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34 minutes ago, ILMgolfnut said:

OK, pressure's on now. Garage is nowhere near clean; it's currently piled about five feet high with empty cardboard boxes from the GF's retail therapy (below).

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all I can say is WOW  🤣

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1 hour ago, ILMgolfnut said:

OK, pressure's on now. Garage is nowhere near clean; it's currently piled about five feet high with empty cardboard boxes from the GF's retail therapy (below). However, I have broken out the R10 for an outdoor session, as detailed elsewhere on the forum. I hit 44 pitching wedges, direction and distance seemed to be consistent and pretty close to actual measurements, if I had something else to measure them.

Somewhere under all that cardboard is a table where I will set the TV once I get ready to set up. My excuse is that the net and mat still haven't been delivered; I thought they notified me last week that they'd been shipped, but apparently not. Given my travel schedule for work, and the absence of net and mat, it may be two weeks before I get it set up.

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Cannot wait to see this!

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1 hour ago, ILMgolfnut said:

OK, pressure's on now. Garage is nowhere near clean; it's currently piled about five feet high with empty cardboard boxes from the GF's retail therapy (below). However, I have broken out the R10 for an outdoor session, as detailed elsewhere on the forum. I hit 44 pitching wedges, direction and distance seemed to be consistent and pretty close to actual measurements, if I had something else to measure them.

Somewhere under all that cardboard is a table where I will set the TV once I get ready to set up. My excuse is that the net and mat still haven't been delivered; I thought they notified me last week that they'd been shipped, but apparently not. Given my travel schedule for work, and the absence of net and mat, it may be two weeks before I get it set up.

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This hurts my soul to see 🤣

 

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I’m confused, I thought that all garages were for junk ( or my wife does) 🤣

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Looking good @IndyBonzo! My net arrives at Casa ILM today, the mat arrives tomorrow (I'm not at home to get either one). Have the truck reserved for Saturday to haul the crap out of my garage. Next week's schedule is interrupted by jury duty of unknown duration, so who knows when I'll get it set up. Maybe Sunday?

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This is an awesome thread, guys! @IndyBonzo I have a feeling I will be green with envy upon seeing completion of your build! What launch monitor system are you going with?

 

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2 minutes ago, ILMgolfnut said:

Looking good @IndyBonzo! My net arrives at Casa ILM today, the mat arrives tomorrow (I'm not at home to get either one). Have the truck reserved for Saturday to haul the crap out of my garage. Next week's schedule is interrupted by jury duty of unknown duration, so who knows when I'll get it set up. Maybe Sunday?

Thank goodness it's not a race!  You will probably beat me to the finish line @ILMgolfnut b/c I am out of town quite a lot over the next few weeks.  Expect delays.

Also, as you can attest, cleaning the space and then assembly is a lot of work, especially for someone like me accustomed to flying a desk all day.

Well worth it though.

Working at getting better ... and very slowly getting there.

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4 minutes ago, GolfSpy_KFT said:

 What launch monitor system are you going with?

Thank you @GolfSpy_KFT!   

I opted for a used Foresight GC2.  It's no longer state of the art, but pretty darn good, and no subscriptions.  

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Had a golf lesson last night in which the instructor gave me stuff to work on, specifically swing path and angle of attack for the driver. It will be so nice to be able to work on it at night, when it's raining, whenever I can squeeze in 20 minutes or so, instead of having to drive to the range during daylight hours!

Since I ordered the Garmin, for some reason my phone is getting bombarded by ads for the Bushnell Launch Pro. Which looks really good at a not-too-terrible price. I could see upgrading from the Garmin to the Bushnell or Mevo+ or something in a year or two.

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22 minutes ago, IndyBonzo said:

I opted for a used Foresight GC2.

Interesting. Should have considered something like that. Found out after I'd already received my Garmin that Rapsodo had put the MLM2Pro on sale, but the big subscription and the prospect of chewing through expensive Callaway RPT balls at a rapid rate is the main reason I went with the Garmin.

 

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I'm sitting over here in the corner,  like a kid drooling on a window watching the candy maker roll out sugary goodness that mommy won't let me have!!

