Winter Is the Best Season for Home Golf
Why October through February is peak sim season — and exactly what to do in July to be ready
Winter is peak season for home golf sims — not something to survive. Prepare your sim now with heating, humidity, gear maintenance, and the winter routine.
Sim Facility Boom #10: Growth Meets Reality
The Boom Has Two Sides — 20+ New Facilities, First Closure, Market Consolidation
20+ new sim facilities in one sweep. First confirmed closure in Springfield IL. The boom is accelerating and also hitting reality. Both are true.
Sim Facility Boom #5: 24/7 Golf Expands
A Third 24-Hour Facility, Back Nine Building an Empire, and 15+ More Openings
Third 24-hour facility in Sherman TX, Back Nine expanding to five new locations, and fifteen-plus openings. Plus the first saturation signal in Holland MI.
Sim Facility Boom #6: 24/7 Hits 4 States
24-Hour Spreads to 4 States, First Closure Tracked, and 15+ New Openings
24-hour sim concepts now span four states. Back Nine keeps expanding. First facility closure tracked. Week two of our series tracking the boom.
Sim Facility Boom #7: xGolf Joins the War
xGolf Joins the Franchise War, F&B Convergence Accelerates, and 9+ New Openings
Restaurants, clubhouses, and arcades are adding sims. xGolf opens in Fort Worth. Pipestone breaks ground on a second facility. F&B convergence is real.
Sim Facility Boom #8: Media Finally Notices
Regional Media Discovers Sim Golf — Florida, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Cleveland, Cape Cod, Palm Beach
Local newspapers from Florida to Cape Cod are running sim golf features. Six regional media stories in one sweep. This is what mainstream adoption looks like.
Sim Facility Boom #9: Canada Gets In
First Canadian Facilities, Office Sims Arrive in Denver, and Holland Hits Saturation
First Canadian sim facility in Vernon BC. Denver offices add sims as tenant amenities. Holland MI hits three facilities, raising the saturation question.
Golf Sim Market Report: $4.7B by 2034
What Two Industry Reports Tell Us About Where Sim Golf Is Going
Fortune and Grand View both project sim golf past the novelty stage. $4.7B by 2034. The numbers say this industry is entering legitimate growth territory.
New Jersey Is Ground Zero for the Sim Facility Boom
Six facilities in one state in a single week — Morristown, Jersey City, Bridgewater, Elizabeth, and more.
Six facilities in one state in a single week. Morristown, Jersey City, Bridgewater, Elizabeth. New Jersey has more sim activity than most countries. Wild.
PGA Tour Superstore: Sims in All 70+ Stores
Every single PGA Tour Superstore in America now has a golf simulator showroom.
Every single PGA Tour Superstore in America has a sim showroom now. No appointment needed. The biggest retail chain in golf just bet on the home sim market.
Sim Facility Boom: 5 More Openings in One Week
5 More Openings in a Week
Jerome Township OH to Cedar Rapids IA, five new sim facilities in a single week. The boom is not slowing, it is building momentum.
Sim Facility Boom #4: First Closure Tracked
6 Openings, 24/7 Confirmed, and the First Closure
Six new facilities, a second 24-hour concept confirmed, and the boom first tracked closure. The full picture of an industry that is still accelerating.
Financial Times: Home Sims Are Mainstream Now
Home Sims Are Mainstream
The Financial Times called home simulators an upswing. The world most respected business paper validated your hobby. Here is what they got right and wrong.
Sim Facility Boom: 7 New Venues in One Week
and You're the Reason
Seven new sim facilities in a single week. Indoor centers, bars, lounges exploding across America. Good news for your garage build, prices are dropping.
Sim Facility Boom: 14 More in a Week
High schools building sims, 24-hour lounges becoming a thing — the acceleration keeps surprising even the optimists
14 more sim facilities opened in days. High schools building sims, 24-hour lounges becoming a thing. The acceleration keeps surprising even the optimists.
Budget LM Market Shakeout: Winners and Losers
And That's Good for Buyers
GolfIn is dead. Square raised HE prices. The budget LM market is shaking out fast. Good for buyers who wait, bad for brands without a moat.
Topgolf Parsippany: A Prototype for the Future
Topgolf's new Parsippany venue opens July 3 with 'My Bay, My Way' personalization, 102 climate-controlled bays, arcade games, and a rooftop terrace.
Topgolf new Parsippany venue has 102 bays, My Bay My Way personalization, and a rooftop terrace. Prototype redesign signals where commercial golf is heading.
How TGL Made Home Golf Simulators Mainstream in 2026
Indoor golf used to be something you admitted to.
Before TGL, sim golf was a niche you admitted to quietly. Tiger and Rory changed that in one season. Indoor golf is the fastest-growing category in the sport.
650 Sim Owners Survey: What They Really Think
The Survey That Changes Everything
650+ launch monitor owners surveyed. 100% buy-again rate. The putting problem nobody fixed. The room depth secret every buyer misses. Data from real owners.
Launch Monitor Price War: $199 LMs Are Here
and You're the Winner
Shot Scope at $199, Blue Tees at $599, Square Omni at $1,600. The budget LM market is a full-blown price war, and your garage is the winner.
Square Golf Killed the $1K Camera Barrier
Here's What Happens Next.
Square Golf HE at $699 proves camera LMs do not need to cost $1,500+. Every sub-$2K camera unit now looks overpriced. SkyTrak, Bushnell, Uneekor are on notice.
The Technology Is Insane Now (And Nobody Told You)
And Nobody Told You
10,000 fps launch monitors. 4,000-course software. Nets that catch 170 mph drives. All available for your garage. And it costs less than a set of irons.