What Happens During a Golf Simulator Site Visit?

Where does the site visit fit in the process?

The site visit comes early: after first contact, before any quote or contract is signed. Assembled Golf lays the whole sequence out on its Chicago metro page. Six steps run contact, site visit, contract, procurement, install, support, and the site visit is where the team comes out to "run measurements and work with you one-on-one to develop a plan." Only after that assessment does the company present a quote and service contract.

Golf2U, an installer publishing service areas in Florida, the New York metro area, and the Northeast, describes the same shape: a consultation that gathers "information on your space requirements & restrictions," a design phase, "construction ready" renderings for your approval, and only then the install. The full sequence from first call to first swing is mapped in our what to expect guide.

Virtual Tee Systems, an installer publishing service areas across the US, compresses the same order into four words on its design guide, consult, plan, design, install, and lists "consultation and site evaluation" as the first work done on any project. All three sequences place the evaluation before the price.

What will the builder ask before driving out?

The first conversation happens before the visit, and the vendors spell out what it covers. Assembled Golf's opening step, again on the Chicago page, is a call to discuss "your vision, space dimensions, equipment options, and budget." Golf2U's consultation gathers information on your space requirements and restrictions, and its homepage puts the promise in plainer words: "we'll come check out your space beforehand."

If you come to that first call with rough dimensions and a rough budget, the visit becomes a confirmation exercise. The team measures what you described, and the design starts from those checked numbers.

What do installers measure during a site visit?

The walkthroughs vendors describe center on five things: the ceiling, the room's footprint, the electrical supply, the light, and the structure the build will attach to. GOLF365's Naples page publishes the most specific version of that checklist, and other builders add details to it.

• Ceiling height. GOLF365 lists it first in its in-home walkthrough. The minimums installers set, and why the number that matters is the one above the hitting area, live in our ceiling height guide.
• Room depth and width. GOLF365 checks room depth and overall layout, and Golf2U's consultation gathers your space requirements and restrictions. Both dimensions feed the design step that follows, so they get measured before any enclosure is proposed.
• Electrical access. On GOLF365's walkthrough list. A finished bay powers a projector, a launch monitor, and a computer, so the visit establishes where that power will come from.
• Lighting conditions. Also on GOLF365's list, and Strongwood Golf, a division of Strongwood, includes "integration with lighting, flooring, and surrounding finishes" in its design service.
• Structure and flooring. Virtual Tee Systems notes that a custom build can involve "structural framing and drywall modifications (if required)." Strongwood Golf builds "space planning for optimal swing clearance and safety" into its layouts, and clearance is a judgment someone has to make while standing in the room.

Can you do this evaluation yourself?

Yes, and it takes a tape measure and about an hour. Measure ceiling height where the ball will sit, then measure it again under the lowest duct, beam, or garage door track. Measure depth from the wall the screen will hang on to the wall behind you, then measure width. Find the circuit the room runs on and note what else is already drawing from it. Look at the room in the afternoon to see where the windows put light. Those five numbers are the same five things GOLF365 checks in person, and a DIYer holding them can size a build and price parts without anyone driving out.

What a builder's visit adds is the judgment a tape measure doesn't produce: whether the wall you want the enclosure on can carry it, where the framing behind the drywall actually runs, whether the electrical supply needs a new circuit, and whether your swing clears the room, which is a call somebody makes while watching you swing in it. Virtual Tee Systems notes that a custom build can involve "structural framing and drywall modifications (if required)," and that assessment is the part of the visit you cannot do with a tape measure.

Does the site visit cost anything?

Three of the six builders state that the consultation is free, and none of the six publishes a fee. Strongwood Golf offers a free consultation on its design and installation page, where its process detail lives. Golf2U's service pages offer a "free in-home or virtual consultation before anything is purchased." Paradise Greens, a Scottsdale builder serving the Phoenix area, puts "Get Free Consultation" buttons across its simulator page.

The other three (Assembled Golf, GOLF365, and Virtual Tee Systems) invite you to schedule a visit or request a consultation and leave the cost question to the phone call. If a builder's page doesn't settle it, ask before booking.

Can the consultation happen over video instead?

Golf2U is the only builder of the six with a virtual option in print: the same free consultation, "in-home or virtual," before anything is purchased. Assembled Golf describes an in-person visit, with the team on site running measurements one-on-one. GOLF365 describes an in-home walkthrough. The in-person visit is the step these processes are built around.

On a video consultation you do the measuring. Golf2U's remote consultation service for self-installers asks you to describe your space, your budget, and your goals up front, then specs components from what you report. Measure before that call, because a remote designer works only from the numbers you report.

Not every seller runs visits at all. Murphy Golf Simulators sells four fixed packages, offers a package builder for estimating delivery and installation charges, and directs formal quotes to email, with no site-visit step on its site as of August 2026, so a package buyer does the measuring from the start.

What happens after the measurements?

The measurements become a design, and the design becomes the quote. Strongwood Golf describes the inputs directly: "We evaluate your space, goals, and budget to create a simulator layout that maximizes performance and usability," then turns that evaluation into "detailed layouts and 3D renderings" with equipment selected for how you'll use the bay. Golf2U sends construction-ready renderings for your approval before any work begins. Assembled Golf follows its site assessment with "a catered package to fit your goals" plus a quote and service contract.

The order matters: by the time a number reaches you, someone has stood in the room it describes. What the number should itemize, and the exclusions to look for, is covered in our guide to what a golf simulator quote should include.

What if a builder quotes without measuring?

Assembled Golf measures at step two and contracts at step three, Golf2U consults and designs before anything is purchased, and GOLF365 walks the home before designing the setup. A firm number offered before anyone has measured is a number those sequences don't produce.

The prices that do appear before a visit run wide. GOLF365's Naples FAQ answers its own price question with a broad band, and the figures sit in the quote guide linked above. After the walkthrough, a builder replaces that band with a single number.