I built a golf simulator AT HOME!

In this video PGA Golf Professional Rick Shiels builds a golf simulator at home!
Rick is known for his golf club testing and reviews at Quest Golf Academy using Foresight GC Quad launch monitor and Titleist Golf Pro V1s. Rick is currently staying at home and he has decided to try and make a home made golf studio so he can keep making golf videos!
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Hi I'm Rick Shiels, welcome to my channel RickShielsPGAGolf. This KZbin channel is designed to help you play better golf, also to help you enjoy your golf more!
I specialise in golf club reviews, golf club unboxing, golf club news, golf club head to heads, and all about golf clubs.
I also want to make you play better golf by providing coaching video on all topics about golf, how to fix your slice, fix your hook, help you drive the golf ball longer, hit your irons more pure, hit your irons closer to the hole and help you draw and fade your golf shots.
I will also help you lower your score by chipping better by stopping you duff and thin chips, pitch the ball closer and also create backspin. Also I will provide you help to putt better and hole more putts!
On this channel I also make fun and entertaining golf content based on crazy and sometimes "gimmicky" golf clubs. I like to cut through the marketing hype about products and I like to give you the honest truth about golf equipment.
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[@acfanjgill]

What he’s not telling us is that he’s wanted to do this for awhile and the virus was the perfect excuse to convince his wife 😂

[@spfpsu85]

Don’t need a garage or an office looking at this...........

[@junhyeokkim6724]

The only thing the virus is good for

[@2xSevyn]

GILRODAH kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZKqhYR4prN8maM

[@MikeyGeeez]

Haha we all know this is true 😂

[@aronbjornkristinsson2099]

@e james Wtf mate? You think this is a platform for your xenophobia and hatred?

[@johnatkinson3174]

As it's in your garage, you could call it "the drive-in range".

[@XXshnaiderXX]

ha got it !

[@neckman6147]

Nice

[@Ling__Ling__]

GET. OUT.

[@russharden4374]

I hate you for forcing me to laugh at that.

[@jacobfuller4067]

I’m dying at this at 4am 😂😂

[@kenobi2077]

When you realize that even the stack of Pro V1's are out of your budget.

[@basedhumanofficial]

i finally looked into them the other day. i swear it would cost me more in balls during a round than the round itself.

[@nathanbutcher1864]

bruh I get tons of free balls sneaking into courses with rivers

[@grapetonenatches186]

Just buy a flight. Hit it straight and keep it on the fairway, they last a long time.

[@blakedabloke6456]

As I work at a golf course whenever members leave their balls they go in a bin that we use for free golf balls. People have left Pro V1s many times 😁

[@kba]

@@blakedabloke6456 I played golf for the first time like a month ago with my friend, we buy secondhand golf balls for 10 cents each from workers who pick them up... I've hit quite a few of them not knowing their value, I'll keep them next time for when I get better because they all go flying out of bounds anyways atm lmao

[@malfor007]

Please do a video called: “What’s in the Beer Fridge?” Impressive set up and more impressive Beer Fridge! There is only one name for it: “The Caddy Shack”

[@rockamockafo]

Came here to say this! Show us the fridge man!

[@adammccartin7000]

"THE BUNKER" is the perfect name if ya ask me mate!

[@DexxBlue]

Genius ! "The Bunker" So appropriate for Golf in Lockdown.

[@adammccartin7000]

@@DexxBlue 1st name that came to mind + figured its fitting given the current circumstances. Think we all feel like we're down in "The BUNKER"! LOL

[@adammccartin7000]

@Son of Dad HAHA😆😆 took me a second but once I said it aloud, it was like RS was in my livingroom! "Absolutely CA-RUSHED"

[@martinsykora1989]

Fantastic Rick 👌, love watching your videos. This is really awesome... Looking forward to watching them.

[@nobody93920]

I love how transparent he is with prices clearly he understands how expensive of a sport golf can be

[@fjm7]

Doubleneck12 you mean Shiels not shields

[@chrisdobson4597]

This is a luxury. He has many videos on his channel explaining how you can play golf for cheap or on a budget. Thankfully I at least have a golf net I can hit into, and a yard to chip in.

[@DCopp]

Golf is so overpriced. This simulator setup should be $300-400 max. Look at the stuff an Xbox or PS4 can do for that. This can only do 1 thing. Drivers made in China costing $300+ is absurd. Muira stuff, now that I can understand but big box stuff. No way. All Chinese made.

