Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Tips to set up a golf facility with indoor golf simulators

By Joe Maldonado


Are you a businessman who wants to set up an indoor golf facility? Do you think it would make good business sense to promote virtual golf and earn money by establishing a quality golf center by using indoor golf simulators? You would be surprised to know that many sports enthusiasts have turned entrepreneurs with just a similar thought in mind and they seem to be doing pretty well too.

What are indoor golf simulators? How are they different from the actual golf courses that require plenty of space in the outdoors? How can you fit an entire golf course in a small space or even in the indoors for that matter? The answer to all such questions lies in the use of indoor golf simulators that create a seemingly real environment of playing golf for sports enthusiasts, amateurs and learners of the game of golf. Bringing an outdoors game into the indoors is another challenge that indoor golf simulators have helped overcome.

When you choose indoor golf simulators for your business, be sure to pick those systems that include excellent graphics, a variety of camera angles, variable weather simulations and of course a good level of game modes that will give your gaming clients good entertainment value. The type of system you choose should be user friendly and also simple and easy to comprehend. It will make no sense to buy complex indoor golf simulators and then spend precious time explaining to your clients the way to handle them.

The number of indoor golf simulators you must buy for your indoor golf facility is another area of concern. Study the neighborhood to understand how many customers would walk in to your facility. A good idea would be to start small with just one simulator and then slowly increase the number of simulators when you see an increase in the number of clients. Finances also play an important role in deciding the number of indoor golf simulators you want to buy for your golf facility.

The next important thing is to decide what you will charge your customers for a round of golf on your indoor golf simulators. Many golf facilities charge customers on hour basis and some do it on a set fee for 9 or 18 holes of golf. In the first method, you can decide an hourly charge and the customer pays whether he is playing for the entire hour or not. In the second scenario, however, it is important that you have only serious golfers using your facility; otherwise you would end up with more time spent and less revenue earned. Offering membership facilities to your customers is another good way to get continuous revenue from your indoor golf business.

Last but not the least, when you open a golf facility, you must ensure that you have a well-trained staff that can handle client queries and also have the interiors of the facility to match what you want to offer your customers. No golf enthusiast would be interested in an indoor golf area that resembles a dance floor.




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