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Is distance embarrassing?

woody69 said:
Oh right thanks... still no mention of price though. Looks like a serious bit of kit. Interested to know from the OP how he went about getting it installed etc.
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The GC2 unit on its own is about 6000......

That set up puts my Izzo net and Swingbyte 2 to shame!
 
woody69 said:
Oh right thanks... still no mention of price though. Looks like a serious bit of kit. Interested to know from the OP how he went about getting it installed etc.
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Hi Woody. It was all self installed. Yep Paddy has the kit right - A GC2 at about £6k. I've got it running through Foresightsport's performance software which adds about £1500 (that's basically the range and a few golf courses). It's a pretty serious bit of kit, not really designed for home use. This gives an idea of who uses exactly the same kit as I've got (kind of why the heckles went up when someone said it probably just got my distances wrong - it's a very accurate bit of kit): http://www.foresightsports.com/en/clients

The Sim surround itself is what's called a Net Return Simulator series with their projector mount kit on it. Very easy to put together and packs away into a couple of duffel bags if you want to. Think it came to a little over £1500 or so then a bit extra for the projector mount kit and I bought it from Par2pro in Canada as they were more reasonable on shipping prices. You need at least 9 foot high ceilings they say but I was having a garage built so tweaked the plans to put the ceiling up above 11 foot to give plenty of room. http://www.thenetreturn.com/products/simulator-series

I used kid's astroturf squares for the 'turf' as they lock together and can be taken down allowing the whole thing to just be stacked in a corner or even used away from home if you want (my local golf partnership want to nick the whole set up for a show next spring) : http://www.softfloor.co.uk/astro.shtml

And lastly, as of this morning it has a Huxley golf Hux400 mat as the old mat I had wasn't great : http://www.huxleygolf.co.uk/online-store/golf-mats/hux-mat-400-detail

I bought an HD ultra short throw projector (viewsonic, forget the model) and the software runs through a laptop I already had. Other than a few cables I bought separately that's pretty much the setup. All told price was probably around £11k I think. Hope that helps.
 
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Nosevi said:
Hi Woody. It was all self installed. Yep Paddy has the kit right - A GC2 at about £6k. I've got it running through Foresightsport's performance software which adds about £1500 (that's basically the range and a few golf courses). It's a pretty serious bit of kit, not really designed for home use. This gives an idea of who uses exactly the same kit as I've got (kind of why the heckles went up when someone said it probably just got my distances wrong - it's a very accurate bit of kit): http://www.foresightsports.com/en/clients

The Sim surround itself is what's called a Net Return Simulator series with their projector mount kit on it. Very easy to put together and packs away into a couple of duffel bags if you want to. Think it came to a little over £1500 or so then a bit extra for the projector mount kit and I bought it from Par2pro in Canada as they were more reasonable on shipping prices. You need at least 9 foot high ceilings they say but I was having a garage built so tweaked the plans to put the ceiling up above 11 foot to give plenty of room. http://www.thenetreturn.com/products/simulator-series

I used kid's astroturf squares for the 'turf' as they lock together and can be taken down allowing the whole thing to just be stacked in a corner or even used away from home if you want (my local golf partnership want to nick the whole set up for a show next spring) : http://www.softfloor.co.uk/astro.shtml

And lastly, as of this morning it has a Huxley golf Hux400 mat as the old mat I had wasn't great : http://www.huxleygolf.co.uk/online-store/golf-mats/hux-mat-400-detail

I bought an HD ultra short throw projector (viewsonic, forget the model) and the software runs through a laptop I already had. Other than a few cables I bought separately that's pretty much the setup. All told price was probably around £11k I think. Hope that helps.
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I'll take 2;)
 
Nosevi said:
Hi Woody. It was all self installed. Yep Paddy has the kit right - A GC2 at about £6k. I've got it running through Foresightsport's performance software which adds about £1500 (that's basically the range and a few golf courses). It's a pretty serious bit of kit, not really designed for home use. This gives an idea of who uses exactly the same kit as I've got (kind of why the heckles went up when someone said it probably just got my distances wrong - it's a very accurate bit of kit): http://www.foresightsports.com/en/clients

The Sim surround itself is what's called a Net Return Simulator series with their projector mount kit on it. Very easy to put together and packs away into a couple of duffel bags if you want to. Think it came to a little over £1500 or so then a bit extra for the projector mount kit and I bought it from Par2pro in Canada as they were more reasonable on shipping prices. You need at least 9 foot high ceilings they say but I was having a garage built so tweaked the plans to put the ceiling up above 11 foot to give plenty of room. http://www.thenetreturn.com/products/simulator-series

I used kid's astroturf squares for the 'turf' as they lock together and can be taken down allowing the whole thing to just be stacked in a corner or even used away from home if you want (my local golf partnership want to nick the whole set up for a show next spring) : http://www.softfloor.co.uk/astro.shtml

And lastly, as of this morning it has a Huxley golf Hux400 mat as the old mat I had wasn't great : http://www.huxleygolf.co.uk/online-store/golf-mats/hux-mat-400-detail

I bought an HD ultra short throw projector (viewsonic, forget the model) and the software runs through a laptop I already had. Other than a few cables I bought separately that's pretty much the setup. All told price was probably around £11k I think. Hope that helps.
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Fantastic, thanks for the info. Certainly something to aspire to getting. Christmas is coming up soon, I might ask the wife :).

