Indoor driving booths and golf simulator bays can help golf courses generate revenue after the outdoor season ends. Turf Net Sports Supplies is already a trusted supplier to golf courses throughout Canada and the United States, providing golf products, Canadian-made netting, simulator enclosures, T-Line turf, projectors and professional installation. With first-hand experience operating an indoor simulator business, Turf Net can also help courses attract winter golfers, organize leagues and keep revenue coming in throughout the winter.
But what if part of your golf operation could remain active throughout the winter?
Indoor driving booths and simulator bays give golf courses an opportunity to keep members and local golfers playing while generating off-season revenue. With the right setup, three simulator booths operating through a winter league, along with regular bookings, can generate more than $85,000 in gross revenue over the winter months.
Imagine having income coming in through the winter instead of facing months filled primarily with expenses.
Turn Your Off-Season Into Another Golf Season
Golfers don’t lose interest in the game simply because there is snow on the ground. They still want to practise, compete, spend time with friends and keep their swing ready for spring.
An indoor golf facility gives them a reason to continue choosing your course. It can also introduce non-members to your facility in a relaxed, social setting.
Revenue opportunities can include:
- Hourly simulator and driving booth rentals
- Winter golf leagues
- Private group bookings
- Corporate events
- Lessons and coaching sessions
- Junior golf programs
- Club fitting and practice sessions
- Food and beverage sales
- Sponsorships and league partnerships
A scheduled winter league provides consistent weekly bookings, while the remaining times can be filled by individuals, groups, instructors and corporate events.
What Could Three Simulator Bays Generate?
Revenue will depend on your rates, operating hours, local demand, league format and the length of your indoor season. However, it doesn’t take a large number of bays to create meaningful income.
For example, three simulator bays booked at an average of $45 per hour for 35 hours per week over an 18-week winter season would generate $85,050 in gross bay-rental revenue.
That figure doesn’t include additional income from food and beverages, lessons, private events, sponsorships or other sales. Longer operating hours or an extended indoor season could increase the revenue further.
The exact numbers will vary, but an underused area of your golf course could become an active winter revenue centre.
Winter Leagues Create Consistent Bookings
Individual bookings are valuable, but a winter league provides greater consistency. Golfers commit to a regular time, bays are reserved in advance and revenue becomes easier to forecast.
Leagues also provide the social connection many golfers miss when the outdoor season ends. Players return each week, bring friends and often book additional practice time outside league play.
Turf Net Sports Supplies operates an indoor golf simulator business, so the team understands how bookings work, what attracts golfers during the winter and what is involved in organizing a successful league.
This first-hand experience allows Turf Net to help golf courses plan more than the physical booths. The team understands how the space should function for leagues, regular bookings, lessons and group events.
Work With a Supplier Golf Courses Already Know
Turf Net Sports Supplies has worked with golf courses throughout Canada and the United States for more than 20 years. Many courses already know Turf Net as their supplier for Wittek Golf Products, Easy Picker, Bayco and other established golf brands.
Turf Net has also installed containment netting, built driving ranges and completed golf-related projects across Canada and the U.S. Adding indoor driving booths and simulator bays is a natural extension of that experience.
As a distributor for several brands of simulator enclosures, Turf Net can provide the components required to create a safe, functional and professional indoor golf space, including:
- Simulator enclosures
- Canadian-made custom netting
- Containment netting
- Impact screens
- T-Line turf
- Hitting mats and surfaces
- Booth framing
- Protective padding
- Projectors
- Golf accessories
- Professional installation, when required
Turf Net doesn’t sell simulator software or computers. These can be selected separately based on the technology and playing experience you want to offer. Turf Net provides virtually everything else required to build the physical booths.
Planning the Right Indoor Golf Setup
A simulator bay is more than a screen and a computer. The dimensions, ceiling height, enclosure, turf, netting, lighting, projector placement and space surrounding the golfer all affect safety, comfort and play.
The right number of bays will depend on your available space, budget, local market and revenue goals.
One booth can support lessons, practice sessions and member bookings. Multiple booths create more opportunities for leagues, group events and simultaneous rentals.
Three booths can provide a practical balance for many facilities. They allow you to run a winter league, accommodate groups and keep additional booking times available throughout the week.
Before moving ahead, consider:
- The dimensions and ceiling height of the space
- The number of golfers you want to accommodate
- Safe distances around each hitting area
- League and regular booking schedules
- Staffing requirements
- Food and beverage opportunities
- Pricing and expected occupancy
- Installation timelines
- How the facility will be promoted
Start Planning Before the Outdoor Season Ends
An indoor golf facility shouldn’t be treated as a last-minute winter project. The space needs to be assessed, the layout planned, the products selected and the installation scheduled. You will also need time to establish pricing, promote the facility and register golfers if you plan to run a league.
Starting early allows you to build interest among members, local golfers, instructors, corporate groups and community organizations. It also gives you the opportunity to accept league registrations and advance bookings before the outdoor course closes.
Keep Your Golfers and Your Revenue Active All Year
Your relationship with golfers doesn’t have to end when the outdoor season does.
Indoor driving booths and simulator bays can extend the season, keep members engaged and give local golfers another reason to choose your facility. More importantly, they can turn winter into an additional revenue season.
Turf Net Sports Supplies can assess your space, help plan one or multiple bays, provide the enclosure, Canadian-made netting, impact screen, T-Line turf, hitting surface, projector and related equipment, and complete the installation if needed.
Because Turf Net already supplies many golf courses and operates its own indoor simulator business, its recommendations are grounded in first-hand experience. The team understands what it takes to build the booths, attract golfers and keep an indoor golf operation active throughout the winter.
Contact Turf Net Sports Supplies to discuss how indoor driving booths or simulator bays could generate winter revenue for your golf course.
Call 905-892-8787 or toll-free at 1-877-617-8787, or visit www.turfnetsportssupplies.com.
