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Clubhouse Work & Golf opened its second location October 8 in Cherry Creek: two stories and 23,000 square feet at 720 S. Colorado Blvd., pairing 65 private offices with five Trackman simulators, an indoor putting green and a bar. The original Greenwood Village spot filled its offices in just over a year.
New venues open for play
Spot CheckBlackland Indoor Golf Club is open in Caddo Mills, running 24/7 so Hunt County golfers can tee it up on virtual versions of Augusta, Pebble Beach, St. Andrews and Pine Valley whenever the mood strikes.
Spot CheckThat'll Play Golf Club celebrated its grand opening on Folsom Boulevard near Sac State with two open Trackman iO bays, two private rooms for groups of up to six, and a Wellputt green. Sessions start at 30 minutes, sized for a lunch break.
Spot CheckSleepy Ridge in Vineyard opened The Range: 32 covered outdoor bays with TrackMan, real Callaway balls, and heaters and lights for Utah winters. October bookings are free while the staff dials in operations, and daytime rates land around $22 to $23 an hour.
Spot CheckThe Perch Indoor Golf Club saw its first day of business October 1 at 3224 Dayton-Xenia Road: five simulator bays with automated entry, open around the clock. Four friends with Beavercreek ties built it, and they say more locations are the goal.
Announced, not yet open
Spot CheckCedarburg's plan commission approved a conditional use permit for The Sim Club, a two-bay simulator lounge Jessie Johnson plans in about 1,300 square feet on Commerce Court. Hours would run 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily, staffed at peak times and self-service the rest.
Spot CheckDanbury signed off on 70 extra parking spaces for Court House Pickle + Golf, a 30,000-square-foot club planned next to the city's new westside high school. Promo materials show eight pickleball courts and four golf simulator stations; no opening date yet.
Spot CheckBack Nine Golf set a November 14 grand opening for East Cobb at 1401 Johnson Ferry Road: three private Full Swing bays with 24/7 access, the brand's second Atlanta-area spot after Midtown. Founding memberships run $196 to $236 a month, limited to 25 spots per tier.
Spot CheckSquare One Concepts is bringing The Original Tavern to High Street at City North in 2027, an 8,000-plus-square-foot sports bar with a golf simulator, scratch kitchen and an LED video wall near Deer Valley Road and 56th Street.
Spot CheckThe Mackenzie Club moved its West Lake Hills target to spring 2027, and the plans run deep: 33,000 square feet across three stories, eight Trackman suites, a PuttView putting lab, a club-fitting performance lab and a recovery suite with sauna and cold plunge. Founder Dave Rogenmoser pitches it as 'Austin's second golf home.'
A new business in St. Charles is looking to bring a love of the links with indoor golf simulators, featuring an entertainment lounge designed to be a little more than par for the course.
Spot CheckSixty Fore Golf Club cleared its biggest hurdle in St. Charles: a unanimous Committee of the Whole vote backing a special use permit for two to three rentable simulator bays in 1,849 square feet at 1519 E. Main St. A final council vote comes at the next meeting, and no opening date is set.
Spot CheckBack Nine Golf keeps growing in Houston. A $350,000 build-out will turn 2,953 square feet of the Southwest Freeway Retail Center into the franchise's second location inside Loop 610, with state filings putting construction from early November through January 2027.
A membership-based indoor golf concept is moving into Southlake's Gateway Plaza, where a GolfTRK training facility is planned at 2951 E. State Highway 114.
Spot CheckGolfTRK filed plans for a $300,000 build-out of 3,874 square feet at Southlake's Gateway Plaza, with construction slated for December through February 2027. The membership-based franchise's Coppell facility runs seven TrackMan bays with a PuttView green, which hints at what Southlake gets.
Brand and franchise moves
Lamp-free 4LED short throw projectors with a dedicated Golf Sim Mode that tunes color and contrast for course terrain and ball flight.
Spot CheckOptoma announced the pair on X (@OptomaUSA) October 6 at 9:06 a.m. Pacific: the LH352BST brings Full HD 1080p at 3,300 lumens, the LW352BST does WXGA at 3,500, and both are lamp-free 4LED short throws rated for 30,000 hours. The headline feature for our crowd is Golf Sim Mode, which tunes color and contrast so terrain and ball flight read clearly on the screen.
Briefly noted
Spot CheckDick's House of Sport committed to a 116,000-square-foot former Nordstrom at The Mall at Partridge Creek in Clinton Township, the experiential format that folds a golf simulator in with a climbing wall and batting cages. No timeline yet; Michigan's first House of Sport is due this fall at Twelve Oaks in Novi.
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