What we fix in golf simulators people set up themselves

The short answer. In a golf simulator someone set up themselves, the equipment is rarely the problem. The launch monitor sits outside its maker’s mounting range, the projector throws a shadow, the screen touches the wall, or the room is too bright. Each has a known fix, and most cost a move rather than a new purchase. IntegrateIT, an authorized dealer for Foresight Sports, Trackman and Uneekor in Overland Park, Kansas, builds and corrects simulator rooms across the Kansas City metro. Text a photo of the room to (913) 804-7575 for a no-cost room review.

Check these first, on your own

• Read the maker’s setup page for your launch monitor and measure against it: height, distance from the tee, distance to the screen.
• Swing your longest club in the room, slowly and then at full speed, as Trackman suggests, and watch the ceiling and the side walls.
• Turn the room lights up and down while the picture is on. If the image changes a lot, light is part of the problem.
• Look behind the screen. If it touches the wall anywhere, that is a fix on its own.

What goes wrong, and what fixes it

What you see	A likely cause	The fix
Numbers that do not match the ball	Launch monitor outside its maker’s range	Remount to the published spec, into structure
A shadow on the screen	Projector too low or in the wrong spot	Move it to suit the screen and the throw
A washed-out picture	Too much light	Lighting on its own circuit, dimmed for play
Black bands at the screen edges	Image ratio does not match the screen	Set the projector to the screen’s shape
Marks on the wall behind the screen	No gap behind the screen	Rehang it with clearance and even tension
Ball marks on the ceiling or walls	No baffle or side netting	Rated netting and a ceiling baffle

1. The launch monitor is in the wrong place

Every launch monitor has a position its maker designed it for, and accuracy depends on it. Uneekor’s overhead units are designed to mount between nine and ten feet above the top of the hitting area, and Uneekor says it cannot guarantee data accuracy outside that range. A front-mounted overhead unit also needs the ceiling between the golfer and the screen clear; a rear-mounted one needs the area behind the golfer clear. Trackman 4, a radar unit, needs room behind the ball: Trackman gives about eighteen feet from the screen to the unit and calls that space necessary for accuracy.

The fix is a remount to the maker’s published spec, fixed into structure rather than drywall, and alignment after the flooring and the enclosure are in, so nothing moves it afterward. (What an overhead unit asks of the ceiling.)

2. The projector throws a shadow

Trackman notes that a projector placed without matching the screen size and throw distance creates shadows. Foresight adds that it has to sit high enough not to shine on the back of the golfer. An ultra-short-throw projector near the screen avoids the golfer, but Foresight points out it is harder to keep out of the way of a mishit. The fix is a position worked out from the screen, the throw and the swing together, and a mount that keeps it there. (Pairing a projector to a simulator.)

3. The picture is washed out or does not fill the screen

Trackman puts it plainly: too much light washes out the image. Foresight notes that a projector image in the wrong ratio leaves blank areas on the screen. We put the room’s lighting on its own control so it dims for play and comes up for everyone else, and set the projector to the shape of the screen you have.

4. The screen and the enclosure

A screen tied tight against a wall has nowhere to go when the ball hits it. Foresight suggests leaving roughly 400 mm, about 16 inches, behind it, and Trackman that impact screens should be properly rated. We frame and anchor the enclosure into structure, tension the screen evenly with clearance behind it, and hang side netting and a ceiling baffle. Trackman lists rated netting, club testing and clearance as the safeguards for the room.

5. The parts nobody planned

The box rarely mentions power, the network or how the room turns on. We add a circuit, a wired network drop for the simulator computer, and one-button control, so the projector, the computer and the lights come up together. Foresight also suggests leaving about two meters of social space from the edge of the hitting area, so seated guests are out of the swing.

Equipment you already bought

A launch monitor or a kit you already own goes in the same way one we supply would. Your equipment keeps its own manufacturer warranty, and our five-year workmanship warranty covers our work. If the room will not take what you bought, we tell you that first. The full service is on our golf simulator installation page, and what drives the cost is in the golf simulator cost guide.

About IntegrateIT. We have integrated hundreds of homes across the Kansas City metro since 2021, from our showroom in Overland Park. Authorized dealer for Foresight Sports, Trackman and Uneekor · Control4 Platinum Dealer with a Control4 Certified Showroom · Lutron Certified Dealer.

Daniel Alon, co-founder, IntegrateIT. Overland Park, KS. November 2026.

Further reading

Where to go next if this article gave you the framework but you want the brand- or install-specific depth.

• Service: golf simulator installation · Kansas CityRoom, launch monitor, screen, projector and control, by one company.→
• Article: how big a golf simulator room needs to beThe swing-height check, and the decisions that follow.→
• Article: pairing a projector to a simulatorThrow, brightness and where it hangs.→
• Article: what an enclosure kit assumes about the roomThe parts of a kit install the carton leaves out.→
• Our warrantyFive years of workmanship from the final invoice.→

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