The non-profit trade association for the indoor golf industry

The business of indoor golf finally has a real association.

For the operators, software platforms, and manufacturers building this industry. Not another newsletter and a booth in Vegas — the shared infrastructure, group buying power, benchmarking data, and standards that actually move your P&L. Member-owned. Transparent. Built to make you money.

2,700+
Indoor golf facilities in the U.S.
4,700+
Golf simulators installed nationwide
6.2M
Americans played simulator golf last year
$0
Trade associations giving them hard-dollar ROI — until now
Who USIGA is for

A trade association for the businesses of indoor golf.

Three constituencies, one table. We represent the whole supply chain — and align it around standards that grow the entire market.

Core members

Operators & facilities

Independent bays, multi-location groups, franchises, and green-grass clubs adding simulators.

  • Buy hardware & insurance below retail
  • Benchmark against real peer data
  • Host the national handicap & ladder
Industry partners

Software & manufacturers

Simulators, launch monitors, projectors, screens, turf, booking & management software.

  • Integrate with the open handicap API
  • Reach every certified operator
  • A seat on the standards committee
Professional members

Coaches & consultants

Instructors, club-fitters, designers, and the professionals who make bays run.

  • Indoor-coach certification & listing
  • Referrals from member venues
  • Continuing-education library
What we build for members

Infrastructure no single operator can build alone.

Every one of these is a shared asset — cheaper, more credible, and more powerful because 2,700 businesses stand behind it instead of one. That's the entire point of an association.

Standards · shared engine

The National Indoor Handicap

An association-run, platform-agnostic handicap your customers plug into at any certified bay. It travels with them — which is exactly why it drives retention and cross-visits for you.

→ Retention hook + a reason to visit every member bay
Procurement · hard dollars

Group purchasing power

Negotiated member pricing on launch monitors, projectors, impact screens, turf, and consumables — plus group-rate liability and equipment insurance that alone can cover your dues many times over.

→ Typical member saves 10–18% on capex & premiums
Data · your advantage

Anonymized benchmarking

What no operator can produce alone: real peer data on revenue-per-available-bay-hour, utilization by daypart, membership churn, and F&B mix — so you know if you're leaving money on the table.

→ Find the daypart and price you're underpricing
Trust · certification

USIGA Bay Certification

A voluntary calibration and fair-play standard so a "USIGA-Certified" round means the same thing everywhere. Credibility your customers trust — and a badge you put on your window and your ads.

→ Marketing asset + eligibility to host sanctioned play
Playbook · open source

The operator toolkit

Sample pro-formas, lease-negotiation guides, staffing SOPs, hardware TCO calculators, and marketing kits — the open playbook that helps good operators open, and stay open.

→ De-risk your next location before you sign
Advocacy · one voice

Standards & representation

A unified voice representing indoor golf to the USGA, PGA, insurers, landlords, and lenders — plus an open API that keeps every platform on equal footing instead of locked in silos.

→ Better insurance markets & lending terms for the category
Member ROI · try it live

Does membership pay for itself? Do the math.

Drag in your numbers. This models the hard-dollar value a member operator typically captures against annual dues — procurement, insurance, and the RevPAB uplift that comes from benchmarking and certification.

Your business

Illustrative model built from typical member figures — group insurance ≈ 15% premium reduction, procurement ≈ 12% off hardware, and a conservative 1% revenue (RevPAB) uplift from benchmarking & certification. Actual results vary; the member spreadsheet lets you override every assumption.

Estimated annual value of membership
Insurance savings (≈15%)
Procurement savings (≈12%)
RevPAB uplift (≈1% of revenue)
Annual dues
Net first-year value · return multiple
Shared infrastructure · the member-facing engine

The handicap system your bays run on.

This is the association's flagship shared asset — the real World-Handicap calculation, adapted for the simulator and operated centrally so it works across every platform. Your customers get a portable index; you get retention and a reason for them to visit other member bays. Edit the demo rounds to see the engine work.

