SimSpace SIM 2 enclosure3.0 × 2.5 × 1.5m — the exact fit for your 10ft width, impact screen included
· Proposal for Mike
Prepared for Mike · August 2026 · Updated September 2026 — after our call
Course play at home · every cost on the table
Your garage, turned into a course-play golf studio.
You want to play full courses at home instead of driving to the range, with gameplay good enough that you'll actually use it. Here's the complete plan for your 16ft × 10ft garage — updated with everything we talked about: the honest ceiling picture, the enclosure quality evidence, the ceiling-mounted projector option and wall protection.
That's the complete room from our call — R50, projector arm and wall padding, ready-filled. The link just saves you typing, no obligation.
Your studio — the SimSpace bay, sized to your garage
Every cost shown
Down to the HDMI cable — no "from" pricing
Turnkey rooms
Enclosure, screen, projector, mat — complete
3–5 day delivery
The moment your garage is ready
Independently reviewed
Golf Monthly 5-star enclosure · MyGolfSpy tested
Your space
16ft × 10ft works well — the ceiling deserves an honest word
Length and width are a genuinely good fit. The ceiling is workable but below our recommendation, so the full picture is set out plainly below — no surprises after delivery.
Ceiling height
8.5ft / 2.59m — below our 2.7m recommendation To be honest, we recommend 2.7m (8'10") of clear height for a fully unrestricted driver swing, and your garage is about 11cm short. The enclosure physically fits with ~9cm to spare — the full picture is in the note below.
Length
16ft / 4.88m — comfortable 1.5m enclosure plus ~3.3m to stand and swing; the ball sits ~2.8m off the screen with room behind you.
Width
10ft / 3.05m — wall to wall The SIM 2 is 3.0m wide, the exact size for your garage; centred hitting position, fine right- or left-handed.
Before install
A few easy wins Level the floor if it slopes to the drain; a roll of insulation and a small heater make winter sessions comfortable; run power to the screen end.
What a 2.59m ceiling means for your sim
We'd rather set this out plainly than have you find out after the kit arrives.
Irons and wedges — no compromise. The bulk of practice, and most of a simulated round, is mid-iron down. 2.59m is comfortably enough for those swings for golfers of any height.
Driver and fairway woods — depends on you. The club head passes above head height on a full driver swing; how high depends on your height and how steep your action is. As a rough guide, golfers around 5'10" and under with a flatter swing are usually fine at 2.59m; taller golfers or upright swings can catch the ceiling — which is exactly why our standing recommendation is 2.7m.
The one test that settles it: take your driver into the garage and make a handful of full-pace practice swings from where the mat will sit. Moves freely with a little to spare — you're fine. Feels tight — sensible options are a slightly lower tee, a 3-wood indoors, or driver staying a range club. None of them stop the sim being used every day.
The enclosure fits, with nothing to spare above it. The SIM 2 stands 2.5m, leaving about 9cm of clearance — fine to install, but any ceiling-hung lights or door tracks over the bay would need moving.
Your room in 3D — tap any item for details
This is a to-scale render of your actual garage — 16ft × 10ft with the 8.5ft ceiling, SIM 2 bay wall-to-wall, R50 behind the ball, and the projector shown on the enclosure-mounted arm you asked about (the £189.99 floor case is the other mount option). Every pulsing dot opens the exact product and price from the tables below.
Tap a dot for details & price
SimSpace SIM 2 Enclosure
Velour bay, 3.0 × 2.5 × 1.5 m — wall-to-wall in your 10ft garage
£1,349.01
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SimSpace Platinum 4K Impact Screen
Tensioned drum-flat inside the bay — takes real balls at full speed
Included with the SIM 2
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BenQ AH500ST Short-Throw Projector
4000-lumen laser · shown on the enclosure arm (+£299)
£1,780.00
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Garmin Approach R50 Launch Monitor
Three high-speed cameras + 10" touchscreen — no PC needed, sits behind the ball
£3,879.00
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SimSpace Tee Turf Hitting Mat, 1.5 × 1.5 m
A true, forgiving strike surface off every club
£289.99
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Enclosure-Mounted Projector Arm
Bolts to the SIM 2 frame — no ceiling drilling, floor completely clear. Optional
£299.00
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Premium Wall Foam Tiles, Black
High-density bevelled foam for the side walls — impact protection + quieter ball strike
from £140.00
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The complete Simplest Room
Every part at list price — both rooms itemised on this page
£7,327.99
You asked about build quality — fair question
See the enclosure quality for yourself
On the call you asked whether the enclosure is genuinely well made, and whether the screen pulls taut. Rather than take my word for it, here's the independent evidence.
