The Carl's Place Build Your Own Golf Simulator tool is the most comprehensive golf simulator configurator available online. Custom screen sizing, real-time compatibility checks, live 3D visualization, and a complete build you can actually buy. No quote forms. No salesperson handoff. No guesswork.
It launched in 2022 as the first golf simulator configurator of its kind. The 2026 version added live 3D visualization and real-time compatibility guidance. Nobody else has built anything close.
Screen sizing, projector placement, launch monitor compatibility, enclosure fit, software, mat selection. All of it configured in one place, with live pricing and a 3D view that updates while you build.
When the build is finished, add everything to your cart and order it. Or save it and share it with your partner. Or send it to the Carl's Place team for review if you want a second set of eyes before ordering.
"Not a better tool to do this on the market right now."
"Unbelievably cool."
"Being able to do all of this configurating on my own...was absolutely amazing."
Most golf simulator tools are really just package selectors with nicer graphics. You pick a size from a short list, maybe swap a launch monitor, and hope everything works together when the boxes show up.
The Carl's Place Build Your Own Golf Simulator tool was designed differently. Instead of forcing your room into preset packages, the configurator builds the simulator around your dimensions and checks compatibility while you go.
Most golf simulator configurators with anything custom about them stop at "contact salesperson." Custom sizing introduces enough variables that most tools simply can't keep up. Carl's handles all of it in real time, fully priced, ready to buy, custom dimensions and all.
Carl's golf sim configurator walks through every major part of the indoor golf setup in sequence. As selections change, the pricing, compatibility guidance, and 3D visualization all update automatically.
Here's what you'll walk through:
When the build is complete, you get a full summary with live pricing and every selected component in one place. Buy it immediately, save it for later, share it with someone else, or send it to the Carl's Place team for review before committing. That last option is free, and an actual human looks at it.
Room dimensions to full build summary in one sitting.
A golf simulator build has a way of turning into 11 browser tabs, 16 Reddit threads, and someone explaining projector throw ratios in an "easy" way. The Build Your Own tool pulls every important decision into one place and checks how they work together as you go.
Nobody starts shopping for a golf simulator hoping to learn projector math. But throw ratios become important surprisingly fast when you start trying to fit a simulator into a real room.
So, how about we skip all that and let Carl do it?
Carl's configurator automatically shows you which projectors will work in your space by calculating projector placement based on your room dimensions and screen size. If something does not work, the tool flags it before it lands in your cart. Our goal is to make sure everything works together before you start drilling holes in the ceiling.
Trackman golf simulators, Uneekor golf simulators, Foresight golf simulators, FlightScope, Garmin, Bushnell, and Rapsodo. There's no shortage of options, and a golf simulator only works when every piece of it works together.
Your room, your launch monitor, your enclosure, your screen size, your mounting setup. It's all one system.
Room dimensions are the starting point. They define the physical boundaries, which determines your enclosure and screen size. The tool then makes sure whatever launch monitor you choose actually fits and functions within that space.
A lot of builds start with the launch monitor because it feels like the most important piece. Trackman, Uneekor, or Foresight gets picked first for brand recognition, and everything else gets adjusted around it afterward. The problem isn't the choice. It's the timing. Once you've committed to a launch monitor, everything else has to bend around it, and that's when compromises start showing up.
The Carl's Place Build Your Own Golf Simulator tool places launch monitors where they actually belong in the process: after room dimensions and the enclosure system have been defined. Once your space and screen setup are locked in, the configurator only shows launch monitor options that make sense for that specific build. Trackman, Uneekor, Foresight, Garmin, ProTee, and Rapsodo are all considered in context, not in isolation.
As you select a launch monitor, the tool updates layout guidance and compatibility in real time. It removes combinations that won't work in your setup before you can accidentally choose them. Compatibility isn't checked once at the end. It runs continuously, the entire time you're building.
We recommend you plan for at least 14 feet wide, 10 feet tall, and 18 feet deep for you golf simulator. Though people do get away with installing golf simulators in smaller spaces, you just usually have to make some compromises on gear you can use. Before you start building, measure your width, length, and ceiling height, paying attention to any obstructions like beams, ducts, or doors. Check out our full guide on what to measure for a golf simulator.
Yes. Free to use, free to save, free to share, and free to submit for a team review. We're still talking to Carl about free to purchase, but he hasn't agreed quite yet.
What you see in the 3D view is a real representation of your build based on your dimensions and component selections. The compatibility checker runs alongside it the entire time, flagging anything that won't work before it becomes your problem. Neither one replaces a tape measure, but together they get you closer to a confident purchase than anything else out there. The human review option is there for anyone who wants one final set of eyes before ordering.
The tool adjusts automatically to your updated space and flags any components that were affected by the change so nothing slips through unnoticed.
Yes. The tool factors in golfer height and handedness, and uses that information to optimize the build and minimize shadow interference for the best possible image.
Yes and yes. The build is fully editable at any point, and saved builds can be picked up right where you left off.
Yes. Share the link to your build with the Carl's Place team and we'll take a look before you commit to anything.
No. Custom sizing is priced in line with standard sizes. There's natural variation in custom pricing since the math is calculated per dimension rather than pulled from a preset, but you won't pay a premium just because your screen isn't a standard size.
A home golf simulator typically ranges from $3,000 for a basic setup to $20,000+ for a fully built-out system with premium components. The total depends entirely on how you configure it. Every simulator is a different combination of screen, enclosure, launch monitor, projector, software, and hitting mat.
With Carl's Build Your Own Golf Simulator tool, pricing updates in real time as you build. No separate parts list, no talking to a salesperson, no custom sizing quotes. You see exactly what it costs the entire time you're building it.
Carl's Place has spent decades helping people get this right. Thousands of simulator spaces, more customer calls than we can count, and enough iterations on this golf sim planning tool to make the development team briefly consider other careers. The collective golf simulator knowledge at Carl's Place is frankly alarming, and we put all of it in here.
The golf simulator industry has a habit of making this harder than it needs to be. Carl's Build Your Own is our answer to that.
Start with your room dimensions and build from there. Every selection is checked in real time, every component validated to your space.
There is no better way to build a golf simulator.