is doing well, going to order some new shafts so I can upgrade the irons, just waiting on those to be delivered along with the epoxy. True Temper DG's
Well, time to take a nap, to get some energy back and take on the tasks the wife has listed in the board. Have a great week!

Sounds like shorts weather!

Good Luck To All who signed up!
 

Good Morning MGS Nation,
Today is my Friday, thank goodness, was a ruff weekend at work but now going into some good weather by the end of the week makes for a possible round or 2... 🙏
Hope everyone is doing well, going to order some new shafts so I can upgrade the irons, just waiting on those to be delivered along with the epoxy. True Temper DG's
Well, time to take a nap, to get some energy back and take on the tasks the wife has listed in the board. Have a great week!

Sounds like shorts weather!

Good Morning MGS Nation,
Today is my Friday, thank goodness, was a ruff weekend at work but now going into some good weather by the end of the week makes for a possible round or 2... 🙏
Hope everyone is doing well, going to order some new shafts so I can upgrade the irons, just waiting on those to be delivered along with the epoxy. True Temper DG's
Well, time to take a nap, to get some energy back and take on the tasks the wife has listed in the board. Have a great week!

Good Morning MGS Nation,
Today is my Friday, thank goodness, was a ruff weekend at work but now going into some good weather by the end of the week makes for a possible round or 2... 🙏
Hope everyone is doing well, going to order some new shafts so I can upgrade the irons, just waiting on those to be delivered along with the epoxy. True Temper DG's
Well, time to take a nap, to get some energy back and take on the tasks the wife has listed in the board. Have a great week!

Sounds like shorts weather!

Congratulations tp the testers. Have fun with it and cant wait to read your reviews!

Good Luck To All who signed up!
 

Good Morning MGS Nation,
Today is my Friday, thank goodness, was a ruff weekend at work but now going into some good weather by the end of the week makes for a possible round or 2... 🙏
Hope everyone is doing well, going to order some new shafts so I can upgrade the irons, just waiting on those to be delivered along with the epoxy. True Temper DG's
Well, time to take a nap, to get some energy back and take on the tasks the wife has listed in the board. Have a great week!

Sounds like shorts weather!

Good Morning MGS Nation,
Today is my Friday, thank goodness, was a ruff weekend at work but now going into some good weather by the end of the week makes for a possible round or 2... 🙏
Hope everyone is doing well, going to order some new shafts so I can upgrade the irons, just waiting on those to be delivered along with the epoxy. True Temper DG's
Well, time to take a nap, to get some energy back and take on the tasks the wife has listed in the board. Have a great week!

Congratulations tp the testers. Have fun with it and cant wait to read your reviews!