- Golf Monthly reviewed the SimSpace enclosure and gave it 5 stars — a full independent editorial review of the exact enclosure range in your build.
- MyGolfSpy's tester panel put it through its paces — real golfers assembling and hitting into it in their own homes; the write-up of their verdicts is linked below.
- The screen is tensioned, not hung. The impact screen fixes under tension on all four sides inside the frame, so it pulls flat like a drum — a flat screen is what keeps the projected picture sharp. If it ever slackens over the years, re-tensioning takes minutes.
- Steel click-lock frame, laser-cut fabric. The frame assembles without tools and the fabric panels are cut to the frame, so nothing sags or wrestles into place.
Included in both rooms
The same complete, turnkey kit — whichever you choose
Both options below are full rooms: enclosure, tensioned 4K screen, short-throw projector, hitting mat and cabling. Only the launch monitor changes.
4K impact screentensioned drum-flat inside the frame — takes real balls at full speed
BenQ AH500ST short-throw projector4000-lumen laser, no lamp swaps — choose your mount below: floor case or enclosure arm
Tee Turf hitting mat · 1.5 × 1.5ma true, forgiving surface off every club
4K HDMI 2.1 cable · 10ma full-bandwidth run from the launch monitor or laptop to the projector
Sim-spec gaming laptoponly the Eye Mini room needs a computer — it's priced into that room below. The R50 needs no computer at all
The decision
Two complete rooms — simplicity or the step up
Same foundation either way, so nothing is wasted whichever you choose. The question is whether you want the simplest possible setup, or maximum data and the best visuals.
9/ 10 · My pick for you
The Simplest Room
Garmin Approach R50 · £3,879
The simulator is built into the unit — no PC to buy or manage, plugs straight into the projector
Three high-speed cameras reading standard balls — ball and club data, 10" touchscreen
43,000+ real courses via Home Tee Hero — switch on and play
Upgrade path stays open: it supports GSPro via a separate PC if you ever want it
What's in this room
Garmin Approach R50 launch monitor£3,879.00
SIM 2 enclosure · 3.0 × 2.5 × 1.5m£1,349.01
Platinum 4K impact screenIncluded
BenQ AH500ST short-throw projector£1,780.00
4K HDMI 2.1 cable · 10m£29.99
Complete room, itemised
£7,327.99
full SIM 2 room + projector + mat + R50 — no PC, cabling included
Spread the cost — Klarna & Clearpay at checkout
Build this room in your basket →
One tap loads the base room above — the projector arm and wall padding are in the complete-room basket at the bottom of the page. The link just saves you typing, no obligation.
9/ 10 · The step up
The Step Up
Uneekor Eye Mini · £2,999.00
Twin photometric cameras reading the ball directly — the same platform as Uneekor's overhead flagships
Ball and full club data with Club Optix — 19 data points, no ball stickers
Runs GSPro on the included laptop — photo-real LiDAR courses, the very best visuals
Battery-powered and portable — take it to the range whenever you want
What's in this room
Uneekor Eye Mini launch monitor£2,999.00
SIM 2 enclosure · 3.0 × 2.5 × 1.5m£1,349.01
Platinum 4K impact screenIncluded
BenQ AH500ST short-throw projector£1,780.00
4K HDMI 2.1 cable · 10m£29.99
Complete room, itemised
£8,197.99
full SIM 2 room + laptop + Eye Mini — GSPro-ready, cabling included
Spread the cost — Klarna & Clearpay at checkout
Build this room in your basket →
One tap loads the base Eye Mini room above — add the arm or wall padding from their sections higher up. The link just saves you typing, no obligation.
