GOLFZON Brings TwoVisionNX Sims to US Opens

GOLFZON parked commercial simulators at the two biggest golf events in America, let thousands of fans hit shots on them, and collected more brand impressions in two weeks than most sim companies get in a year. Classic GOLFZON.

The Korean sim giant is the “Official Indoor Golf Simulator of the U.S. Open” — a title they earned by outspending and out-executing the competition for USGA sponsorship rights. And with the U.S. Women’s Open at Riviera (June 1-7) and the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills (June 11-14), 2026 was the first year they got to flex that partnership at both events.

The Activations

At the 81st U.S. Women’s Open at Riviera Country Club, GOLFZON built two simulator locations:

• USGA Experience: Closest-to-the-Hole challenge on Riviera’s par-3 14th hole
• Champions Pavilion: Full simulator play with instructional sessions from pros Holly Clyburn and Maiya Tanaka, plus the opportunity to play Riviera on GOLFZON’s TwoVisionNX hardware

At the 126th U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills, they went bigger with three locations:

• USGA Experience: Closest-to-the-Hole contests on Shinnecock’s iconic 3rd hole
• Swing Experience Driven by Lexus (Fan Central): Longest Drive Challenge
• 17th Village: Play Shinnecock’s 17th hole with swing tips from instructor Bryce Cope

All installed on the TwoVisionNX platform with the Motion Plate — GOLFZON’s 64-directional moving platform that replicates 56,000 distinct lies. The same hardware that costs $50,000+ in a commercial setting, now sitting at a major championship for anyone to try.

The Real Story

That’s the activation details. Here’s what actually matters.

GOLFZON’s USGA partnership is one piece of a systematic American takeover that started years ago but has accelerated dramatically in 2026. In the last six months alone:

• USGA partnership (January) — Official Indoor Simulator of both Opens
• Pebble Beach Company partnership (February) — Building a GOLFZON Lounge at Spanish Bay, launching Road to Pebble Beach tournament
• Troon partnership — GOLFZON Social venues at Troon-managed facilities
• Miami Dolphins partnership — Hard Rock Stadium activation
• NGCOA partnership — National Golf Course Owners Association deal

Each individual deal looks like a press release. Taken together, they show a company that’s systematically embedding itself into every major touchpoint in American golf. The US Open activations are the culmination of that strategy — putting GOLFZON hardware in front of the fans, players, media, and corporate partners who attend these events.

What This Means for Home Sim Buyers

If you’re building a home sim, you probably don’t care about GOLFZON’s commercial activations. You should.

Every fan who walks through a USGA championship and hits shots on a TwoVisionNX is a potential WAVE buyer. The WAVE is GOLFZON’s $500-800 consumer launch monitor — the same technology stack, stripped down for home use. The more people who experience GOLFZON at Pebble Beach, the Open, the Dolphins stadium, the more people recognize the name when they’re shopping for a home sim.

The GOLFZON WAVE is already generating buzz as a budget alternative to the Garmin R10 and Rapsodo MLM2PRO. If GOLFZON can convert even a fraction of the exposure from these activations into WAVE sales, the math is simple: their consumer business grows faster than any competitor’s.

The Moat Deepens

GOLFZON’s commercial strategy creates a virtuous cycle that consumer-only brands can’t replicate. The TwoVisionNX and Motion Plate hardware they deploy at venues like the U.S. Open and Pebble Beach are engineering testbeds for their consumer products. Every software update, every course license, every physics engine improvement for the commercial hardware flows down to the WAVE.

That matters because 20 years of building commercial sims in Korea gave GOLFZON the deepest technology stack in the industry — deeper than Trackman, deeper than Foresight, deeper than anyone. The Motion Plate alone is something no US-based brand can match. And now they’re using their commercial dominance to build consumer brand awareness at the biggest events in the sport.

Meanwhile, Garmin, Rapsodo, and SkyTrak are fighting over Amazon rankings and YouTube reviews. Different leagues.

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Source: GOLFZON, June 15, 2026. GOLFZON is the Official Indoor Golf Simulator of the U.S. Open and U.S. Women’s Open Presented by Ally through a multi-year USGA partnership.