Indoor Golf Simulator Tournaments

Tournament games are a great way to generate additional income for an indoor golf facility.

Setting up a a tournament using Sports Coach Golf Simulators is extremely easy. Simply select any course for the competition, choose a competition type from Medal Stroke Play or Stableford, choose the number of holes and select a start and end date for the competition. Once configured, the simulator can be used to run a competition over hours, days, weeks or months.
To join a tournament, players only need to enter their name and join any one of the tournaments that have been set up. At the end of each hole, the live leader board appears showing the position of each player. This is the perfect solution for corporate golf, as the facility can schedule a future event and guage simulator usage days, weeks or months into the future.

Sports Coach simulators allow players to enter a tournament at any time provided the tournament is still 'live'. If the tournament covers 18 holes and players cannot complete their round in one session, they can book future slots to finish all holes.

Tournament play is not restricted to one player per session. Up to 4 players can play on the same simulator in one session. There is no limit to the number of tournament entrants. Where facilities use a number of simulators, the tournament feature is controlled by a central server linking all the simulators together on a local area network.

To discover more about tournament gaming and how you can profit from indoor golf simulation, visit www.cowlens.co.uk 

Operating a Golf Simulator Remotely

We are often asked whether a full size commercial golf simulator can be controlled remotely. The requirement could be to set up a game at a nearby reception desk, configuring a game from an entirely different room, triggering a game from a remote site or even running the system with a coin meter.

The answer is yes. This particular equipment is highly configurable.

Using Sports Coach golf simulators, Cowlens Golf has devised a unique low cost system link so that the golf simulator can be operated from almost anywhere.

We can control the simulator from a booking desk that isn't even in the same room. Booking staff can add the players, select the course or competition and set the game timer based on the chosen tariff paid. The solution doesn't even require an additional computer as control is given directly to the simulator itself.

Golf simulators can also be configured in such a way that the booking desk can be located in a different building or even a different geographical location all together. We simply connect you to the system via the internet or by using a local network.

Simulators installed by Cowlens Golf can even control themselves, thus reducing staff overheads. Cowlens Golf believe in making the best better, and that's why we look to improve the way your simulator is delivered to ensure it meets your requirements.

To find out more about how you can define how to control your simulator, talk to us at cowlens golf

Other Ways To Generate Income From Golf Simulators

It is easy to think that the only way a golf simulator can generate income is through customers paying to play a round of virtual golf.

In fact, with so many features available on golf simulators, there are other ways in which a simulator can generate income.

Examples of this are the driving range, practice and quick contest facilities.

Take the driving range for example. On a standard driving range people pay say £5 for 100 balls. There is no reason why a simulator cannot generate the same income based on 100 strokes (or say 15 minutes play). At £5 per 15 minutes this could generate £20 per hour.

Then there are quick-play contests such as longest drive, nearest to pin or putting. These are likely to be played by 4 or more players at a time, but it wouldn’t be unusual for 6-8 players to compete. Lets say a group of 5 players wanted to play 3 attempts at nearest to pin and 3 attempts at longest drive. In this scenario the game would be complete in an hour and a charge of £25 would equate to only £5 per player. This would be very cheap when compared to some inner city virtual golf complexes where some charge £75 per hour for group bookings.

Then there’s the practice and training. Simulators can be used for professional golf trainers to give their clients golf lessons and analyse their swing. All the time that they use your equipment, you are making money. With tuition fees of up to £35/half hour it wouldn’t be unreasonable to charge £15 per half hour for use of the simulator. Several slots could be booked in advance with a single or weekly upfront payment which could provide a steady income alongside income from passing trade.

The simulator can even be used to help with club fitting and ball selection. Lets say the professional trainer wants to make use of this facility. If the trainer was to charge £35 for half an hour of his time, there’s no reason why use of the simulator cannot be charged out at £20 or more for that half hour making the total cost to the customer £55. In fact, some specialist centres charge up to £75 for these services.

And then there is the game of golf itself. Charges are £20/hour or more are typical. One benefit of the hourly rate is that the use simulator doesn’t need to be limited to two players. Stableford golf for example really speeds up a game for 4 or more players. What’s good about this is that each player only needs to find £5 to play, which is a fraction of the price that they would pay to play on a golf course so they are likely to come back for more or book longer slots.

So all in all, there are several ways that a golf simulator can generate income. To find out more about what golf simulators can offer visit cowlens.co.uk