O’Fallon’s private ProTee VX bay puts self-service golf into practice

O’Fallon Golf Studio is putting a familiar simulator pairing inside a private, self-service business: one ProTee VX launch monitor, GSPro and a room that customers reserve for themselves.

An October 20 feature from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville describes Phillip and Heather Vickery’s Illinois studio and the small-business advising behind it. The owners’ current website fills in the practical details, from the equipment to hourly access and a fall league.

The single-bay format gives a golfer or small group control of the room during a reservation. The studio says it operates around the clock without on-site staff. Guests bring their own clubs; golf balls are provided. Its FAQ also permits food and drinks, with a request to keep them outside the hitting bay.

The equipment and the booking

The published setup includes a camera-based ProTee VX, GSPro, a BenQ LK936ST laser projector and a SurfThing gaming PC. The studio describes a 15-foot-wide, 10-foot-high and 10-foot-deep enclosure. Those are the operator’s published enclosure dimensions, rather than a room-size recommendation for someone copying the build at home.

GSPro separately lists ProTee VX among its officially supported launch monitors. That confirms the pairing’s published support status; it does not establish how this particular installation performs. We have not tested the studio’s tracking, image quality or access system.

Walk-in bookings do not require membership. The membership page lists early or late sessions at $35 an hour, standard sessions at $40, and peak or weekend sessions at $45. Those posted prices make it possible to try the room before choosing a recurring plan.

The monthly options range from $59 for one included hour to $349 for 15 hours, with advance-booking windows that grow from 10 to 21 days. The page also lists five- and eight-hour plans. Golfers comparing them should check the included time and booking window against their actual schedule.

The work outside the bay

SIUE’s report says Illinois SBDC advisor Jo Ann Di Maggio May helped the owners find legal, insurance and funding resources and connected them with local reporting. That is a useful part of this operator story: access policies and business preparation sit alongside the launch monitor purchase.

The studio is also advertising a two-person scramble league for November 2 through December 20. Its league page links to registration, although it does not establish remaining places or guarantee a booking.

Before a visit, confirm the reservation instructions directly with the studio. The homepage describes an emailed access link while the FAQ describes a door code, with different delivery timings. The shared point is a private, unstaffed session; the confirmation email needs to settle how that particular booking works.