Jordie MacKay says he isn’t much of a golfer but has gotten into the swing of things in a Surrey garage.

Last June he opened Studio Swing, a golf simulator he originally built for his father’s use at his house in Fleetwood.

Now, golfers can book the space online, Airbnb style.

Notable is the massive screen that absorbs drives and chips hit into it.

“It’s a 250-inch screen, the biggest screen for golf in the Lower Mainland, from all the ones we’ve seen,” MacKay raved.

“I wanted to create something that makes people go, ‘Oh wow!’ as soon as they come through the door, with a screen the size of the whole wall.”

The high-tech simulator features 4K graphics, ProTee VX launch monitor system and choice of more than 1,500 golf courses to “play” indoors, Surrey tracks among them (Northview, Morgan Creek, etc.).

Groups of golfers or solo players can chill on a couch, store beverages in a fridge, play a round or just analyze swings for $40 an hour and up, rental clubs available.

“It’s been a hit,” MacKay said. “We’re booked every day — not booked solid every day, but we’ve had a booking every day now for the last five months. We’ve easily got over 300 clients, up over 500 bookings. I’m wanting to open up a second location probably come this winter.”

MacKay, who works in film business transportation, said he spent two months building Studio Swing, on 92 Avenue in Surrey.

“I’m actually not a big golf guy,” he admitted with a laugh. “Funny thing is, my dad and my brother have always been huge golf guys, and I tag along for birthdays, Father’s Day, whatever. I’ll drive the cart, I’ll drink the beer. You’ll get nine or 10 holes out of me before I just become exclusive to driving, kind of thing.

“But with this system,” he added, “I know everything about it backwards, inwards and outside, to troubleshoot and set it up, all that.”

The home-based business rivals golf simulation setups at Surrey’s Par4 Kitchen & Bar and Happy Gilmore Golf Lounge in Burnaby.

“We’re unique because we’re in this garage,” MacKay said. “It’s all automated, people go online to book, it puts in the information, which course they want, sets the heat to whatever temperature, and they get a door-lock code 10 minutes before they get here.

“Ten minutes after you leave, it all resets,” he added. “I come in to do the garbage and recycling and try and mingle with the clients on the weekends when I have time, but for the most part it’s just a private experience for people to enjoy however they want.”

Studio Swing is open until midnight for general users, 1 a.m. for members.

The high-energy MacKay says he’s building a similar golf simulator on Granville Street in Vancouver for client who visited and loved Studio Swing. That job is contracted for close to $80,000, he said.

“It’s fun building them,” raved MacKay, who grew up in Newton and moved with family to Fleetwood.

“We’re making over $10,000 a month just on the single bay, which is great but not my intention at all,” he said candidly. “When I first started this, I said that if I could pay this thing off in a year, a year and a half, I’d be happy, because I built it for my dad.

“The very first day I opened, I had three bookings and it just never stopped. We hit that $2,500-a-month mark within, like, two weeks. I thought, maybe that’s kind of a fluke, and then it doubled and doubled. It’s busy.”

Visit studioswinggolf.ca for more.

VIDEO: Jordie MacKay at the Studio Swing golf simulator he built in the garage of a Surrey home for Airbnb-type bookings.

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