[@jhonnyspeed4513]

@@DCopp So then why don't you get into the business of selling this stuff? Seems like you could be a millionaire in no time with the margins you imagine, no?

[@DCopp]

@@jhonnyspeed4513 I'm not an engineer, sorry

[@richardparkhouse3607]

Excellent job you've done there Rick and once again an excellent video. I'm sure there's a lot of us at home right now wishing we had this. Thanks for the videos and stay safe too.

[@simonbrady6436]

This is incredible!! What would I give to have a set up like this!! Keep the videos coming Rick, absolutely love the channel and is one of a few things keeping me sane during this difficult time!! Hope you’re keeping well, keep up the great work pal 👍🏻

[@ryantheOG]

I could potentially fit this in my garden, if I had enough money, a Garden, my own house, and didn’t still live with my parents....

[@hoopsmark]

LMAO!!!!

[@kevindenny3607]

So close

[@leemagann9311]

I have the perfect name. “The Rick Shiels Center for Golfers Who Can’t Golf Good”. Derek Zoolander would be proud of that name.

[@jacksonwood8379]

Lee Magann big fan of that

[@OverParSteve]

How are they going to golf if they can’t fit in the building !!!

[@MarkSmith-lz5rk]

And want to learn tondo other stuff good too

[@MarkSmith-lz5rk]

@@OverParSteve this facility needs to be....

[@coldpeople]

Nice

[@fredbaker5017]

I know it’s a year late, but I’ve just recently been a viewer. Until I was 50, I’d played a dozen games at most. A friend has gotten me interested in the sport where I am ready to dedicate some effort to it for fun and your channel has proven helpful and wildly entertaining, which helps me stay engaged. This is fantastic!!! Thanks to you, I’ve been improving slowly, but more than anything, staying interested in the game. Stay safe, and keep up the content, it makes a difference!! Cheers!

[@jhamelin119]

The GAREDGE

[@johnness8070]

I'm old enough to remember when cars went in garages. Ah, the good old days. I don't have a GC Quad, but I have a net, mat and a PRGR. After rolling the vehicles out, it takes me about 1/2 hour to set it all up. Can't hit the driver because of ceiling height, but 3W and below clears. I'm looking forward to your ideas about indoor practice. Thank you Rick. BTW, as per Pete Swanson's post I like the "Lab" as a name for your enterprise.

[@taederoersma4185]

“The Shiels Shack,” “The 19th hole,” or “Hackers Lounge”

[@maxwin7332]

Taede Roersma Shiels Shack would be nice

[@douglasdoolen5285]

Shiels Shack is 🔥

[@subscribetorf_golfx1211]

I was literally about to comment the shiels shack and this was the top comment I saw 😂😂

[@alexdcoker]

I was thinking Shiels Shed or Shielshed

[@jamesboyce9186]

another vote for the "Shiels Shack"

[@adriansollom5451]

Nobody Rick: Hand mows artificial turf

[@TheKitchenTechnician]

Way to go Rick! I built a home theatre single handed and I can relate. Really impressed with your commitment and as a new golfer glad I found your channel. Fascinating and very interesting content. Keep it up.

[@charlied.6722]

Great video ...been following you for years, but this is so "real" ... a real man, thx!! Stay safe

[@5HOT5cs]

Hey Rick, tough times without having golf in the US and I was wondering if you could do a golf review show for a launch monitor that you trust so the people stuck at home can improve their game and maybe invest in one of those. I've been looking at the Swing Caddie SC300 and it looks more accurate. I just want to know what you think of it, Thanks for all the great content and the simulator is beautiful.

[@walleyewannabe]

Hi Sam...I don't think the swing caddie would be good for indoors...I have the GarminG80 and it also may not be good for indoors unless your hitting short irons..I'm hitting into a net that's 5 ft away and anything over an 8 iron is way off...On Quad my 4 iron carry is 190/200 but on the Garmin in the garage it's barely 160 carry...so maybe the distance from the net is not far enough...When I took the garmin to my local hitting bay it worked alot better.. numbers being about 3 to 5 yds off( sometimes spot on)...I've never tried the swing caddie but I think both units would be good at a range...Hopefully Rick will do a review for us stuck in the garage

[@5HOT5cs]

Glen Brige I’m going through some golf withdrawals hoping for some quarantine golf tips 🙏

[@luisprieto7539]

I have a Garmin G80 and I use it in my backyard, swinging to a net and I have found to be quite accurate.

