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Will a golf simulator fit in your room?
A simulator can fit if your normal swing clears the room's obstructions and the equipment's required distances fit around the hitting position. The checker gives you an initial room plan from your measurements; test the swing and check the exact equipment manuals before you treat that plan as a fit.
Published starting points; your swing and equipment can require more. Manufacturer guidance.
Check your room size and total room cost before ordering. Enclosure kits and simulator bundles include different equipment; compare the contents as well as the price.
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The store describes a 30-day request window for eligible unused returns, with original packaging and proof of purchase. Returns can incur both freight charges and a restocking fee of at least 15%; custom orders, sale items and discounted bundles have exclusions. Check the product-specific terms before ordering. Store return policy (checked 12 October 2026).
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Prices are the store's, listed in USD; check dates appear on each card. Options and stock can change; check delivery costs and destination tax at checkout. Confirm on the store before buying.
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Pro Putt SystemsTrue Strike Double Model Hitting Mat$1,868View at the store →Prices are the store's, listed in USD; check dates appear on each card. Options and stock can change; check delivery costs and destination tax at checkout. Confirm on the store before buying.
Prices are the store's, listed in USD; check dates appear on each card. Options and stock can change; check delivery costs and destination tax at checkout. Confirm on the store before buying.
Guides
All 104 guides →Short answers on building the room, what each launch monitor needs, what the software and packages cost, and how to live with the finished room.
DIY build
All 18 guides →Room requirements by launch monitor
All 19 guides →Launch monitor comparisons
All 17 guides →Simulator software
All 6 guides →Projectors, screens and TVs
All 8 guides →Enclosures, mats and hitting surfaces
All 6 guides →Costs, packages and commercial builds
All 13 guides →Playing, practice and accuracy
All 11 guides →Room design and everyday use
All 6 guides →Plan the room
Room dimensions and possible equipment layouts
Use these ranges to decide what to investigate. They are room-planning guidance, rather than a guarantee that a particular golfer, enclosure, or launch monitor will fit.
On a small screen, scroll the table sideways to read every column.
| Your room | Likely fit | Next decision |
|---|---|---|
| Under 9 ft ceiling | Short clubs may fit; a full driver swing may not | Test with slow practice swings before buying |
| 9–10 ft ceiling | Swing clearance still depends on the golfer | Test from the finished hitting surface |
| 10–13 ft 11 in wide | An offset tee may help one-handed use | Check the swing and the enclosure's outside width |
| 15–17 ft 11 in deep | A camera beside the ball can be easier to place | Check the model and screen standoff |
| 18 ft+ deep | Some radar layouts become possible | Add rear placement, ball flight, and screen clearance |
Room thresholds: Carl's Place, Measuring Your Space. Confirm the current manual for the exact launch monitor, enclosure and projector before ordering.
Measure first. Buy second.
Measure the usable space before you choose the equipment. Moving a proposed tee or screen on a drawing is easier than moving it after installation.
Measure three things
Floor to the lowest thing on your ceiling — a light, a pipe, a garage door rail. Wall to wall. Front to back. Write them down in inches.
Read the result
The calculator compares your measurements with planning thresholds and flags questions about swing clearance, shared handedness, and monitor placement. No email required.
Draw it, then price it
The calculator draws a plan view from your numbers and gives you a one-page spec sheet with your measurements on it — the thing to hand a builder or a supplier.
Three rooms, three budgets
The same swing space can look very different depending on what goes on the walls. Here are three directions a build can take.
Working garage
Decide whether the car still needs to park here. A removable hitting area can preserve that option, but door tracks, stored items, and garage temperatures still affect the layout.
Timber lodge
Choose timber finishes and lighting after the screen and hitting position are settled. Keep fixtures, trim, and seating outside the swing and any likely missed shot.
Finished basement
Check beams, ducts, access, and moisture before choosing equipment. If the project involves lowering the floor or changing structure, involve a structural engineer and a specialist contractor.
Golf simulator room layout: screen, tee and launch monitor
A single minimum room size won't tell you much. Sketch the room instead: screen and enclosure first, then where you'll stand, then what's left for the sensor and projector. Keep that order. A launch monitor can look like it fits right up until the hitting position and a safe distance from the screen are marked in.
- Screen and enclosure: hold the manufacturer's outside frame dimensions up against the wall, the ceiling, and any garage-door rail. The frame takes more room than the picture you see on the screen. Check enclosure dimensions.
- Hitting position: mark the ball, plus both swing arcs if right- and left-handed players will share the room. Leave space behind the screen and around the player as the equipment's instructions say. The room-size starting points above are not safety clearances.
- Launch monitor and projector: a camera unit can sit beside the ball; a radar unit normally needs space behind it. Projector throw and mounting clearance depend on the model. Compare placement by monitor type.
In a garage, the door track often shapes the layout more than the floor size does. See six garage layouts with dimensions and trade-offs, or draw a plan view from your own measurements. Before you buy or change anything in the room, check the final layout and clearances against the equipment manuals and with your installer.
Check the backswing and follow-through
An 8-foot ceiling can restrict clubs even for a shorter golfer. In the linked forum discussion, a 5'5" player reported occasionally hitting the ceiling with a driver or 3-wood, and said his 5'7" son hit it with a 5-iron. Those accounts cannot tell you whether your own swing will clear the room. Start with slow practice swings from the proposed hitting surface, checking the complete swing before buying.
Source: owner reports, Golf Simulator Forum — "Ceiling Height — Testing". These are individual accounts, not a study.
Less ceiling than the tape says
Measure swing clearance from the top of the mat to the lowest obstruction in the golfer's actual swing path. Separately, Carl's Place calls for 2–3 inches above a standard enclosure, or about 6–7 inches for its curved kit. That installation buffer is not automatically lost across the whole room. Check the frame's outside dimensions in golf simulator enclosure size.
Source: Carl's Place enclosure guidance, checked 12 October 2026.
Depth decides what you can buy
A rear-mounted radar needs its specified distance behind the ball and enough ball flight in front. A camera beside the ball avoids that rear sensor lane, though the golfer still needs room to swing. There is no depth that admits every model: add the monitor's distances to the screen's rear clearance, and leave any seating outside the playing area.
Room work is a separate budget. A retailer's equipment package may leave out wiring, climate control, floor preparation, and finishing. The room-work breakdown separates those costs from the hardware so you can compare it with a local quote.
What this is not
Three things to know before you lean on any of it.
Not a design service. The plan view in the room size calculator is a schematic. Nothing here is dimensioned for construction, and none of it has been checked against a building code.
Not a quote. Prices and planning estimates carry their sources and check dates. Your installed cost depends on the equipment, work, delivery, and taxes in your quote.
Not a substitute for measuring. Published specifications, cost estimates, and the calculator's assumptions have different limits. Use the source links to check them and have the proposed equipment layout confirmed for your own room.