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I'm planning on dropping by either the local PGA Superstore or another indoor range to have a go with some video analysis.

Now that I'm hitting the ball more consistently I'd also like to document my distances, problem is the ranges I hit don't have markers. I do now have a gps program for the smart phone, but it will take time to develop the data.

Are simulators in any way reliable for measuring club distance?
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If you are going to visit an indoor range to have the mechanics of your swing analyzed that’s fine… but if you’re trying to “dial-in” distance I think that you would be better served by trying to find an outdoor range with yardage markers.

As to the reliable accuracy of golf simulators, it is after all a virtual simulation of the elements under which you are actually going to play.

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I would never trust a simulator for distances.

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I would never trust a simulator for distances.

Yea I have hit some pretty curious distances in the simulator at Golf Galaxy. I'm sure some are more accurate than others, but I hit a 7-iron 206 yards one day and I'm pretty sure I caught it a bit fat.

The only thing that a simulator has on a range is the fact that you can hit the ball you actually play but I'de find a better range. If nothing else it allows you to see the shot play out in front of your eyes. The more good mental images you can stow away, the more you can draw from when it matters.

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Yea I have hit some pretty curious distances in the simulator at Golf Galaxy. I'm sure some are more accurate than others, but I hit a 7-iron 206 yards one day and I'm pretty sure I caught it a bit fat.

A friend of mine actually has a full size simulator in his garage (he bought it off of a cruise ship). There are quite a few different ways to set up the distances on it, but we have never found it to be accurate with the irons and woods. We can set it to where it will be fairly close on the irons but then your woods are off and if we set it close to our woods distances, the irons will be off. And this is with all new sensors and HD projector. It is pretty cool to practice in when you can't go anywhere, but I wouldn't use it to get my distances on anything.

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Don't they measure spin rate? Seems like that would be the best way to determine how well you are hitting the irons on a simulator. Woods and driver I wouldn't know how to measure those accurately.

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Because you are fortunate enough to live in DFW, I'd recommend that you go to topgolf (only a handful of locations worldwide).
http://www.topgolf.com/Locations/US/Dallas/Default.aspx

You buy a bucket of special balls with a chip in them. Choose to play TopPractice.
You will get precise distance and ball flight information while hitting outside. You will also get the benefit of watching the entire ball flight, instead of into a net or screen.

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Like others, I never trust the simulators for accurate distances. When I bought my driver at Dick's, the distances were way off. Of course, we've come to expect that from the big retailers. I also cant stand hitting off of a mat, and it may be more of a mental block than anything, but I take that into consideration as well when hitting into a sim.

 
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Hello guys ive started to make some videos where i compare golfsimulators i have a Skytrak, Trugolf simulator, optishot and a old Flightscope.
I have started to compare the Skytrak with the optishot since they are the more cheaper ones that most ppl can afford 🙂

I hope this can help ppl to choose what system they want to get 🙂

Feel free to check out my youtube where i will try to cover everything golf related https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOkeZ6uixfIdvvpzUUcGLYg/

Here is my lastest video where i compare the Skytrak and the optioshot 2 systems while hitting irons 🙂

 

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