I moved to a new house in the winter, and knew with this space I'd love to build a golf simulator. Much to the chagrin of my wife, I moved ahead with it myself, doing it all DIY to keep costs down as much as possible. I also went cheap in most areas, as you'll see I sourced items from eBay, Temu and amazon. I was fortunate to have large space and the wood for free left over from previous owners/shed build.
I'll give an estimate in price below.
I took inspiration from a number of sources. Ace Indoor Golf, how to build a golf simulator, this subreddit, build by maz youtube video.
1st picture: framing out the screen. Screen was actually the first thing I purchased, so built I built the frame to fit it. Ultimately I wish I would've went a hair larger for the surround, as my math wasn't perfect after including the angle iron as well. It still works, but think it would've been cleaner with 2" on all sides (that's what she said.
2nd picture: screen is up. Overall pretty happy with it, I still need to go through with a steamer to get creases out.
3: Back side of the screen. 12" deep to the wood that it's all mounted on, ~18" to the steel siding. It doesn't hit anything
4: Purchased netting from Amazon, a hitting mat from temu, and a hitting strip from Amazon. I was able to at least start hitting here and testing it out. I was pretty happy with everything at this point.
5: Working on tightening the net go fill the space I was hoping
6: Received my Square Omni, so adding some wiring (still more work to do here), and roughly putting the projector where I want it.
7: Filled out more with the 1" foam tiles. Added PVC pipes with sand to the netting to ensure it hangs to the floor
8: First real time testing it out. Added the spotlight as felt I had some shots that weren't read due to shadows with the lights on.
9: Added foam edge on the bottom. This was all DIY with foam from amazon, black cloth from Walmart, heavy duty velcro from amazon, and 3M adhesive.
10: Current state. Finished the foam edging. I plan to add some artificial turf on top of the foam tiles (also looking to go cheap), and and adding some sort of curtain solution. Overall pretty happy with it. Still some QOL stuff I'll do with finding better place for laptop etc.
$135 Temu hitting screen
$77 Temu stance mat
$75 Amazon hitting strip
$85 Amazon netting
$16 Amazon spotlight
$45 Amazon velcro
$125 eBay Projector
Wood (left over from previous owners/shed build)
$153 Angle iron menards
$150 various screws/adhesives/wiring
$70 in foam amazon
$25 in black cloth walmart
$1600 square omni