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Houston
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Golf
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Harry Nodwell
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Age
40-49
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Swing Speed
101-110 mph
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Handicap
6.0
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Frequency of Play/Practice
Multiple times per week
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Player Type
Weekend Golfer
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Short Game
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Driver/Off the Tee
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Building a Quality Golf Simulator
FlyboyAF replied to FlyboyAF's topic in Club Making/Repair & DIY Projects
@Tuckerman Thank you!!! It was a passion project for sure The viewable screen width is 160" (13.33') with 5.5" frame segments covering the remainder of the screen on both sides. The screw hooks that catch the bungees are screwed into the lateral ends of the frames internally. I bought a 115" x 167" Premium Impact Screen from Carl's Place (Custom) with finished edges (grommets) and a sewn pocket on the bottom. I put an aluminum pipe through the bottom to keep tension from the bungees on the top and keep the screen smooth. So about 3-3.5" overlap on either side (Frame to Screen). Leave plenty of room to ensure you can tune the tension so the ball return is just right back to just in front of the hitting area (adjustable bungees also work very well for this). No concerns at all with conduit instead of eye hooks as long as you remember to put some spacers at a few points between for standoff so you can wrap the bungees. Looks like I'll be installing a couple high speed cameras and the Swing Catalyst Dual Pressure Plates this summer -
Building a Quality Golf Simulator
FlyboyAF replied to FlyboyAF's topic in Club Making/Repair & DIY Projects
Pretty easy. You just press the "L" button on the Quad and move it to the other side. If you are connecting to the computer via Bluetooth with a charged battery, there aren't any cord attachments to anything -
Building a Quality Golf Simulator
FlyboyAF replied to FlyboyAF's topic in Club Making/Repair & DIY Projects
Yes. The hooks screw into the inside of the wooden frame. There is extra coverage from the frame to hide the connection points to the screen. -
Building a Quality Golf Simulator
FlyboyAF replied to FlyboyAF's topic in Club Making/Repair & DIY Projects
Zero problems....it's like new. I've only hit the ceiling protection a couple times with some lob shots, but the memory foam does it's job in dampening the impact velocity instead of creating a trampoline effect like other foam solutions. If I'm practicing/hitting wedge shots, I'll move up to the front of the hitting mat (about 6' to the screen) to ensure the ball impacts the screen. -
Building a Quality Golf Simulator
FlyboyAF replied to FlyboyAF's topic in Club Making/Repair & DIY Projects
Yes. I use GCQuad as the launch monitor and FSX Pro for the simulation. I've been looking at GSPro as what I want to move to for playing courses. It has a ton including "Georgia Golf Club" The closest I will come to playing Augusta! lol. -
Building a Quality Golf Simulator
FlyboyAF replied to FlyboyAF's topic in Club Making/Repair & DIY Projects
I left 14" between the wall and the screen. Keep in mind with your setup: You have to be able to get behind there to setup the grommets on the hooks on the left/right/and top of the impact screen....so the more room, the easier that will be I haven't had any issues with the impact on wood because I don't shank it lol. I can pull the side drapes out and move them in front of the wood on the sides. I have 6' between the front of my hitting mat and the screen, so if I'm hitting 60 deg wedges, I'll just hit from the front ; ) -
Building a Quality Golf Simulator
FlyboyAF replied to FlyboyAF's topic in Club Making/Repair & DIY Projects
If you have a concrete floor, there is the leveling factor, plus laying down some thin rubber layering and/or foam to prevent the plastic subfloor from sliding around. I used the TourLink Panels for my setup, but you could also look into using the Home Depot rubber tiles for a cheaper solution ; ) -
Building a Quality Golf Simulator
FlyboyAF replied to FlyboyAF's topic in Club Making/Repair & DIY Projects
Thanks Kanoito!!!! Putting in the work and building the majority of it myself was incredibly rewarding! The FX software comes with the GC Quad. They have different levels of the virtual courses that you can buy. At the top tier ($500 per course), they literally map every undulation, rock, tree, view, etc. Those are spots like Spyglass & Pebble Beach. They also have a bunch in the $150 per course range that are still pretty sweet from a graphics perspective....places like the British Rotum (Carnoustie, Gleneagles, etc). The Quad can link to other software as addins like Swing Catalyst, High-Speed Cameras (up to 2), etc, but the simulation software is FX. -
Building a Quality Golf Simulator
FlyboyAF replied to FlyboyAF's topic in Club Making/Repair & DIY Projects
Thank you very much!!! Eventually I would like to put a full bar / poker room in the adjacent room so I could have a bigger group over and we could just go between the two lol. With the craziness of what is hapenning at the moment, that is on hold. I also want to install a Swing Catalyst system. It uses a visual heat map to track and display your pressure on the ground throughout your entire swing and syncs it up to high-speed video. That way I'll be able to improve my pressure transfer and really put all of the force possible into the ball! : ) -
Building a Quality Golf Simulator
FlyboyAF replied to FlyboyAF's topic in Club Making/Repair & DIY Projects
You are welcome my man!! The reason I put it out there was that it took so much longer to go through the process myself due to the lack of consolidated information out there. Glad I could help stimulate some ideas! The hitting mat is one of the most important parts and the option I chose should be well within your budget (Real Feel Golf Mats). They will save your wrists and arm joints as well as have the added benefit of giving you feedback on your strike. If you hit a fat shot on these mats, you will hit a fat shot on your simulator....none of that bouncing up into the ball and making you think that you hit a great shot lol. I knew that I was going to spend on the launch monitor side, so did a little research on things like Skytrak, Optishot, and even Flightscope. I would go out and see if you could find a GC2 with HMT. You can get a refurbished set for about half of what the GC Quad would cost you. the HMT part gives you the ability to see where you are striking the ball on the club face while the GC2 part is the launch data. Still highly accurate and provides the most useful info to help you get better! -
Building a Quality Golf Simulator
FlyboyAF replied to FlyboyAF's topic in Club Making/Repair & DIY Projects
Thank you!! It's been a lot of fun to use with friends and for my daily practice. I started planning with the drawings and mapping out the space in April. I broke up the purchasing & building into stages just about as I laid out the Posts above...I did most of the work myself, so it took about 7 months to complete (research, budget, build time). -
Building a Quality Golf Simulator
FlyboyAF replied to FlyboyAF's topic in Club Making/Repair & DIY Projects
When are you coming to Houston?! -
Building a Quality Golf Simulator
FlyboyAF replied to FlyboyAF's topic in Club Making/Repair & DIY Projects
There have to be some wives out there that understand right?! If not, there is a chance that I'll be Batchin' it for the rest of my days haha -
Building a Quality Golf Simulator
FlyboyAF replied to FlyboyAF's topic in Club Making/Repair & DIY Projects
Pozzit - Finished it a couple of weeks ago lol. This is just the details of what I did, researched, and installed lol. I've been practicing on it and playing rounds on it every day since!