Guides

Indoor golf in LA, explained.

Long-form answers to the questions LA golfers actually search: what simulator time costs here, how a bay compares to a bucket of balls, and how to keep improving when the range is closed, crowded, or soaked. Written by the Framegolf team in Culver City.

The Library

Read before you book.

Simulator vs Driving Range

Launch monitor data against real ball flight, bucket prices against bay rates, and a straight answer about when the grass range is still the better session.

12 min read

Simulator Costs in LA

Hourly bay rates across LA, the peak-hours fine print, when a membership beats paying by the hour, and why the home-build math surprises people.

11 min read

Westside Practice Guide

The Westside is full of famous golf you cannot play. Here is the full public practice inventory, range by range and green by green, and how to build a week of practice around it.

12 min read

Simulator Room Size

Ceiling height decides this, not square footage. Published minimums for every tracking type, an interactive checker for your own room, and an honest read on the 8-foot garage.

14 min read

Indoor Golf in LA

Golf bars, rental studios, coaching bays, private clubs, and garage builds all call themselves indoor golf. What each one is actually for, and how to pick your first bay in LA.

11 min read

Club Gapping Chart

Most golfers own 14 clubs and know what 3 of them do. Enter your carry numbers, find the yardages you have no club for, and see which slots are doing the same job twice.

15 min read

Indoor Practice Plan

Most bay hours are 180 balls at one target with the screen on. Here is the schedule the motor-learning research supports instead, and a planner that builds it for the time you have.

16 min read

Home Build Costs

The launch monitor is the price people quote. The mat, the projector, the PC, the software subscription, and the ceiling are the price they pay. Build your own line by line and see the cost per hour.

17 min read

Swing Speed Benchmark

Speed is worth 2.84 yards per mile per hour and training buys about 4 percent of it in eight weeks. Contact quality is the lever nobody measures. Enter your two numbers and see which one is costing you more.

16 min read

Club Fitting Priorities

Get fitted is good advice that stops where the decision starts. Seven fittings, prices from 100 to 400 dollars, and three things worth doing free before you book any of them.

17 min read

Strokes Gained Diagnostic

Putting separates a scratch player from a 25 handicap by 4.4 shots a round. Approach play separates them by more than five times that. Enter one scorecard and see which category is really costing you.

18 min read

How to Fix a Slice

Most golfers who slice do not have an open face. They have a face close to square and a club travelling across it, and the two need opposite fixes. Describe your normal shot and find out which one you have.

19 min read

Handicap Index Calculator

Your handicap ignores 12 of your last 20 rounds on purpose. Enter your scores and watch the official calculation run, from the ceiling on a blow-up hole to the number you actually play off.

16 min read

More guides on the way

This library grows as the club does. If you want the practical version instead of the reading, the pricing page has the membership math and the neighborhoods hub has your drive time.

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