[@sticklp6405]

I've heard absolutely TRAGIC things only abut the SC300

[@poppajack5332]

@@sticklp6405 My SC300 has been working perfectly for the last 6 months, what tragic things have you heard?

[@stuartswan2640]

If this was in my garage I would be living in there.

[@Crosswindnature]

Congratulations on 1M subscribers! You have really helped my golf game and I appreciate it! Can’t wait to watch and play some golf again!

[@calebhallberg9938]

in lockdown here in the US. I have been watching all your videos. Really got my interest back into golf (haven't been playing much the last couple years). Now watching this, I think this is my favorite video watching the completion of the home simulator!

[@buddymcgowin5856]

“The Shiels Shack” “The Halfway House” “The Grind Simulator” “The Golf Fix” Those are my favorites

[@matrixnew00]

MCGA: “Man Cave Golf Academy”. Throw in a thread mill to simulate walking down the fairway and get a cardio workout at the same time 👍

[@davidthompson7445]

A " THREAD " Mill ?"

[@deankellard5907]

David Thompson lol Lol

[@kennywowie]

Love the details: ball pyramid, dusting the photo. Always good to check in with Rick. Nice to see him and Guy at the Open. What a finish!

[@jimmyz20100]

Rick, watching your videos just makes me smile. I enjoy your style very much. Thanks for all of the great content.

[@crewhartlage1657]

love ya rick you've given me so much info on the latest clubs and what clubs work best for each player

[@jacksonroper22]

I would spend endless amounts of hours doing laundry in this garage.

[@nrth-ng9sm]

Jackson Roper yeah then forget to put the clothes in the dryer

[@SilbarPR]

Loved seeing your little girls (I have three that are all grown up), it gives us a different perspective inside the life of a KZbin golf legend. Great video, Rick! I just bought a net and Swing Caddie2 to set up in the garage after re-watching your review of it vs. GC quad. Hopefully, the courses will be open back here in the U.S. soon and life can get back to a little bit more normal, although normal is probably a long ways away. In the meantime, thank you for continuing to keep us entertained.

[@thomasramonleal7062]

You are absolutely The most resourceful wonderful golf instructor I have seen.

[@Rob_Taggart]

Can’t believe I missed this when you put it out four months ago. This is incredible and makes me want to build one for myself

[@peteswanson3482]

"The Lab" would be a good name. Your testing all of the time and sometimes it can get crazy.

[@davew3587]

great name

[@TheGoogs1972]

Rick! That is awesome 👍👍 It turned out really really good, I'm soooo jealous. What a setup!! Love your work, keep it up & yes! you too stay safe. 👍⛳

[@cornejansen15]

Love to see you still going out of your way to make videos in times like these!!!🔥

[@willfaulkner5586]

Video idea : using the Dart board, each section of the Dart board relates to a club (20=driver, 7=7 iron etc). You have to play a course only using ur Dart skills to select what club u are taking on each shot 👍

[@danesanderson8508]

No

[@grizzlemydog1]

Who doesn't want to rock the Rick Shiels headcover 🔥🔥

[@malone77]

Mark crossfield

[@clintonkildepsteen3982]

@@malone77 Rick should send him a signed headcover

[@AMaxwell1985]

Looks awesome!.. pretty tight space but made it work. I like how you gave yourself a bit of extra room on top.

[@laingadaing]

Your enthusiasm for golf is contagious. I've never played so much in my life.

[@thehoodedteddy1335]

3:34 the way that synced with the beats was oddly satisfying.

[@joeymueller1510]

Call it “The Club” Looks amazing and now gives me inspiration to do one at my place👍🏼

[@brettsiegle9163]

Looks awesome, Rick. Congrats, an excellent conversion!

[@joshuatally2850]

Awesome video, Rick. Love all your videos but this is one of the best.

[@scottson2]

I have a net return pro and a 5x5 real feel mat already at home in the living room., its the GC2/GCQuad I don't have and absolutely WISH I had.

[@mc_eggroll]

"Hopefully doesn't last too long" Oh poor young Ricky, none us knew what was coming.

[@boppin9435]

1 year later here we are hahahhaha

[@konstix4854]

Yes

[@JMChick47]

Thanks for this Rick! Keep'em coming.

[@shawnsheehan4045]

Rick , your stuff is great. Really like the channel and the content. Keep up the great work!!! Cant wait to see your new stuff

[@zacharymilos392]

Conspiracy theory: Rick unleashed Coronavirus as an excuse to build the home simulator after years of the wife saying "no way!".

