My wife got a new set of Clevelands (full set), after a fitting, in spring. She was using my old TM driver, and TM bubble shaft irons and woods older than out kids - LOL. Got em late Spring, knocked 4 strokes of handicap, and won her division of Club Championship and the end of year Green Jacket where all the year's tourney winner and runner ups play. Playing nearly every day for the first time certainly also helped her score. So, yay Cleveland!
We did it: Got a simulator up and operating. We have three car garage, and the first task was figuring out how to fit it in there. I was ready to redo the third bay garage door/opener, or take it out altogether, but we were able to put it in back corner shooting sideways into a wall, rather than down the car length direction. Had a 13' x 10" is space, even with two cars in the garage. There are 11 foot ceilings, so that not an issue.
I went with a package I purchased from Top Shelf golf. Got net/net bracket, simulator with protective case, hitting mat, projector and bracket for projector and software. Went with an 8' by 8.5' net/screen. Bought that size because you could get a bracket for the projector that would sit on top of the net and not need to be attached to ceiling. We got the net up mid Nov, and were ablt to hit balls into it, but had to wait about 11 weeks after the order to get the actual simulator - a Sky Trak,. The IT guy (my 15 year old son) scoffed at me a bit when I decided to go with projector/bracket. Turns out he was right. His golf coach has a practice net set up his house where he gives lessons, one with a lot of space/clearance, and he uses a TV/monitor vs. a projector screen. My son pushed for that, I ignored him. To my peril and additional cost.
Once we got the Sky Trak delivered mid December, he set it up simple first using an Ipad, and then using his older gaming computer (this does better with the graphics), and a 27" monitor to test it out. I held off on trying to set up the projector/bracket, and with some measurements, and later determined it was in danger of being hit by a swing due to somewhat cramped nature of our set up. So I'm sitting on a bracket and projector - lol at me. Bought a 1500 W electric heater to direct at the golfer. Our garage has pretty good insulation (two walls share with house interior, as well as heated bedroom above it), and isulated doors, so it's not been too cold to use. With two cars in garage, we can swing full with most clubs. Pull one car out for driver hitting. Had to purge junk and move stuff out of garage into shed and basement to reconfigure things, which was a project, and my daughter's car is now parked outside when she's home from college, but it's worked out well. I like that I got the screen, even if I'm not using it, because it's an effective additional buffer for shots beyond just what the netting provides. I put those interlocking 2'x2' foam workout squares on floor, double layered, to soften bounces. Not the prettiest set up, but it works. I'm very happy with the durability and operation of the net, as my son hits the ball hard (he's doing over 110 mph swing speed on driver now), and it takes the punishment well.
Risky parts is lack of netting above the hitting area, although the side netting provided is pretty good. I've already put one dent in ceiling from getting too far under a driver, and my son had a friend over who was new to the game, and things went sideways a bit. I'll probably work on that, as well as a bigger monitor with a soundbar. But overall, very happy with it, mostly because my son will be able to take swings and work on things as much as he wants during a time he'd normally be limited to a weekly lesson and traveling to an heated outdoor facility.