Great Golf Green Fee Deals

As the cold weather continues I’m getting withdrawal symptoms from golf, by this time each year I’m about ready to hit the ground running having practiced hard during the winter. This close season with so much snow and other adverse conditions I haven’t been able to do as much work on my game as I would have liked.

Step forward therefore The Indoor Cafe Bar Leeds, as I mentioned in my last post I discovered this place and was very impressed, particularly with the practice settings on the simulator creating a virtual range. This got me thinking of the pros and cons of indoor practice on the simulator over a traditional driving range.

The most obvious advantage of the simulator is that it is inside and warm, let’s face it ranges are pretty bleak places, particularly on a dark wet Tuesday night in December. But beyond that I think the simulator has a particular advantage in that I always find it tricky to gauge the wind strength and direction from the range bays and if you don’t want to practice in a strong left to right wind then sometimes you might as well go home. On the simulator you can set the wind strength and direction to suit, which is an excellent option.

Range golf balls are notoriously iffy, even if they are in good condition many ranges now use golf balls that only fly a percentage of a “proper” ball. That’s just no use at all for practising distance control and besides the trajectory and flight of range balls is completely different to the ball you would choose to play in the course. On the simulator you can use your own ProV1s or whatever.

With inconsistent range balls it is difficult to gauge any meaningful feedback from a practice session without keeping a regular log and analysing over a period of time but the simulator gives instant feedback on every shot both accurate numerical data regarding distance, spin rates, direction etc but also a visual feedback. This shows a representation of every shot so it is very easy to identify patterns and trends in your shot making.

The range does have the edge on cost, on average the ranges I visit charge typically £3.00 for 50 balls that I usually take about 45 minutes to hit. The simulator, however, charges a practice rate of £10 per half hour.

NB. I cannot guarantee you a game on The Old Course but I can offer you a free round of golf on your birthday. See our free report. 

Simulated golf sounds like a less than satisfactory experience but I went along to the Leeds Cafe Bar Golf recently to test out the latest in indoor golf and was mightily impressed.

A quick whirl around The Old Course gave me enough memories to be able to say during The Open this summer “When I played The Road Hole I kept it out of the bunker and off the road!”

Actually I had used an indoor golf simulator before, abut 7 years ago but the quality of the graphics and accuracy left a lot to be desired. This experience was, however, much more like the real thing and I really enjoyed it. The added bonus was that the weather outside was horrendous, all the local golf courses were closed and the driving range wasn’t an attractive proposition.

In fact, Nick the Pro, showed me how the simulator can be set up on driving range mode so some serious work on your golf game can be undertaken indoors with the machine accurately measuring ball flight, trajectory, spin rates, carry distance etc.

So, for those golfers in urgent need of a fix or if you just want a laugh with your mates Leeds Cafe Bar Golf is an excellent location. City Centre Leeds very near the railway station.

The prices are reasonable (£20 - £30/hour depending when in the week you visit) and with Sky Sports on a big screen, good food and drink available I do recommend having a look particularly in the evening, the bar has a great number of social events organised for individuals and groups.

As a greenfee deal this represents excellent value, particularly for a fourball.

NB. I cannot guarantee you a game on The Old Course but I can offer you a free round of golf on your birthday. See our free report.