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The Father of Golf Simulator Software Wants to Help Set Up Yours…for FREE! Featuring Bill Bales

golf SMARTER

Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3577 Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

816: Golf Simulators started out as a computer game but as the software became more sophisticated quickly became a critical tool for golf instructors and players of all skill levels. Bill Bales has been a force in golf simulator industry for more than 30 years. He was the founder and producer of Microsoft Golf. Golf Simulators have become much more than game improvement, they’ve become home entertainment systems. Bill's latest venture is Clarity.golf focused on consulting and helping you setup the best system for your space, budget, and needs. Too many people aren’t exactly sure what they need and put the wrong system into their homes. Let Clarity.golf provide you all the answers you need and save you money, headaches, and arguments. Golf Smarter is your podcast forecaddie! We are an entertainment service that is focused on enhancing every round for you. Just like caddies, we accept tips for services rendered. Please click on the DONATE button at GolfSmarter.com to show your support so that we can continue to provide weekly, helpful, and entertaining content. Your donation can be as much, or as little as you’d like. It can be a one time offering or your can even do it recurring. Thank you very much. This week on Golf Smarter Mulligans 132 is part 2 of 3 with Paul Hobart on his book, Banana Putting which is an effective system that can impact the way you look at putting and putting performance.For exclusive content and first access check out Corrected Mistakes on Substack: https://substack.com/@correctedmistake  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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We are the only organization worldwide that legitimately provides highly educated and knowledgeable advice on all of the technologies,

0:12.0

all of the nuances, all of the considerations you have to make when you're installing a simulator,

0:17.0

and really any installation. We're mostly focused on the people they're doing in their homes because that's where

0:22.6

the major mistakes are frequently made.

0:25.2

I had one guy a number of years ago to build

0:26.9

a simulator space. It wasn't the right

0:29.4

space. If he had come to us, we could have easily built the right

0:32.3

space. Instead, he ended up putting in his living room,

0:34.8

much to the dismay of his wife, but we do all this for free.

0:39.2

Golf Smarter Number 816.

0:43.2

The father of golf simulator software, Bill Bales, wants to make sure you set up the right simulator in your home.

0:50.6

This is Golf Smarter.

0:53.4

Sharing stories, tips, and insights from great golf minds to help you

0:57.7

lower your score and raise your golf IQ. There's your host, Fred Green. Welcome to the

1:04.0

Golf Smarter podcast, Bill. Hi, Fred. How are you? I'm doing great. I hope you are, too.

1:11.5

Well, we're doing really well.

1:13.8

We've just spent the last 40 minutes trying to get online to record this interview and went the old-fashioned way.

1:19.8

We're recording it on a digital recorder.

1:24.1

Actually, do you want me to tell you a very controversial quick story please I love

1:29.8

stories about technology oh even better go for it all right so I mean it just ties into

1:36.9

what we've just been through um and reflects negatively on on on me which which is fine but

1:44.1

um so I i used to i used to write a blog that was

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