Did it have to be shipped in from US/Canada? I struggled to find a UK dealer, although admittedly I didn't look in any great depth
 
Foresightsports UK are the importer, you can buy from them. The only thing I had to ship was the sim enclosure because I wanted one that would pack away and the Net Return Simulator Series is actually the enclosure used by a couple of the sim manufacturers in the States. As I said, ironically it was considerably cheaper buying from Par2pro in Canada than direct from the manufacturer in the States. Thing to watch out for is ceiling height - no real way round needing a shade over 9 feet because of the way it fits together.
 
Piece said:
Offerings from Foresight Sports Europe (was UK). Residential set-up looks tasty to me:

http://www.foresightsports.com/en/products/home-starter-performance-simulation
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:) Like that. I was in touch with the guys at Foresightsports Europe (as you say the UK importer) and said about the way I was using it - it was pretty unusual to be buying for home use when I bought mine a bit ago. They asked for some pictures of my set up when I got it together and liked it so asked where I got the enclosure. I told them 'The Net Return' in the States.

That net that they now use in the picture is The Net Return's net. Wonder if it's a coincidence? I'm in touch with one of the guys there, will give him a bell and ask.
 
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Alex1975 said:
Damn golf mats cost a lot of money!!!
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They do but I've got to say I can't complain too much - I bought a Huxley Golf 300 originally, allegedly 'slightly' less robust mat than the 400 but thought it was all I needed. Less than 6 months later and it's 'buckled' where I hit the ball on both sides of the mat, it won't sit flat any more.

Got in touch with Huxley and sent a photo offering to pay the difference between the mat I had bought and their top of the line model saying that the 300 wasn't up to the job IMO. They agreed, apologised and shipped the 400 mat within 24 hours. It's far thicker and much better quality than the 300, should have gone with it in the beginning.
 
Nosevi said:
Hi Woody. It was all self installed. Yep Paddy has the kit right - A GC2 at about £6k. I've got it running through Foresightsport's performance software which adds about £1500 (that's basically the range and a few golf courses). It's a pretty serious bit of kit, not really designed for home use. This gives an idea of who uses exactly the same kit as I've got (kind of why the heckles went up when someone said it probably just got my distances wrong - it's a very accurate bit of kit): http://www.foresightsports.com/en/clients



The Sim surround itself is what's called a Net Return Simulator series with their projector mount kit on it. Very easy to put together and packs away into a couple of duffel bags if you want to. Think it came to a little over £1500 or so then a bit extra for the projector mount kit and I bought it from Par2pro in Canada as they were more reasonable on shipping prices. You need at least 9 foot high ceilings they say but I was having a garage built so tweaked the plans to put the ceiling up above 11 foot to give plenty of room. http://www.thenetreturn.com/products/simulator-series

I used kid's astroturf squares for the 'turf' as they lock together and can be taken down allowing the whole thing to just be stacked in a corner or even used away from home if you want (my local golf partnership want to nick the whole set up for a show next spring) : http://www.softfloor.co.uk/astro.shtml

And lastly, as of this morning it has a Huxley golf Hux400 mat as the old mat I had wasn't great : http://www.huxleygolf.co.uk/online-store/golf-mats/hux-mat-400-detail

I bought an HD ultra short throw projector (viewsonic, forget the model) and the software runs through a laptop I already had. Other than a few cables I bought separately that's pretty much the setup. All told price was probably around £11k I think. Hope that helps.
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£11,000 ?!?

Blimey
 
Liverpoolphil said:
£11,000 ?!?

Blimey
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Afraid so. Believe it or not that's pretty 'cheap' (relative term....) for the type of accuracy you get. Many of the big golf companies are ditching the radar systems in favour of the GC2. I was told that the R&A did a test recently with a GC2, the radar systems (Trackman and Flightscope) and some seriously expensive kit and found the GC2 was on par with their kit but the radar systems weren't in terms of some of the numbers (spin axis mainly I think but that throws off other numbers that are derived from it in the kit). I'm told the R&A were considering just using a GC2 in future. All second hand info, no idea if it's true. What I do know is it's spot on and that costs a bit to get at the moment.
 
That's a lot of money for a bit of kit for an Amatuer golfer ?!

Surely more cost effective to go to a pro every now and then
 
Liverpoolphil said:
That's a lot of money for a bit of kit for an Amatuer golfer ?!

Surely more cost effective to go to a pro every now and then
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Possibly for some but I now use it for about 2 hours a day, when Bob came we were on it for 4 1/2 hours. On average I was hitting the range 5 times a week for 2 hours at a time, spending maybe £6 on balls and a little under £10 on petrol to get to a decent range. Call it £15 a day, 5 days a week. It adds up. I also save an hour's driving a day and I'd argue that now I know how to use the numbers to improve my game I gain more on my sim than I do on a range. In fact when I go to the range I take the GC2 along most times. And it's fun to play Pebble Beach when it's 2 foot of snow outside.

Anyway, you're still right, not the most cost effective way I agree but you do gain a great deal from it.
 
At that money you could join a couple clubs and go out and play the game on the course as opposed to your garage and play the game in true conditions
 
So.....

All you need to increase distance is 11 grand, 2 hours a day and a local Pro on tap..... :whistle:

If only I'd known it was so simple ;)
 
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