I coached at an indoor golfing centre down in Australia many years ago and I must admit I enjoyed the experience.
From a coach’s perspective, it’s great because of the perfect conditions whereby, heat, wind, darkness, rain or snow, together with video issues are not a problem.
From the customers’ view point, you pretty much always have a perfect lie, and you can just pick a “target” and swing away.
On an actual golf course, you almost never do.
Even teeing areas aren’t always perfectly level, and even if all 18 tees are, that’s only a quarter of your shots, assuming you’re shooting par — which most golfers are not.
It’s a perfect environment to learn swing basics but lacking in most indoor games is their course management.
How often in these indoor places are you going to practise a low punch cut under a tree and around a bunker?
Indoor practice — or even on a…
