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What happened to Golf Daddy, and how does Benchmark Golf At Home work?
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Golf Daddy became Benchmark Golf on August 20, 2026, and its current Golf At Home system estimates shots from a phone camera and practice-mat feedback. It offers virtual practice without a flying ball, provided your room has safe swing clearance. It doesn't measure the launch of a real golf ball.
Same product line, new name
If an older review sends you to Golf Daddy and you land on Benchmark Golf, you're in the right place. Benchmark identifies itself as the consumer golf arm of Benchmark Motion and says golfdaddy.com now forwards to benchmarkgolf.com. Benchmark's rebranding announcement
Older reviews may cover earlier versions, so use the current Golf At Home listing for kit contents and app terms.
Phone on a tripod, mat on the floor
The kit includes a mat and tripod, and the app works with iPhone and Android phones. Benchmark describes the phone camera as capturing full-body motion in 3D, with mat-impact information also used to simulate the shot. It says the system doesn't track the ball itself. Golf At Home kit and system
Ball optional
The product page allows practice with no ball, foam balls, or real balls. For a furnished indoor room, no ball is the simplest option. Foam balls still need a safe landing area; real balls require proper containment and a suitable hitting space. Benchmark's ball-use options
Changing the ball choice doesn't change what the phone-based system measures.
A 7-by-7-foot space
Benchmark advertises a 7-by-7-foot play space indoors or outdoors. Treat that as a planning footprint, not a promise that every golfer can swing a driver safely inside a seven-foot square. Advertised play space
Check the ceiling as well as the floor area. Taller players, and wide or upright swings, may need more clearance. Move slowly through a driver swing in the exact spot you'll practice, watching for lights, fans, TVs, windows, and furniture. Leave room beyond that slow swing path and keep people away.
Can it replace a launch monitor?
Golf At Home provides estimates for virtual play and swing practice. Those estimates don't show how a real ball left the clubface.
For carry gapping, spin work, or club fitting, look for a launch monitor that measures the ball data you need. For example, Foresight calculates carry from measured launch conditions. Foresight's ball-flight calculation
App access and coaching
Benchmark says app access is included with the purchase and coaching is optional. Coaching offers appear separately in its bundles, so don't treat included app access as unlimited coaching. App and coaching terms