R50 vs Eye Mini, in plain English
Both are accurate on ball flight — that's not the difference. The R50 is the simplest, tidiest setup here: no computer, no software juggling, switch on and play 43,000 real courses. The Eye Mini buys deeper club data (the fitting-level numbers) and GSPro's photo-real graphics. The Eye Mini itself is now £880 less than the R50, but its room needs the gaming laptop, so the complete room comes to about £870 more upfront, plus a higher yearly software cost.
Honestly: if you hesitate at all about running a gaming laptop and GSPro, get the R50 — you'll use it more. And because the room around it is identical, choosing the R50 now doesn't close any doors: it supports GSPro via a separate PC later, or the launch monitor can be swapped down the line with nothing else wasted.
You asked about mounting the projector overhead
Floor case or enclosure-mounted arm — your choice
Both rooms above include the projector itself, and there are two tidy ways to mount it. The floor case (£189.99) is a protected housing between the mat and screen. The enclosure-mounted projector arm (£299) bolts it to the SIM 2 frame instead: nothing drilled into your ceiling, cables tucked along the frame, the floor completely clear.
- Mounts to the enclosure frame — no ceiling drilling, so your 2.59m ceiling isn't a problem
- Sits forward of where you stand, above the space between mat and screen — out of the swing
- Fits the BenQ AH500ST in both rooms above (0.5 throw ratio)
- 1.5m-deep enclosure version — matched to your SIM 2
The complete-room basket at the bottom of the page has the arm in it already.
Protection · you asked about the walls
Wall padding for the garage — optional, and worth a thought
The enclosure's side netting catches the genuine mishits. Wall padding is the belt-and-braces layer for the exposed side walls beside the bay: high-density foam tiles that shield the brickwork from ricochets and take the sharp edge off ball-strike noise — which matters in an enclosed garage. Black tiles also deepen the room's contrast, so the projected picture pops more.
- Large format 1.0 × 0.5m tiles — a pack of 10 covers 5m², enough for both side walls beside the bay
- 50 × 50cm tiles — a pack of 10 covers 2.5m², handy for smaller patches and around sockets
- Bevelled edges join seamlessly for a clean, finished look
Genuinely optional — the bay itself is fully netted. Tell me your wall measurements and I'll work out the right number of packs.
Everything from our call · one basket
The complete room — R50, projector arm and wall padding
The whole conversation in one tap: the full R50 room, the projector up on the enclosure arm, and enough wall padding to cover both side walls from the enclosure to the start of the hitting mat.
Your complete garage studio
Everything on this page, in one basket
What's in this basket
Garmin Approach R50 launch monitor£3,879.00
SIM 2 enclosure · 3.0 × 2.5 × 1.5m£1,349.01
Platinum 4K impact screenIncluded
BenQ AH500ST short-throw projector£1,780.00
4K HDMI 2.1 cable · 10m£29.99
Complete room, itemised
£7,866.99
full R50 room + projector arm + wall padding — no PC, cabling included
Spread the cost — Klarna & Clearpay at checkout
Build the complete room in your basket →
One pack of the large tiles covers both side walls floor-to-ceiling from the enclosure to the mat (~2.9m² needed, 5m² in the pack) — spares for around sockets.
The data · every shot, measured
The numbers behind every shot
The R50's three high-speed cameras measure the ball and club directly — real numbers, not estimates, on its touchscreen and your big screen.
Shot readout · 7-ironR50 · live
118mph
Ball speed
17.4°
Launch
6,240rpm
Backspin
1.38
Smash
Club gapping · carryyds
Driver258
4 iron193
7 iron172
PW124
Dispersion · last 187i
On targetFringeMiss
Ball
- Ball speed
- Launch angle
- Launch direction
- Spin rate
- Spin axis
- Smash factor
Club
- Head speed
- Club path
- Face angle
- Angle of attack
Flight
- Carry distance
- Total distance
- Apex height
- Descent angle
- Offline
Eye Mini adds
- Impact location
- Dynamic loft
- Closure rate
- Full Club Optix data
Sample readout shown; your numbers are your own. Starred items are the fitting-level extras the Eye Mini's Club Optix measures on top.
The courses · switch on and play
Wake up on the Old Course. Finish the day at Pebble.
