Golf Simulator Putting: Which Launch Monitors Read Putts, and How to Set Up a Green That Rolls True

Golf simulator putting Putting on a golf simulator

Which launch monitors read the putt, which green to roll it on, and how to set the software to match it.

Three-putts cost strokes a 300-yard drive cannot buy back, and the simulator in your basement is the one practice green that is never closed, never wet and never crowded.

Putting is also where simulators differ most. Some launch monitors read a putt like a drive, some leave it to an auto-putt setting, and the surface under the ball decides whether it feels like a green.

Can you putt on a golf simulator? The short answer

Yes, when the launch monitor reads putts. Get the monitor, the surface speed and the software speed to agree.

Launch monitors

13 read the putt

Five more putt in Foresight course play only. Not the R10, MLM2PRO or KIT.

Surface

Stimp 9 on a Fiberbuilt green

A green with a published speed and real cups, from $829 (Fiberbuilt 4'x8'), so the real roll matches the screen.

Room behind the ball

Radar, beside or overhead

Radar needs room behind the ball and flat roll in front; cameras read beside or above it.

Fastest check: the launch monitor comparison lines up every model we sell, and the putting greens collection has the surfaces in this guide.

Which launch monitors track putting?

Units with their own putting data or putting mode come first, then the Foresight-built units that putt in course play only. Each row gives what the unit reads and our price.

Launch monitor Putting What it reads on a putt, and where the ball goes Price

FlightScope Mevo Gen2 Included Launch speed, total distance and ball direction. Radar sits 5 ft behind the ball; FlightScope recommends 8 ft of flat roll in front of the ball $1,299

SkyTrak ST MAX Included Putting Mode in SkyTrak's software, with Putt It Out, Auto Putt, Auto Fixed and Manual options and gimmes of 0, 3, 5 or 10 ft. Unit beside the ball $1,695

Uneekor EYE MINI LITE Reads putts Reads putter ball speed from 0.22 to 67 mph (manual); Uneekor names no putting analysis mode for it $1,999

Uneekor EYE MINI Included Built-in putting analysis for distance control, start line and consistency; putter ball speed 0.22 to 67 mph. Unit beside the ball $2,999

Garmin Approach R50 Included Putts play in the built-in simulator, with putting on or off, a gimme distance and a green speed setting. No sticker on the putter $4,999.99

NVISAGE NEO-E Included Shot and putt tracking, with a Putting mode in the free Murlie software $5,500

Uneekor EYE…