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Daily Mail
27-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Home on the range? Now Andy Murray's playing golf in the house!
Sir has taken his obsession with his new favourite sport to another level by having a golf simulator fitted in his home, his mother has disclosed. The Scot swapped his racquet for a set of clubs after his retirement from tennis and changed his profile description on X to 'I played tennis. I now play golf'. He is now aiming to become a scratch golfer, having reduced his handicap from seven to two in a matter of months. The 38-year-old has had a hi-tech simulator installed in his mansion in Surrey so he can practise his swing at all hours of the day and in all weathers. His mother Judy, 65, who has also taken up golf, said he needed something to keep his competitive streak flowing after retiring from tennis last summer. On the How to be 60 podcast, she said: 'Andy didn't play so much golf when he was younger, it was more football and tennis. 'Since he retired last summer he has really got into golf. His handicap is already two which is so annoying that somebody could get so good so quickly. 'He has almost swapped the tennis training and the tennis competition for golf. 'He has even put a simulator in his house. I can just imagine him down there, he videos himself and puts all these little apps and lines and things through it. 'He has truly got obsessed and I think it's a great thing because I did worry that when he retired from tennis he would miss the routine and the discipline of the daily training. This fills what could have been a big void for him.' She added: 'I asked him last week what his handicap was and he said 'Two' but sounded p***** off. I said 'What do you mean' and he said 'Well, I was 1.7 last week'.' Sir Andy has also been getting tips from football legend Gareth Bale on how to improve his game. During his time at Real Madrid, the Welshman, 36, earned the nickname 'The Golfer' and was even mocked by his own supporters for his golf obsession. Three-time Grand Slam champion Sir Andy retired after competing for Team GB at the Paris Olympics last summer. There are numerous golf simulators on the market with prices varying from just under £100 for a basic set-up to a staggering £65,999.
CTV News
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Invictus Golf Introduction
Invictus Golf Introduction Jasey Santos, Partner of Invictus Golf talks to us about what people can enjoy at their virtual golf simulator.
Forbes
06-05-2025
- Forbes
Want A Golf Simulator For Your Home? Make Sure You Have The Space
What is the smallest space you can comfortably install a golf simulator into? John Viera During COVID, John Viera of Saline, Mich. decided to repurpose some unused space in his basement. With limited room, he figured he'd convert it into a pinball arcade. Then a contractor showed up to give an estimate for finishing off the area, and suggested that Viera might use it for a golf simulator. 'I thought that would be awesome,' recalls Viera. 'But being it was a traditional basement, it had a seven-and-a-half-foot ceiling, right down to the joists. So I didn't think I could do it. And the guy said he knew a company that could break the concrete and dig down. Another issue: the area was only 10 feet wide by 15 feet long. I started Googling about installing a simulator in a house, and it said you really needed a 13-to-15-foot minimum width, because of the equipment placement. Figured I was screwed and wouldn't be able to put one in. Then I was talking to a golf pro at our country club and he told me to call Ace Indoor Golf down in Toledo, as they install a lot of simulators and maybe there's something they could do.' Lucky for Viera, simulator veteran Brett Heringaus answered the phone at Ace. He was able to work with the contractor to dig the floor deeper so that Viera had a 10-foot height, and figure everything out size-wise by positioning the equipment properly. Viera did not want a portable launch monitor unit that he'd have to move around for righties and lefties. Ultimately he decided on a unit from Foresight Sports that could be placed in front of the golfer – and could accommodate righties and lefties. 'I honestly thought it was not going to happen because everything I saw online talked about big spaces you needed,' says Viera. 'But Brett showed me the light and made it happen.' Sometimes golfers want a simulator so bad that they don't consider the space size. Deneen Zaetta of Rumson, N.J. approached Ace about installing a sim in her basement. But it was the Ace people who initially questioned the room size. 'They would have loved a little bit more space,' she says. 'They were a little concerned about lefties and righties having equal amount of space. Fortunately, we're mostly righties here, so it worked out pretty well. We saw another sim locally and thought the space was similar to ours. The only thing we were concerned about was keeping it safe from errant balls leaving the enclosure.' Zaetta ultimately used retractable drapes for that. For simulator companies, figuring out how to maximize tight spaces is an everyday thing. Joe Neumeyer, co-founder of Ace, has seen his share of people trying to cram a full-sized sim into a small space in their home, over the past 20 years. 'I've put them in a dining room, living room, an attic space, next to a water heater in a utility room – outside of a bathroom or kitchen, I've done just about every other room,' he says. 'Space size is key. The narrowest you can probably get away with is about nine feet, depending on if the technology is off to the side or the back, or overhead. But that's probably what you need width-wise for a safe swing clearance – otherwise you're gonna feel like you're hitting the wall behind you. If you're a right-handed golfer, you have about two feet of clearance to the right. So you don't want to feel like you're gonna hit the wall on the right hand side either if you toe or shank one. Height depends on the golfer and swing. There's no minimum height, other than what you feel comfortable with. Any of the ground launch monitors don't care what the height is. They capture the shot data from the ground in the first three feet of ball flight, to display your shot on the screen. As for your physical height, it's more an issue of how high that club goes up in the air at the top of your backswing. Plus you need about 14 feet in length, if you're hitting into a screen. Our motto is, if you can swing a club, you can fit our sim in – as long as you feel comfortable. I want people to enjoy the experience. If they're always worried about hitting the ceiling or hitting the back wall, it's not enjoyable.' And that's why you should definitely consult an expert before installing one in your home. After all, simulators are expensive. But if the right one works well in your space, it'll add plenty of enjoyment and value to your home.