The R50 plays 43,000+ real mapped courses on Home Tee Hero, straight out of the box with no PC. Step up to the Eye Mini and GSPro for photo-real LiDAR courses — 200,000+ of them.
43,000+courses out of the box on the R50
The Old CourseSt Andrews, Scotland
Pebble BeachCalifornia, USA
Pinehurst No. 2North Carolina, USA
Bethpage BlackNew York, USA
A selection of what's playable — course availability depends on launch monitor and software. Home Tee Hero courses are mapped from real survey data; GSPro courses are community-built from LiDAR.
Picture quality
1080p or 4K: what you'll actually see
The picture is only as sharp as the weakest link: what draws it (the launch monitor or a PC) and the projector. Impact screens sold as “4K” have a finer weave that shows a sharp picture cleanly, but the resolution itself comes from the projector and what feeds it.
The Simplest Room: the R50's own HDMI output and a 1080p projector, a matched pair.1080p
The Step Up: the gaming laptop and a 1080p projector, a matched pair.1080p
Your complete garage studio: the R50's own HDMI output and a 1080p projector, a matched pair.1080p
1080p
Garmin R50 on its own
The R50 runs its courses itself and sends the picture over HDMI at up to 1080p. A 1080p short-throw projector is the right match. A 4K projector would only upscale the same 1080p picture.
Up to 4K
Garmin R50 with a gaming PC
Connect the R50 to a gaming PC running GSPro or E6 Connect and the PC draws the picture. With a 4K-capable PC and a 4K projector, that's true 4K. GSPro needs its own licence.
Up to 4K
PC-run launch monitors
Foresight, Full Swing and similar units run on a PC, so the PC and projector set the picture. A 4K PC and a 4K projector give true 4K; a 1080p projector gives 1080p.
Is 4K worth it? It's sharpest on a big screen viewed up close, and for films or TV on the same projector. For golf on an R50, 1080p is the honest match.
Your questions, answered
The things worth knowing before you decide
What exactly is included?
Every option is a complete room: the SimSpace SIM 2 enclosure with the 4K impact screen included, BenQ short-throw laser projector, Tee Turf hitting mat and 10m HDMI lead — plus your chosen launch monitor. The R50 needs no computer; the Eye Mini room includes the sim-spec gaming laptop. The projector arm and wall padding are optional extras with their own buttons above.
Is the screen actually taut — and how well made is the enclosure?
The screen fixes under tension on all four sides inside the steel frame, so it pulls flat like a drum — that flatness is what keeps the projected picture sharp, and if it ever slackens over the years it re-tensions in minutes. Don't take my word for the build quality: Golf Monthly gave the SimSpace enclosure 5 stars and MyGolfSpy's tester panel put it through its paces — both linked in the quality section above.
Will my ceiling really be OK?
Honestly: it's below our 2.7m recommendation, and the full picture is in the note near the top. Short version — irons and wedges are no compromise at all; driver depends on your height and swing. The test that settles it costs nothing: full-pace driver practice swings in the garage before you order. If driver feels tight, a lower tee or 3-wood indoors keeps every course playable.
Can the projector go overhead with my ceiling?
Yes — via the enclosure-mounted arm (£299) rather than a ceiling bracket. It bolts to the SIM 2 frame itself, so nothing is drilled into the ceiling and the height works because it tucks up under the frame's top rail, forward of where you stand. It's already included in the complete-room basket at the bottom of the page.
Is there a subscription?
Only if you want one. The R50 plays a free practice range out of the box; full course play on Home Tee Hero comes with Garmin Golf membership at £8.99/month. The Eye Mini runs GSPro at ~£200/yr plus Uneekor's connection package at ~£160/yr — about £360/yr all-in. Shown so nothing surprises you.
How soon can it be here?
Delivery is 3–5 days once you order, so the sensible sequence is: sort the garage floor, run power to the screen end, then say the word and it lands as you finish. Larger items travel by pallet.
No rush — prices held 14 days
Tell me which one feels right
Happy to talk any of it through — the ceiling test, the projector arm, the wall padding, any of it. When one feels right, let me know and I'll check stock and come straight back with delivery timings.