Conference 7.286::golf

1989.0. "New Indoor Simulator" by ABACUS::LEARY (There's coffee in that nebula!) Wed Feb 22 1995 12:35

    
    Just played a round and a half on a Full-Swing indoor simulator.
    Pro explained to me that it is based off the Links386 software
    courses...Pebble,Pinehurst,Torrey Pines...etc and plays very well.
    Same style mat and screen deal...you are looking essentially at the
    same screens you would on your PC.  
    Targeting is done via your shot instead of mouse crosshairs or 
    rotation...ie...if you pull or push it off the tee that is the path 
    the ball takes plus calculated sidespin and strength.  
    The screen is approx 12 feet from tee mat...therefore any putt w/in 
    4 grids (1 yard sq) is a gimme.  And a putt over that length you have 
    to aim at the hole on the screen and judge distance past the screen 
    20 ft putt=8 feet past wall.  Pretty touchy actually.
    Chips and pitch shots were pretty realistic and you could even get
    the ball to bite from the fairway.  Easily the best simulator that
    I've played yet.  It should be...the unit is $40,000.00.  I played
    it for $20/hr and hustled through a sweaty 25 holes.  Mauna Lea shot
    92 and Pinehurst I was +1 through 7.  Window on screen tells you
    your distance of shot and distance to hole and lie.  You have to use
    a keyboard occaisionally to accept drops, etc.  This one was located
    in the clubhouse at the Samoset in Maine.