My old golfing buddy is back in town for Thanks Giving. He gave me a call so I made a 2hr reservation for a bay at Top Golf. The bays are heated and they supply quality clubs made by Calloway (you can bring your own). The mats you hit off of are really close to a perfect fairway lie. You can order a beer, soda, cocktail, and food. The help was over 21 (alcohol) but young. Very accommodating kids, friendly and professional as hell. There are three deck levels you can hit off off with about 30(?) bays on each level. The place was packed with serious golfers plus friends and families having fun. A pretty good business idea IMHO.

Downside: I rented a bay for 2 hours. My shoulder blades are killing me. When you don't walk to your ball, wait for your friends to hit, but just stand up and hit balls almost non stop an old man like myself gets sore. Next time I will slow down.

I've played both when I'm paying and when it was a team building event for work.

1 hour of top golf is more expensive than 9 holes of golf (~2 hours). Service is highly variable as the help is very young.

Fun and spendy. Make sure you get on the upper levels for visibility. Otherwise it's just like a
a regular driving range.

I'm not a golfer.
Top Golf is great when someone is footing the bill.

We've done a few team events there, play for a couple hours & call it a day. Good fun.
Never had bad service at ours in N Houston

Been there dozens of times. Surprisingly good food. Great times.

It’s fun when the weather is bad but I can’t imagine doing that over the real thing on a nice day.

Top Golf is spendy for sure when you buy food and beverages. If you want to go hit golf balls, way more expensive than a driving range. If four buddies want to go hit golf balls and have some fun when it's 12 degrees outside with snow on the ground, $59 for four to do that with competition games to play seems like a good deal. Our tab was $98 total today. That's just a No Utah guy coming at you. I was very impressed with the help. Friendly, attentive, and oh, friendly and attentive, did I say that? A a mom and dad with two kids seems like a good deal during winter. As fun as a movie, yeah I think so. Top Golf seems to be kicking ass during the cold months. No clue how they do in the warmer months.

I just did an evening there with my new team at work. I believe it as $50 for 6 people for 20 hours. Food was reasonable. There are a variety of games you can play and clubs are provided. They will provide left handed clubs if you ask.

I hit better there using their driver than I ever have in my life.

I go to work or industry events there a couple times a year. I'm horrible at golf. I'll usually have a beer or two, eat some food, and socialize. Even one game makes more sore, so I avoid it until forced.

Been to the one here in Tucson several times. I use it to do ‘target’ golf practice. Yes it’s pricey but it serves a purpose. Also a good place to take someone who wants to try it and see if they like swinging the clubs.

The food here is quite good.

I haven't played any golf in probably 25 years now, but my brother goes to Top Golf sometimes and likes it.

Top Golf is real fun. I suck at it but I always enjoy it. There’s an independent company with their own version of it like 10 minutes from my place. It’s much cheaper but I haven’t had a chance to go. It’s the kind of place I go when I’m on a trip somewhere warm and want to kill an evening.

I’m a regular golfer with a decent handicap who plays a tough course regularly , and I enjoy Top Golf. Most of my golf buddies have no interest. When I go, I prefer to make it as close to the real experience as possible, meaning a ground level bay, my own clubs, and playing a video course instead of “games”. The service is pretty good, the food is decent, and the facility is nice. Drive Shack is distant second. What I don’t like is the mats are nothing like lies in the fairway. Fat shots are rewarded, not penalized like they normally would be, and putting is assumed, based on the quality of your wedge shot When playing an actual round you’ll use your putter more frequently than any other club in the bag.

Accepting the shortcomings, and just having fun with family or friends, yeah, it’s usually a good time. As a business model, here’s what I find baffling. The calculated distances shown on the displays are inaccurate, generally about 5-10% short. That makes no sense. If you’re going to get it wrong, add 5-10%, and make your customers feel better about their experience. I prefer accuracy, and based on the portable launch monitors we compared it to, distance is not as dialed in as it should be. But true golfers tend to care more about direction and hitting it the correct distance, than raw power. The average Joe who plays little or none, and makes up the vast majority of their customer base cares more about pure distance. Give them what they want, bragging rights, and they might come back more frequently. Surprising they haven’t figured that out.

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