Open an Indoor Golf Business

​We've extensively surveyed of golf simulator business owners across the United States seeking to understand key business trends, strategies and drivers of profitability. We combined the indoor golf survey data with information on things such as local golfers, weather and average daily traffic to gain a deeper understanding of what drives success for indoor golf centers.

We're also including a 14 page guide on free golf marketing and the player preferences study at no extra charge.
The study provides key information such as which criteria were most important for golf simulator bar owners in choosing a location, picking the right golf simulator, and what marketing strategies work best. It also provides analysis on expected indoor golf center visits by month and customer visit frequency based on key drivers such as golfers in a 10 mile radius. We also provide a breakdown of what percent of revenue comes from golf simulator use, food, beverage, lessons, merchandise and events. Find out how indoor golf bar owners evaluate the effectiveness of various off season approaches to driving traffic.
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GET THE STUDY, START UP MODEL, LOCATION SELECTION TOOL, AND PLAYER PREFERENCES STUDY AT AN UNBELIEVABLY LOW PRICE

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Indoor Golf Study
Location Selection Tool
Indoor Golf Startup Model
Player Preferences Study
Get the Ultimate Startup Plan for $99
(Price good for a limited time - was $449)
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Take a small, no risk step today towards your dream of being your own boss.

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For a limited time
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Clicking "Buy Now" takes you to your shopping cart.  You will be able to use a credit card or PayPal to make your purchase.  If you want to pay by credit card, the grey box near the bottom of the popup window takes you to a credit card payment window. Once you pay, you'll get an email link to the download - if you don't see it check your spam. 
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Take your first step today. With over 1,000 buyers and almost no returns, we’re confident you'll be satisfied. We do offer a money back guarantee for our startup package if you are not satisfied.

My Guarantee: If, for any reason, you’re not 100% satisfied, I’ll refund your money one hundred percent!
"Great site and great help. The market report for indoor golf centers was very helpful for planning a new business along with the financial model. Also they helped with a survey to estimate potential demand, all around very helpful. Thanks again!"

-Neal Salman

Neal is just one of our over 750 satisfied customers.  Become one today and bring your indoor golf dream into focus.

the ultimate startup plan highlights

Get all the information you need to start and grow a profitable indoor golf business
It all starts with the Indoor Golf Study.  We've done extensive surveys of indoor golf businesses. The Indoor Golf Center study is a valuable tool for prospective golf simulator bar owners and investors. In addition to detailed analysis factors driving golf simulator choices, indoor golf visitor volumes by month, frequency of golfer visit, composition of revenue and future plans, the indoor golf study provides straight forward metrics to plan your business:
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  • Average hourly golf simulator price charged
  • Golf simulator utilization by month
  • Indoor golf revenues by age of business and number of simulators
  • Ratio of the number of golf simulators per golfers within 10 mile radius​

the player preference study

We surveyed over 200 golfers to learn about their preferences for indoor golf facilities
We learned:
  • How far will they drive
  • How often will they play
  • What features are most important
  • Food and beverage preferences
  • Verbatim feedback
  • and more. . .

The Excel startup model

We took all the information from our indoor golf study and put it into a robust startup model in Excel

custom assumptions page

The input page is prefilled with research from our study, but allows you to customize it to your needs.

Annual cash flow mODEL

See results of your inputs via detailed cash flow tabs and a consolidated three year view.

facility sizing tools

We've included details on hours rented per sim based on golfers, income, and home ownership.

The Indoor Golf Study (RESEARCH ON INDOOR GOLF BARS)

The Indoor Golf Center study is a valuable tool for prospective golf simulator bar owners and investors. In addition to detailed analysis factors driving golf simulator choices, indoor golf visitor volumes by month, frequency of golfer visit, composition of revenue and future plans, the indoor golf study provides straight forward metrics to benchmark your business:
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  • Average hourly golf simulator price charged
  • Golf simulator utilization by month
  • Indoor golf revenues by age of business and number of simulators
  • Ratio of the number of golf simulators per golfers within 10 mile radius​

Excel INDOOR GOLF startup model

The model takes all of the information learned in the study and puts it into a simple to use Excel-based business model.  It allows you to project profits and losses based on real business averages learned in the study.  

The indoor golf business model includes information to help you determine the right number of golf simulators for your golf simulator bar based on home ownership, number of golfers in the area and weather.  
It also includes a 3 year summary financial projection based on the input you provide along with detailed monthly forecasts for years 1 through three on separate tabs.  Each is formatted and ready to print to make it easy to use with your bank, investors or business plans.
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The model allows you to see averages and adjust assumptions for:
  • Monthly indoor golf simulator player volume, along with food and beverage consumption and cost per golfer
  •  Cost of rent, marketing expenses and merchandise sales
  •  Number of golf simulators and rate charged per hour for golf simulator use
  •  Initial capital expenses, number on staff and square feet of your indoor golf facility
  •  Hours per week the golf simulator bar is open
  •  and much more. . .

