Top Golf / new metro course rumors

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"Top Golf isn’t necessarily looking to come into markets the size of a Fargo or Des Moines," said Mark Johnson, president and CEO of Suite Shots. "By offering Toptracer to groups like ours to apply it how we saw fit in our community – it was a great match."

So Top Golf isn't going to happen?
 

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We were in Orlando this summer and TG was full so we went to Drive Shack | Entertainment Destination | Games, Food, Drinks. There were 4 couples and only my buddy and I are actual golfers, everyone else has golfed less than 5 times in their lives. Everyone had a great time. The food wasn't quite as good as TG, but the fun was still there. The range has painted targets, but with top tracer you don't need the targets anymore, you use the video boards to play games.

We live about 25 minutes from a TG and go fairly regularly. It is amazing how much fun it is for everyone.

Also the indoor putting with putt prediction sounds cool to play with. I wonder if that will lend itself to games as well.
 

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If it's like Top Golf I think the balls are a little dead - unless you absolutely smash it you won't make it to the net.



We play in this KC tourney through Rush every spring and fall. Our hotels are usually really close to the fields. That said, usually 3 or 4 kids don't stay at the team hotel so they must not be too hardcore about it. Also they like to schedule games on Sunday morning at the crack of dawn so you're staying down there anyway.

My son plays for Sporting Iowa and we will be down there next weekend for the Hit tournament. At least this year we are in Overland Park so I'm sure we will try to hit up Top Golf. There are always a couple families who don't stay in the team hotel but I'm sure they have a minimum number of rooms the team needs to book.
 

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My son plays for Sporting Iowa and we will be down there next weekend for the Hit tournament. At least this year we are in Overland Park so I'm sure we will try to hit up Top Golf. There are always a couple families who don't stay in the team hotel but I'm sure they have a minimum number of rooms the team needs to book.

Depending on how old your kid is we've probably stood across the pitch from each other several times. ha
 
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What, you guys don't bring your own Pro-V's to Topgolf?

Of course not, I bring TPX 5’s because that’s what I play. If I could play TPX5’s tee to green and then switch it out with a pro v I would. Just can’t feel Titleist balls with woods and irons at all.
 

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Of course not, I bring TPX 5’s because that’s what I play. If I could play TPX5’s tee to green and then switch it out with a pro v I would. Just can’t feel Titleist balls with woods and irons at all.
You're not on tour (presumably), you can do whatever you want.

I actually play Kirklands anyways because I'm cheap af, but the joke just wouldn't have landed.
 
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Most Top Golf competitors I've been to have had a very similar experience to Top Golf. There's one in KC called Tee-Shotz that the only real difference I noticed was the ball machine. Top golf has a motion sensored machine and Tee-Shotz just had a bin of balls at your station. Other than that, everything else was very comparable
 
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In Sioux Falls there is something similar called Great Shots, smaller facility but still a good time.
 

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What does this do to places like West Grand Driving Range and Golf Galaxy (Golf Headquarters too)? Looks like this place will also be a place to buy clubs and get fitted.
 

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Most Top Golf competitors I've been to have had a very similar experience to Top Golf. There's one in KC called Tee-Shotz that the only real difference I noticed was the ball machine. Top golf has a motion sensored machine and Tee-Shotz just had a bin of balls at your station. Other than that, everything else was very comparable

The games are a tad different - actually prefer the game play options at Tee-Shotz, in addition to being quite a bit cheaper than Top Golf.
 

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What does this do to places like West Grand Driving Range and Golf Galaxy (Golf Headquarters too)? Looks like this place will also be a place to buy clubs and get fitted.

West Grand is a dump. I took my son there this summer and we were literally hitting off dirt. They weren't even trying to fill the grass in. Plus you are still talking about two completely different facilities.
 
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What does this do to places like West Grand Driving Range and Golf Galaxy (Golf Headquarters too)? Looks like this place will also be a place to buy clubs and get fitted.
This doesn't replace driving ranges. I'm not going to Top Golf and spending $40 if I'm just trying to work on my game. I'll go spend $8 on a bucket of balls at West Grand.
 

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This doesn't replace driving ranges. I'm not going to Top Golf and spending $40 if I'm just trying to work on my game. I'll go spend $8 on a bucket of balls at West Grand.

yeah I agree, totally different purpose and slightly different clientele. I quit golf a few years ago in favor of other hobbies (just a time and money crunch) but when the top golf opens soon 20 minutes from me I’m going to take my wife there on a date night.
 
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