[@MarkusAndre-oe7qc]

Zachary Milos I think he needed an excuse

[@SpitSharp]

I like social distancing but my wife kept trying to get back in the house.

[@heavyq]

"Hey Rick, how's the lockdown going?" *While vacuuming the grass* "Pretty good, Bob. How's about you?"

[@garrywilcox2921]

Rick well done thank you for keeping us going I'm in Michigan USA no golf I agree with it but I miss getting out,so thank you

[@2yankeesfan2011]

I just subscribed to your channel, and as I have been going through and watching every video you have ever recorded I came across this one. When you showed your 100k subscriber plaque I checked to see how many you have currently. 1.9 MILLION! So happy for you Rick. You bring so much value to the golf community, and it’s blowing up because of people like you. Congratulations on all your success, and thank you for all that you do. P.S. this room is an absolute dream and I am extremely jealous!

[@cruzpj212]

Great Job Rick! I have something similar using the Skytrack system and a hitting net/55" TV Monitor. Do you have any tips on how we can best develop practice routines for an indoor setups like this? Love the Channel, Great job!

[@14Siento]

‘The Covid-19th Hole’ - shouldn’t joke about it - great setup Rick!

[@michaelwodz9807]

Ok snowflake

[@Golficity]

This is so awesome Rick. Can't wait to get ours up! Cheers.

[@peterdonnellan6740]

Great work Rick!! Looks like all the hard work has paid off, and I would call it "Rick's-N-Mortar Golf"

[@lewisknight425]

“How did you get through self isolation?” “Are you mad? I watched golf videos all day” should have built myself a simulator....

[@djjazzyjeff1232]

I've thought about doing a "budget" version with a cheap launch monitor and just some old sheets or something. It'd be better than nothing here during the winters of small town Minnesota. At least you wouldn't have to start every season like someone whose never played golf before again because you've had that much time off lol!

[@danielsarahwright9987]

Great to come back to this and see that you're now at 1.9m subscribers....woohoo not far off the 2M!!!

[@dan6227]

Emotional start to the video, shows how much you care about your viewers and why you have so many viewers, keep up the great videos mate, would love a man cave like that......"Golf Garage"

[@poet4all]

"The Birdie Barn, Eagles nest, Strokers stadium. I could go on, let me know if you need more! Congrats on the build out

[@joegvoll6017]

The "Eagles Nest" is a bit too Third Reichish for my tastes, but I do like the "Birdie Barn" or "COVID Corral" or "COVID19thHole".

[@philipdorney7531]

Can’t imagine getting that rick shiels headcover, there’s 2 in the world. Pls rick !!!!

[@VVOPOL]

Love to see it!) Specially now when we’ve seen the HIT studio!)

[@korygray5556]

Best thing you can do! I have a gc2 & hmt in my garage in the states!

[@tannerabell387]

"All my Nike hats" literally only ever wears the black one😂😂 Great Vid man keep it up

[@Korbis1981]

Also, Maybe this is the start of the Shiels Golf Academy, so that could be me the name or SGA1 for the 1st bay :)

[@jimpickard3850]

Nice one Rick. Best youtube golf channel ! Looking forward to seeing the vids from there.

[@edwincastro]

Almost at 1m!! Can't wait. Love your channel Rick!

[@josephst4621]

"Shiels Laundromat" gotta keep it low key

[@briangreer5420]

The “Inner Shank-tum” 😂 Cheers, Rick!

[@MK355]

Unreal! Love the set up, would kill for this at home

[@Z10Fire]

Keep the videos coming Rick. I coach high school golf and use some of the tips with the kids!!!

[@crazyunicyclist4608]

I don’t know if it was intentional but the screen size changed in beat with the music 3:15

[@griffxe]

Immediately liked as soon as I heard you say “garage”

[@actionfigure4005]

Sending love from Texas to you boys in the UK that are in lock down. Played 9 at my local after work today but this is definitely a reason to talk to the wife about being prepared. How bout some content on drills or things to work on if you can't have a simulator and are stuck at home.

[@Simplycomfortfood]

Having a simulator is a bucket list item. Just waiting for my son to move out. His room down stairs is were it will be. He has a door to the outside patio where I will build my putting green. In his room will be the simulator on one wall and the other wall will be a work bench area where I can assemble golf clubs. 25 years ago I had a small golf assembly business in Denver Colorado. It would be great to re-shaft and re-grip clubs again. Looks great Rick! I am a bit jealous. For a name, Amen Corner.

