Golf Sims

[Benzmacx]

Hi,
My name is Jim Smith and I am doing a little research for a class and was wondering what you guys thought!

I was wondering how inclined you guys would be to go to play a round of golf on a golf sim. Not just a sim, but go out with the guys and play a round on the simulator that would walk you from hole to hole.

Also, you don't have to think of this as JUST a golf sim, it could also have a bar, and maybe serve some food, have some games on TVs...

I know this is kind of a vague idea here, but if the atmosphere in this sports bar/golf sim were right, do you think you would be willing to go? This obviously could not replace real golfing, but during times when you couldn't get to a course, its raining, night, or its the middle of the winter...

Tell me what you think!

Thanks,
Jim

[mddubya]

I'd definately go try it out at least once for $hits and giggles. Might even go back, depending on what it was like.

[warbirdlover]

Places like Wisconsin would love this thing in the winter. Summer you would never see anybody there.

[Clugnut]

A sim where you walk from hole to hole? Like a treadmill, or having a couple of different sims to make you feel like you're walking from shot to shot? A sim with a bar is great, it works for Dave and Buster's.

[goatster]

i have played on a golf sim once.wasnt to bad.if i could get some guys together i might try it a little more.

[Sandpiper3]

IT walks you from hole to hole Clug.

--> YOU DONT WALK! lol

I would definately do it, something at a bar or sports bar kinda thing, would be really fun, play a few holes at intermission of the game whilst havin a few drinks, sounds like a lot of fun to me.

damnit i want to go home, i can drink there in less then a month, i cant drink here for 3 more years.

[Pa Jayhawk]

I voted no. I used to go to Sam Sneads a few times a year in the winter and had a great time. Although last year I picked up a Electricspin Launchpad that I can use in my own home and the drinks are a heck of alot cheaper and you don't feel rushed to get as many holes in as possible. I figure it already paid for itself in a couple rounds, and while I found neither the Sims or the launchpad to be extremely realistic, I found the launchpad to be alot more fun and entertaining for the purpose that it serves. Granted you have to have about a little taller ceiling if you want to swing your driver, but that is not a big issue for me with a cathedral ceiling. I just think the 40-50 a half hour that we paid for the sim was overpriced. If not for the launchpad it would be a definite yes, but I just have more fun in the comfort of my own home with cheap drinks, can stop at the turn to eat lunch, and resume when I please. Again, neither are real realistic to me but both are alot of fun so I would take the cheaper option and the one where I don't have to leave home. Granted you don't have an 8' screen, but with the money I save I can buy a really nice big screen LCD that I can use and that will serve other purposes.
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[azgreg]

There is one in the Phoenix area. I have not been there yet, but I have been meaning to go.
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[sssmokin]

There are two in my little Wisconsin town, both in bars but in seperate rooms. I see alot of "foursomes" playing a round, and you even have to make tee times it's so busy, but you hit off a mat, and doesn't grab me at all. I wouldn't do it, even with the short season here.

[azgreg]

The idea of playing some sort of golf and having a bar and RESTROOM 20 feet away is kind of appealing.

[Clugnut]

Originally Posted by Sandpiper3

IT walks you from hole to hole Clug.

--> YOU DONT WALK! lol

Oh. Well, the Clugnut house has drinks, obviously. How would it not walk you from hole to hole? How would you proceed? I wish I had a place indoors to swing on a Launchpad, I would totally get one. Do you like yours, Jayhawk?

[Pa Jayhawk]

Originally Posted by Clugnut

Oh. Well, the Clugnut house has drinks, obviously. How would it not walk you from hole to hole? How would you proceed? I wish I had a place indoors to swing on a Launchpad, I would totally get one. Do you like yours, Jayhawk?

As mentioned, it is not the most realistic.

... but 2 feet of snow on the ground, the liquor cabinet is stocked, my clubs are in the garage, and next to typing on ST to use my computer. For $200 on something that will last a few years and allow you to invite your golf buddies over to swing the clubs and down a few. How can you go wrong. Heck, last year we even went so far as to design our own golfers on TW golf like WBL and Sssmokin, and even downloaded a patch to upgrade so that we hit our normal distances with the clubs. It's not the best and not as good as the views on a simulator, but cetainly worth the price that it cost. To be real honest, I always thought the simulators were pretty unrealistic and outside of the screen this is just as good IMO.

Heck, I was sold when my wife said "You know, we really need to get a big screen TV to use with this...."

[Clugnut]

Originally Posted by Pa Jayhawk

As mentioned, it is not the most realistic.

... but 2 feet of snow on the ground, the liquor cabinet is stocked, my clubs are in the garage, and next to typing on ST to use my computer. For $200 on something that will last a few years and allow you to invite your golf buddies over to swing the clubs and down a few. How can you go wrong. Heck, last year we even went so far as to design our own golfers on TW golf like WBL and Sssmokin, and even downloaded a patch to upgrade so that we hit our normal distances with the clubs. It's not the best and not as good as the views on a simulator, but cetainly worth the price that it cost. To be real honest, I always thought the simulators were pretty unrealistic and outside of the screen this is just as good IMO.

Heck, I was sold when my wife said "You know, we really need to get a big screen TV to use with this...."

I think I could make this work in my garage. I have nine foot ceiling and a laptop. They are very cheap on Ebay, and maybe I could find a cheap projector.....

[Rockford35]

I do it, but just to keep my swing in gear. It's virtually worthless to equate scores on a sim to real life, and you have to check how dialed the thing is on the range beforehand. I've been on two in one night where one says a 7 iron is 185 yards and the other is a more realistic 150. Makes a HUGE difference.

However, as noted, beer makes it a good time no matter what.

R35

[Pa Jayhawk]

Originally Posted by Clugnut

I think I could make this work in my garage. I have nine foot ceiling and a laptop. They are very cheap on Ebay, and maybe I could find a cheap projector.....

Actually even on a laptop it is fun, but if your laptop has an S-video port it is even better hooking it up to any TV. We us it on a 27" TV, but plan on getting a bigger screen soon. Originally we just used the 15.4" screen on the laptop, still fun. The bigger the screen the more fun. It actually will work on a shorter ceiling even if you can swing say a 7i. You just adjust the clubs to a power shot. Even though we have the room, I usually just use the FW I am having the most trouble with on the course just to be able to swing it, a 7i and a GW. You get used to the swing controls and since it is not the most realistic it is all about having a few drinks and swinging the clubs.