Course played Rating Slope Score Diff.
Index = avg of best 3 differentials × 0.96

Differential = (Adjusted Gross − Course Rating) × 113 ÷ Slope. Simulator ratings are normalized to a common baseline so a 74/144 track plays fairly against a 64/104 short course. Certified member bays post rounds automatically through the USIGA API — no clipboard required.

USIGA Indoor Index™ · live demo
Rounds posted0
Counting rounds0
Lowest differential
Playing handicap · par-72 / 130
Industry intelligence · members only

The data no operator can produce alone.

Aggregated, anonymized, and updated quarterly from member facilities. A live sample of the operator benchmarking dashboard — the difference between guessing and knowing.

Revenue per available bay-hour (RevPAB)

Trailing 12 mo · national median
The single most important operating metric in the business. Members see their own line against the peer median and top quartile.
Median RevPAB
$31.40
▲ 7.2% YoY
Top-quartile util.
58%
▲ 3 pts
Member revenue share
41%
▲ 5 pts
Avg. member churn
4.9%
▼ 1.1 pts

Utilization by daypart

% of bay-hours sold

Figures shown are illustrative sample data. Full dashboard filters by region, facility size, platform, and market type, and lets you benchmark each of your locations independently.

Membership · published pricing, on purpose

Straightforward dues. Every one carries hard ROI.

We're a 501(c)(6) business league. Dues fund the shared infrastructure and are published openly — because a member should never have to email for a price.

Founding charter · rate locked for life Operator / Facility
$600/yr · per location

The core membership. For any business running simulator bays.

  • Group purchasing + group-rate insurance access
  • Full operator benchmarking dashboard
  • Host the handicap system & national ladder
  • Bay certification + marketing kit
  • Pro-forma toolkit, directory listing, voting seat
Claim founding rate
Industry Partner
from $2,500/yr

Software, launch monitors, manufacturers, suppliers & distributors.

  • Integrate with the open handicap & certification API
  • Reach every certified operator in the network
  • Standards-committee seat & roadmap input
  • Anonymized market & category research
  • Speaking & sponsorship at member summits
Become a partner
Professional
$180/yr

Instructors, coaches, club-fitters, designers & consultants.

  • USIGA Certified Indoor Coach credential
  • Listing in the member coach directory
  • Referrals from member venues
  • Continuing-education library & events
  • Discounted member-summit registration
Join as a pro
Multi-location? Volume rate from $450/door Founding class: first 250 operators lock rate for life Junior & adaptive programs funded by partner dues
The founding network

The businesses building this association.

Operators, platforms, and manufacturers already lining up behind a member-owned standard. Your logo belongs here.

Illustrative founding-network preview. Member businesses are listed in the public facility & partner directory with certification status and platform details.

"I run a simulator business. I don't need another newsletter or a booth in Vegas — I need my insurance to cost less, my equipment to cost less, and data to tell me what a good bay actually earns. No association was doing that. So we built the one operators actually need."
SG
Shawn GarrisonFounder, Scramblers Golf · USIGA founding director
Governance & structure

Member-owned. Transparent. Non-profit — on purpose.

Standards and group buying only work when members trust the body isn't quietly working for a manufacturer or a promoter. That's why USIGA is a 501(c)(6) business league, governed by an elected board of operators and partners — with pricing and finances published to members.

01
Members set the rules.

An elected board of operators and industry partners governs standards, certification, and pricing. One member, one vote.

02
Platform-neutral, always.

The handicap and certification APIs are open to every manufacturer on equal terms. We will never sell exclusivity to one box.

03
Dues in, value out.

Surpluses fund the shared infrastructure and junior programs — not a promoter's margin. Annual finances published to members.

The founding class is open

Let's build the association this industry deserves.

Join the first 250 operators and the founding industry partners writing the standards for indoor golf — and lock your founder rate for life. Membership that pays for itself, from a body that answers to you.

501(c)(6) business league · founding operator rate $600/yr locked for life · published pricing, always