Hey,
Thanks for responses. To give you a little more information on it. I was originally looking at full swing but I have recently being talking to About Golf
http://www.aboutgolf.com and this is far superiour to the full swing. It uses radar technology used to track missiles to detect the ball motion and can accurately detect ball spin. Speaking to golfers who tried both they said that full wing was fine but things such as fade and back spin were a little lost where as About Golf had it to a tee. It also has fully 3D courses so if you hit a rock, it will calculate the angles and reflect this in your landing spot. Many of the others dont do this and the ball would just pass through it.
As for what I am targeting this at, it really is a broad spectrum. I only want the most accurate golfing simulator on the market as I am not after the one time users. I want golfers to feel that if they have a spare hour or two in a day and hadnt the time to play a course, that this would be the next best thing. It has to be realistic to attract avid golfers and from people I have spoke to this can be obtained with the About Golf.
I also want to attract people who might like to take up golf or people who fancy a bit of golf but are not members of a club. I want this to also attract people who want to try something different on a night out with work or with friends. There are a lot of people out there who would like to socialise without having to drink. There will be bar facilities but these are just ancilliary to the main business. I am not promoting this place as a bar, its a golf arena with additional facilities. It will also have an artificial putting green for practicing putting and from what I have researched, these can be as realistic as on the course.
Its not going to beat the course, but if it can rival it then why not. The Wii's and TV's are just for people who want to come along but not play golf but want to feel there is something for them too.
Has this changed your minds at all?