Prepared for David · September 2026

Your garage golf room

A proper sim in your garage — screen tucked into the alcove, full swing room in the wide part.

You asked about the smallest enclosure. Here's the honest answer: an enclosure frame fights your alcove, but your room doesn't need one. We recess a custom-cut screen into the 2.55m alcove and pad the surround — that hands back the depth a 4.7m garage needs, and you swing in the open 5m-wide part. Below is every single thing that comes in the box, itemised, with a price on each line. Nothing hidden, nothing assumed.

A golf simulator impact screen installed against a wall in a home room

This is the look — a clean impact screen filling the end wall. In your garage it sits recessed into the alcove, so the screen face is flush and you gain hitting depth.

Your space

5m wide × 4.7m long × 2.8m high — here's the fit

alcove · 2.55m · screen recessed here Custom impact screen Hitting mat ~2.75m from screen monitor projector (floor case) open 5m width = free driver swing 5.0m wide 4.7m long
Plan view. The screen recesses into the alcove at the top; you hit from the open, full-width part of the garage. Share this with anyone helping you fit it out.
Width
5.0m in the swing zone · the alcove is only the first 1m; you swing where it opens out, so a driver is no problem either-handed
Ceiling
2.8m — good to go · 2.5m is the usual minimum; 2.8m clears a driver for most players. If you're 6ft+ we'll double-check your top of swing
Length
4.7m + the alcove recess · recessing the screen buys back roughly the alcove's 1m of depth — that's why we don't use a freestanding enclosure here
Why not the 2.6m enclosure
It'd sit proud of the alcove · a fixed 2.6m frame eats your length and fights the recess. A custom screen + padded surround fits the space you actually have
What's in the box

Everything that's included — itemised, with a price on each line

This is the whole room, minus the launch monitor (you choose that below). Every item here is the same whichever monitor you pick. No mystery extras, no "you'll also need…" surprises.

GolfBays QuadPRO impact screen
Impact screen
GolfBays QuadPRO, cut to fit your 2.55m alcove — this is the surface you hit into and watch.
£688.00
Foam backing layer for impact screen
Screen backing layer
Foam layer behind the screen — quietens the ball strike and protects the alcove wall.
£189.00
Optoma short throw projector with floor case
Short-throw projector + floor case
Optoma ZW350ST in a floor case — throws the full picture from close up, no ceiling mount needed.
£1,199.99
Simulator-spec gaming laptop
Sim-spec gaming laptop
Runs the golf software and drives the projector. Skip this if you already have a gaming PC — see the note below.
£1,595.00
GolfBays Premium hitting mat
Hitting mat
GolfBays Premium 1.5m × 1.5m — real-turf feel, kind on the joints, takes thousands of shots.
£369.99
Padded surround around a recessed screen
Padded surround optional
Padded tiles around the alcove opening in place of a cage frame — catches the odd stray and protects the walls. We size this to your alcove on the call; from ~£149.
from £149
Everything above (excl. optional padded surround & your launch monitor)£4,041.98

The one thing to confirm — your PC

A projector sim needs a computer to run it. The £1,595 sim-spec laptop above is the plug-and-play route. But if you already own a gaming PC (roughly: a recent NVIDIA graphics card, 16GB+ RAM), it'll very likely do the job — tell me the spec and I'll confirm it, and we take the £1,595 straight off. No point buying a machine you don't need.

The decision

Two launch monitors — pick your starting point

The launch monitor is the one part that changes the price. Both work in your room; the difference is how much data and how much course play you want on day one. I've rated each honestly, and the "all-in" figure is the complete room above (on the laptop) plus that monitor.

FlightScope Mevo Gen2 launch monitor
8 / 10 · GREAT VALUE

The Smart Start

FlightScope Mevo Gen2 · £1,199.00

Trusted FlightScope radar — real carry, ball speed, spin and smash factor
Runs FlightScope's own FS Golf app for practice and shot data, no subscription
The lowest-cost way to get a proper, accurate room up and running
Start here now; you can always add a camera unit later without changing anything else
Complete room, all-in
£5,240.98
everything in the box + Mevo Gen2 · free mainland UK delivery
Secure checkout — £5,240.98 the link just fills your basket — no obligation
Garmin Approach R50 launch monitor in use
9 / 10 · THE ONE I'D FIT

The Do-Everything Room

Garmin Approach R50 · £4,299.00

Three cameras plus radar — it measures the ball rather than estimating, and shows your swing back to you
Garmin Golf and Home Tee Hero course play included — full simulator rounds out of the box
Built for a fixed indoor room like yours — set it once and play
If I were fitting your garage for myself, this is the one — but there's no rush to start here
Complete room, all-in
£8,340.98
everything in the box + Garmin R50 · free mainland UK delivery
Secure checkout — £8,340.98 the link just fills your basket — no obligation

On the pocket units (Garmin R10 and the like)

There are ~£450 pocket monitors if you want the cheapest possible start — happy to point you to one. To be honest though, in a fixed room you've built properly, they're a false economy: the Mevo gives you far steadier data for a bit more, and it's the floor I'd sensibly start you at.

Software & running cost

What it costs to actually play — nothing hidden

  Included free Optional, later
Mevo Gen2 FS Golf app — practice, ranges & shot data Course-play software from ~£200/yr if you add it
Garmin R50 Garmin Golf + Home Tee Hero — full course play, no subscription GSPro (200,000+ courses) ~£200/yr if you want more

Beyond that it's just electricity. There's no hidden club fee, no per-round charge. We'll confirm the exact software path for whichever monitor you choose on the call, so it's set up right first time.

Let's confirm the fit on a quick call

The room's a great candidate — the only things worth nailing down are your ceiling clearance at the top of your swing and whether you've got a PC already. Reply to the email this came with, with a rough time that suits, and we'll walk through it. No rush — these prices are held for 14 days.

Prepared for David McClelland · September 2026 · Open Golfer. Prices include VAT and are held 14 days; free delivery to mainland UK (non-mainland may vary). Launch monitors are dropshipped from our supplier to order.