How much do you pay for a monitor session?

[rudebhoy]

We booked to play at a local course yesterday, but just as we got there some very heavy fog came down and it was too dangerous to play.

I knew the place had a monitor so asked if it was available. Was told it was, and it would be £40 for an hour. £40!

Said no thanks and drove along to a nearby course where we got on their GC2 for a tenner. Was supposed to be for an hour, but no one was booked for later so they let us stay on for the best part of 2 hours before they closed up.

This was the first time we had hired a monitor, enjoyed it but Celtic Manor was probably not the best choice as I was never out the sand and my mate was never out the water

Anyway, whats the going rate for a monitor session? 40 quid struck me as frankly ridiculous.

 

[PJ87]

Sim I been is £10 per person per hour but does deals . 3 of us 3 hours for £60

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Where did you go that was £10? That seems good value and fun to me.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

We booked to play at a local course yesterday, but just as we got there some very heavy fog came down and it was too dangerous to play.

I knew the place had a monitor so asked if it was available. Was told it was, and it would be £40 for an hour. £40!

Said no thanks and drove along to a nearby course where we got on their GC2 for a tenner. Was supposed to be for an hour, but no one was booked for later so they let us stay on for the best part of 2 hours before they closed up.

This was the first time we had hired a monitor, enjoyed it but Celtic Manor was probably not the best choice as I was never out the sand and my mate was never out the water

Anyway, whats the going rate for a monitor session? 40 quid struck me as frankly ridiculous.

Depends on the Monitor and what it’s being used for,

4 Mates playing Celtic Manor, £10.00 each - not bad
Going on your own - £40.00 expensive.

Whickham have been doing reduced rates on their simulator.

 

[PJ87]

Depends on the Monitor and what it’s being used for,

4 Mates playing Celtic Manor, £10.00 each - not bad
Going on your own - £40.00 expensive.

Whickham have been doing reduced rates on their simulator.

£40 an hour is never good value tho as the more people go the more time you need on sim

3 of us 2 hours 30 to play 18 at sawgrass

 

[PJ87]

Where did you go that was £10? That seems good value and fun to me.

Metro golf centre in mill hill

 

[rudebhoy]

Where did you go that was £10? That seems good value and fun to me.

Whitley Bay. Supposed to be £10 for members and £20 for non-members, but the bloke in the shop said just call it a tenner which was decent of him.

They have got a nice little set up.

https://www.whitleybaygolfclub.co.uk/studio/

 

[Deleted member 16999]

£40 an hour is never good value tho as the more people go the more time you need on sim

3 of us 2 hours 30 to play 18 at sawgrass

Depends on the Club, some charge per person, some by the hour.

Ours is being built as we speak and I’ve done extensive research on them up here in the NE, there’s no 1 way fits all answer.

 

[PJ87]

Depends on the Club, some charge per person, some by the hour.

Ours is being built as we speak and I’ve done extensive research on them up here in the NE, there’s no 1 way fits all answer.

Max cost per hour should be £20, regardless of numbers. You can make more on food and drinks

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Max cost per hour should be £20, regardless of numbers. You can make more on food and drinks

There’s no “should be” about it, it’s upto the Clubs what they wish to charge, there is also the variable in what sort of simulator they have fitted.
Would you expect to pay the same hire charge for a Porsche as you would a Corsa?
Sadly, more expensive/exclusive clubs tend to charge more.

 

[rudebhoy]

There’s no “should be” about it, it’s upto the Clubs what they wish to charge, there is also the variable in what sort of simulator they have fitted.
Would you expect to pay the same hire charge for a Porsche as you would a Corsa?
Sadly, more expensive/exclusive clubs tend to charge more.

The daft thing yesterday is that place which wanted to charge us £40 an hour for the simulator was only going to charge us £12 each for a round before the fog came down and the course was unplayable.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

The daft thing yesterday is that place which wanted to charge us £40 an hour for the simulator was only going to charge us £12 each for a round before the fog came down and the course was unplayable.

Totally daft, Wynyard is £40.00ph, Wickham normally £15-£20ph

 

[HomerJSimpson]

£20 per hour at my local range. Get the timing right with no-one booked in after and they usually let you keep going

 

[big_matt]

Ive never been able to pay just for a monitor but have been to an indoor golf centre where your own bay on trackman was £50 for an hour. Think that included coaching if you wanted it though.

£12 sounds an amazing price.

 

[PJ87]

Best value one by far is my local range

Top trace tech on the bays

20 bays

Can do launch mon, target Golf, sim golf, whatever you fancy

£7 for 120 balls take as long as u want and even get more balls

Downside is it’s always busy now so I hate going there and go the other range