[@vladdysobotka17]

This is everything I want when I retire! Lol Call it “Shiel’s sanity shelter” 😂

[@4nas.r]

Was just practicing at home and thought, let's see if Rick uploaded anything. Then found this Great Idea Rick, loved it like all your other videos. Keep them coming cause we got nothing to do :)

[@bryanlabelle6575]

Love it, Rick! Well done!!!

[@joshmarcus9893]

Solid setup. Great work Rick!

[@homosapienssapiens3033]

Nobody: Absolutely nobody: Rick Shiels: I’ll buy and build a simulator in the garage in order to shoot videos for my favorite subscribers. P.S. You make the best golf content. Thanks.

[@Shinafey]

"Isolation Station" - looks great!

[@rmpharris]

Just great videos. Thanks Rick.

[@mortnbh01]

Stay safe. Thanks for the videos

[@brandonhoppe8910]

“Golfage”, kinda a mix of golf and garage, but also a cool name when you split it up, golf age.

[@bluufafnir7157]

I wish I could do the same at home D: Call it : "St. Garage's, the new course"

[@johnmccoy5436]

Hey Rick. I live in Southern California.. LA area, and really bummed that I am stuck indoors. Your videos are keeping me entertained, and somewhat sane! Thanks Dude.

[@fairway2play156]

Top Notch. This was inspiring. Thank You

[@Salidin111]

Rick: Honey im going to build the garage into a driving range Wife: u wot mate?

[@paulcrompton751]

How much did the whole set-up cost - simulator, projector, other hardware and software. I always thought high quality simulators were prohibitively expensive.

[@ICEMAN-lo2bk]

For his exact setup you would be looking at about $17,000-$18,000. $14,000 of that is the cost for the GCQUAD with the software.

[@rstrst2099]

I just bought 10x10 hitting screen 150$ R-motion golf simulator 165$ Cheap Matt 4x3 feet 45$ A Dell computer with the ram and graphics card to run software 1500$ Haven't bought projector yet but Ebay 50$ to 160$ I'm in So Cal April 8th 2020 on lock cane can't use it inside ceiling's are not high enough have it set up outside but its raining so I still can't use it all the time

[@paulcrompton751]

ICEMAN even if I had the space, I don’t have the money 😁 it would be nice to have that setup though.

[@dr.jeffpanozzo1180]

Actually fantastic work. Beautiful.

[@andythegray57]

Kudos Rick great job.

[@beatlaunch7623]

Instead of a simulator, I just bring my bag into my backyard and hit stick and wood chips over my neighbors fence.

[@chrisshanley561]

The Rickademy, absolutely class set up, my wife’s gonna kill me when I raid the savings account, but this video is evidence that I had no choice 🤣

[@stevea4187]

Rick, thanks so much for giving us some "live sports" to watch while we are stuck indoors!!

[@chiefnakoma]

In the past couple years I have put in a golf simulator (DIY to keep cost down) and a home gym. My job is busy and with 2 little kids my free time is limited. Being able to have a quick range session, play 18 holes in 45 minutes on the sim and work out from home has been great. Being in the Northern United States we lose 5 months of golf to cold weather. Due to being able to practice and play more after my sim my handicap improved from 12 to 6 in the past 2 years. I would highly recommend building your own sim. There is a great website called golf simulator forums with tons of information and people that will answer your questions on completing your sim.

[@neilcampion5265]

“Just enough room”!! That’s a mansion compared to mine! 😂

[@brianlewis5970]

“Sanctuary de shiels” or just heaven would work that’s what it would be in my eyes heaven

[@Pukees01]

This is awesome, bit of a n Man cave, I love what you showed!!! Something to work towards for myself!

[@peterball8883]

Love it mate , them spot lights and sockets on the ceiling came in handy 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😉

[@Randomfatkid150]

Great setup! How much headroom do you have? Whats the measurement from floor to ceiling? Cheers

[@David-by3ph]

Rick: "Ah, That one's not so good, needs more practice..." Me: "Nice shot! On the green."

[@craigb805]

I’m working on building my now. Love the mat installed and level with the turf. I saw you cutting it then laying on top but how did you match them so good seamlessly? Any instructions on that would be great to follow for me. Thanks

[@christhomas1141]

Absolutely love it