Whether it's a rainy day out or you just don't have the means to get to a golf course on a certain day, there is no substitute for that fresh, live, green action like an in-home golf simulator. Like all products sold in any walk of life, there are certain products which are superior to others and are looked upon as being the standard within its genre of merchandise. With in-home golf simulators, there is absolutely no exception to that rule and here is a list of the top three simulators available to purchase today.
Dancin' Dogg Golf OptiShot Infrared Golf Simulator
The Dancin' Dogg Golf OptiShot Infrared Golf Simulator is simply the Rolls Royce of in-home golf simulators that are currently on the market. It provides pinpoint accurate swing analysis along with extremely realistic, three-dimensional visual golf environment with a visual software called "3DD Golf."
The OptiShot Infrared Golf Simulator contains a continuously updated (at no additional fee) library of world class golf courses including replicas of Torrey Pines Golf Club, Trump National and Big Horn Golf Club in Palm Desert, California. The Accurate Swing Analyzer contains 16 advanced infrared optical sensors that accurately measure a users club through the impact zone which captures every bit of a shot's impact conditions.
Along with those state-of-the-art features the OptiShot Infrared Golf Simulator allows users to play with their own clubs and not one provided with the set giving golfers that much more comfort when teeing up in the virtual world. The four-player capability also provides players with the sense of human-competition amongst friends or family members, which enhances its real-golf feel even more.
The only requirements standing in the way of enjoying this wonderful in-home golf simulator is a computer (containing either Windows XP or Vista, 512MB of Memory, 3GB of disk space and a high-end graphics card for optimal display results), a golf club and an 8 ½ foot or higher ceiling; after that's taken care of, the ultimate virtual golf experience is displayed to its users. The Dancin Dogg Golf Optishot Infrared Golf Simulator is available online at Golf-Aid.com for $399.95 (as of 2009) and worth every penny.
Golf Launchpad Golf Simulator
The Golf Launchpad Golf Simulator is an ultra realistic in-home golf simulator which allows users to play more than 800 top courses in their own living rooms. The Golf Launchpad Golf Simulator may not provide the complete overall dynamics and essence of the OptiShot Infrared Golf Simulator, but it does provide players with several other options and improvements over the competition.
The Golf Launchpad is compatible with Windows PC, Mac and even PlayStation 3. Just plug it in, pick up a club and swing away. The Golf Launchpad's patented TruFeel technology incorporates a regulation Surlyn ball that is attached to a flexible precision-engineered tether with a system coined RealPhysics. This is a processing engine that, along with high-speed optical sensors, produces an incredible feel and all the actual performance of live golf action.
The micro-capture net deploys silently, allowing golfers to hear nothing but the sound of an iron hitting a ball and hopefully the ball hitting the pin or dropping in the cup. The Golf Launchpad is a very simple to use in-home golf simulator that plugs into a USB port. No external power source is required. The distance which it allows users to stray also gives them the option either to play in their living rooms or in their yards. Perhaps the best added feature is that it includes EA Sports' Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2008.
The Golf Launchpad Golf Simulator is available at Brookstone.com for only $199.95 as of 2009, so just log on purchase and get ready for an exhilarating in-home golf experience.
EA Sports Golf Simulator
The EA Sports Golf Simulator is another tremendous option for quality in-home golf simulation. Produced by QMotions-Golf, the EA Sports Golf Simulator brings indoor golf to players in an exciting and affordable way, and there is no sacrifice of quality for lack of expense. Although it is not in the exact league as the OptiShot Infrared Golf Simulator and the Golf Launchpad, it is still superior to many of the other in-home golf simulators around.
The EA Sports Golf Simulator is a perfect way for golfers to improve their swing in their own home while virtually practicing on 18 of the world's premier golf courses. Every swing that a user takes is accurately translated onto the screen for exact feel of actually playing on the real greens. Similar to the Golf Launchpad, the EA Sports Golf Simulator provides the option of use for either a PC with Windows capability or a video gaming system, however this one uses the Xbox.
The EA Sports Golf Simulator is obviously compatible with the EA Sports Tiger Woods PGA Tour games and is extremely easy to assemble and operate. It is available at Sportsgifts.com for only $189.95 as of 2009.
About The Author
Marc Jenkins has been writing since 2008. His work has appeared in numerous online publications, and he is also co-host of the Double Play Sports Hour, a sports talk radio show on WBCR 1090AM in New York City. He studied English and mass communications at Virginia State University.