INDOOR GOLF bar location guide

​Picking the best location can be a complicated endeavor.  You want to be sure you are convenient to customers, have the right amount of space, aren't paying too much, understand build out for your facility and more.  It's a lot to stay on top of as you are trying to start a business.  Make it easier with our location analysis tool.  With a small amount of data to collect on each property, we give you 8 comparative financial metrics and 11 descriptive comparisons on each property.  We also show you have to find out the number of your target customers in a 5 mile radius from each location.

Here are a few screenshots from the location analysis tool:

​INDOOR GOLF player preferences study

Yardstick Golf surveyed indoor golfers to understand their preferences and find out more about what might make their experience more enjoyable or more frequent. This paper shares what we found and how you might use the information.

The study is 5 pages covering how factors such as a player's handicap drive differences in how they think about indoor golf, how frequently they'll play, whether they'll recommend to a friend and more.  The preferences study is included with your purchase.
Get Them All For $99
(Was $449)
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Clicking "Buy Now" takes you to PayPal.  You will be able to use a credit card or PayPal to make your purchase.  If you want to pay by credit card, the grey box near the bottom of the popup window takes you to a credit card payment window. Once you pay, you'll get an email link to the download - if you don't see it check your spam. 

Take your first step today. With over 1,000 buyers and almost no returns, we’re confident you'll be satisfied. We do offer a money back guarantee for our startup package if you are not satisfied.
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My Guarantee: If, for any reason, you’re not 100% satisfied, I’ll refund your money one hundred percent!

Need more convincing?

Want to own a golf business? Of course you do. But how?

Running an indoor golf simulator is one way to get into golf that many are trying and we’ve got the data to tell you how they are doing.

If you’re reading this it’s because you would like to own a golf business. It’s been a desire floating around in your head for who knows how long. You’ve searched and reviewed and are ready to take action.

Whether you are planning to invest in an indoor golf franchise or build one on your own. Our research will help you make an informed decision and plan a great business. You may even find it is a more profitable path to open your own golf center than it is to buy into an indoor golf franchise.

But something is holding you back. . . you wonder
  • how profitable are indoor golf bars?
  • how much is an indoor golf simulator?
  • is a golf simulator bar near me a good idea?
  • who goes to indoor golf facilities?

​What if there was a way to demystify this new golf business and model how well it would do in your town.  What if it cost you less than two rounds of golf to get the facts along with an Excel model that could help you evaluate your assumptions and test profitability?  Wouldn’t you give it a shot.

After all, you wouldn’t have major surgery without first talking to another doctor, would you? So why would you start a new business without first reviewing how folks in the business are doing today?

In business second opinions are often quite expensive, especially when it comes to testing new concepts. This is why franchises are so popular, they appear to take all the risk out of a decision by handing you a proven model.  But that model comes at a high cost.  They can run you anywhere from $10,000 to $100,000.  That is a lot of cash.

Yardstick Golf can help! We’re here today to offer you something different. Something simpler. Something much cheaper.  

You need a basic business plan, facts on how others are doing and a way to evaluate the opportunity in your home town.  We have all of that, for less than a few rounds of golf.

What You’ll Get: Yardstick Golf completed an extensive survey of golf center owners across the United States seeking to understand key business trends, strategies and drivers of profitability. We combined the survey data with information on things such as local golfers, weather and average daily traffic to gain a deeper understanding of what drives success for indoor golf centers.

We’re offering two products off this research
  • Copy of the six page analysis of study results
  • An Excel based start up model for this business

The study results will show you:

The study provides key information such as which criteria were most important for center owners in choosing a golf simulator. It also provides analysis on expected golf center visits by month and customer visit frequency based on key drivers such as golfers in a 10 mile radius. We also provide a breakdown of what percent of revenue comes from simulator use, food, beverage, lessons, merchandise and events. Find out how facility owners evaluate the effectiveness of various off season approaches to driving traffic.  The study also provides key metrics to benchmark your business:
  • Average hourly simulator price charged
  • Simulator utilization by month
  • Revenues by age of business and number of simulators
  • Ratio of the number of simulators per golfers within 10 mile radius

To keep prices low, we run a pretty lean service.  Once you place an order via PayPal, you'll be directed to a site where you can download the material. If the redirect fails, contact me and I'll send it to you.

Act now, because the normal price for this service is almost $450, but for a limited time only, you can take advantage of this new service for only $99.
 
My Guarantee: If, for any reason, you’re not 100% satisfied, I’ll refund your money one hundred percent!

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