Indoor Golf Simulator Cost and Room Size: What It Takes to Build One at Home

July 26, 2026 · Golf Simulators

How much space and how much money a home golf simulator really takes. Ceiling height, room dimensions, launch-monitor tiers, and Twin Cities basement realities.

# Indoor Golf Simulator Cost and Room Size: What It Takes to Build One at Home Every conversation about a home simulator lands on the same two questions: how much room does it take, and how much does it cost. The honest answer to both is "it depends on your space," and that's not a dodge. The room dictates the build, and the build dictates the number. We measure first across Plymouth, Maple Grove, and Eden Prairie, because the lowest joist in your basement decides more about this project than any spec sheet. Here's how the space and the cost actually break down, so you know what you're walking into before you order a single piece of equipment. ## Golf Simulator Room Size: How Much Space Do You Need Plan on roughly **12 feet of width, 15 feet of depth, and enough height to swing** for a comfortable bay. Twelve feet wide lets a right- and left-handed golfer share one hitting position instead of rebuilding the tee between players. Fifteen feet deep gives the ball room to fly before it meets the screen, with space left over for the launch monitor behind or above the tee. Tighter rooms can work, but they narrow your equipment options rather than open them up. Depth is the dimension people underestimate. The ball needs travel distance, the screen needs standoff from the wall so a hard strike doesn't bottom out on drywall, and a radar-based monitor needs room behind the ball to read full flight. Squeeze the depth and you're choosing a camera-based system by default, not by pref