(Anyone else have those memories? 😆)

Looking forward to see the completion for you both!

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44 minutes ago, ILMgolfnut said:

Since I ordered the Garmin, for some reason my phone is getting bombarded by ads for the Bushnell Launch Pro. Which looks really good at a not-too-terrible price. I could see upgrading from the Garmin to the Bushnell or Mevo+ or something in a year or two.

There are so many good options out there.  Pricing with all the different subscription plans is tough to figure out too.  I predict you will love the Garmin.  The reviews I read give it great ratings. 

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@ILMgolfnut & @IndyBonzo This is great! 
Going to enjoy seeing the end product! Good luck Gents!

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2 hours ago, IndyBonzo said:

I predict you will love the Garmin.

So far I do; took it out to the schoolyard for an outdoor session. Pretty easy to set up, and once I got the alignment fixed after a couple of shots, looked like it was pretty accurate on distance and direction. Need to go back into that session (I saved it for future reference) and look at other metrics.

And sure enough here are the metrics from my best wedge shot of the session. Clearly instead of being dead straight as I thought, Garmin had it as a baby cut. Baby cuts work from 100 yards...

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I am working on building out my garage sim as well, and trying to find a good launch monitor w/little to no subscription for under 3K.  I did like the Garmin R10, but my drawback is the location of the unit being behind... I did run across the Ernest Sports Tour Plus 2.0 launch monitor that is priced around 2K (works with E6, TGC2019 and GSPro).  I would be interested in any feedback on the ES Tour Plus (including why or why nots)?

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I honestly never came across the Ernest Sports monitor in my searches, so I would defer to anyone who has. I'm not finding a good review of it online either. Monitor reviews can be garbage, but I've found two or three people whose opinions I trust. I agree that the website looks interesting. Found some reviews for their ESB1 monitor, including one here on MGS, but not the Tour Plus.

Here's a YouTube review though: 

Regarding the space needed for the Garmin, it's 6-8 feet behind the ball and 8 feet-ish from ball to screen. My garage isn't huge, but 16 feet was easily doable.

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On 2/12/2024 at 5:11 PM, ILMgolfnut said:

OK, pressure's on now. Garage is nowhere near clean; it's currently piled about five feet high with empty cardboard boxes from the GF's retail therapy (below). However, I have broken out the R10 for an outdoor session, as detailed elsewhere on the forum. I hit 44 pitching wedges, direction and distance seemed to be consistent and pretty close to actual measurements, if I had something else to measure them.

Somewhere under all that cardboard is a table where I will set the TV once I get ready to set up. My excuse is that the net and mat still haven't been delivered; I thought they notified me last week that they'd been shipped, but apparently not. Given my travel schedule for work, and the absence of net and mat, it may be two weeks before I get it set up.

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Ugh... this looks all too familiar and gives me slight nightmares

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The mat has arrived! GF says it's big and awesome! Curled up next to the net in the picture below. Now all it needs is me, and an empty garage.

Nice progress @IndyBonzo!

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Obsessed with chasing the dimpled orb.

More about me:  WITB type stuff

 

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@IndyBonzo & @ILMgolfnut, If I was a neighbor to either of you I'd happily help out in exchange for a little simulator time! 🙂

Looks like both of you have a good start on things! 

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4 minutes ago, ILMgolfnut said:

The mat has arrived! GF says it's big and awesome! Curled up next to the net in the picture below. Now all it needs is me, and an empty garage.

 

Get that garage cleaned out and you are ready to go!  

Working at getting better ... and very slowly getting there.

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Just now, jbern said:

@IndyBonzo & @ILMgolfnut, If I was a neighbor to either of you I'd happily help out in exchange for a little simulator time! 🙂

Looks like both of you have a good start on things! 

Come on by @jbern.  I will gladly trade sim time for more hands.  

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  • :cleveland-small: RTX6 Zipcore 53*, and 58* mid wedges (:projectx: wedge shafts 6.5)
  • :L.A.B.: DF 2.1 (BTG shaft)
  • :redrooster: Gloves

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