Here in this article I am going to look at what I consider the holy grail for golf practice which is the indoor golf simulator. This is an incredibly advanced piece of golf equipment which is used for practice and for custom fitting on the pga tour or even in local shops.
An indoor golf simulator works by using advanced algorithms to calculate the golf balls trajectory, spin rate and distance. A piece of software then out puts this in the form of a virtual shot and it is displayed on the projector screen for you to see. It is able to do this through use of very fast high speed cameras which take pictures of the clubhead at impact. It also measures your swing path. This data is then put into the software that is installed on the computer. All of these calculations and outputs are done in almost real time so you don't have to wait around.
Some of these golf simulators are used to analyse more in depth spin rates and launch conditions etc to get golfers custom fit for the correct golf clubs. These types of golf simulators are often found on the pga tour and in your nearest golf shops. This makes them very good tools for both the home user and the shop keeper.
Now the golf simulator that you may find in a home takes the virtual aspect to the extreme and fulfils every golfers practising dream - to play golf at pebble beach - from your home. These indoor golf simulators have courses such as pebble beach and st andrews already installed on them so you can literally play a round of golf on one of these historical courses in your house.
The only thing that is in the way though of being able to do that is a $20k bill. I know it sounds like a lot of money but if you work it out it will eventually pay for itself. After all all of those rounds you could play in a month of virtual st andrews rather than the real deal would nearly cover the total cost of the simulator and that doesnt count flights, petrol, lost balls etc.
Whats great about the indoor golf simulator is that it is so close to real life golf it is unreal. you can hit every shot possible in it.
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At Uni Studying computer science. Low handicap golfer with over 7 years experience. If you liked this article why not check my article on indoor golf simulator
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