Online Multiplayer Sim Golf: Yes, Here's How

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You’ve been playing solo rounds in your garage for a month. Pebble Beach, St. Andrews, Torrey Pines. Your handicap is dropping. Your swing is dialed. But something’s missing.

The group text. The skins game. The trash talk. The guy who three-putts from 4 feet and blames the simulator.

Golf is a social game. And simulator golf is no different — except your buddies are 500 miles away in their own garages.

Can you play online multiplayer on a golf simulator? Yes. And it’s easier than you think.

Which Software Supports Online Play

Three major simulator platforms support online multiplayer. Each works a little differently.

GSPro — The Community Favorite

GSPro is the most popular online multiplayer platform in the home simulator community. Here’s why:

• Free online play: Once you own GSPro ($300 one-time), online multiplayer is included. No subscription. No per-match fee.
• Up to 8 players: Play with up to 7 other people in a single round. Stroke play, match play, skins, or scramble formats.
• Real-time shot visibility: You see every player’s ball in real time on the course. When your buddy duffs it into the water, you watch it happen live.
• Voice chat built in: Talk trash in real time without needing a separate Discord call.
• Cross-launch-monitor support: You and your friends don’t need the same launch monitor. You could be on a SkyTrak+, your buddy on a Garmin R10, another on a Mevo+. GSPro doesn’t care — as long as everyone has GSPro and a compatible launch monitor.

The setup: everyone creates a GSPro account, joins the same match lobby, and picks a course from the 1,000+ community-designed options. You take turns hitting shots, just like real golf. The screen shows everyone’s ball position after each shot.

GSPro’s online play is the closest thing to a real Saturday morning foursome — minus the cart fees and the 5-hour round.

E6 Connect — The Licensed Course Option

E6 Connect is the premium option. It’s got officially licensed courses — real PGA Tour venues rendered with survey-grade accuracy. If you want to play TPC Sawgrass exactly as it looks on TV, E6 is the platform.

• Online multiplayer included with subscription: E6 Connect requires a subscription ($199/year for the base package). Online play is included.
• Up to 8 players: Same as GSPro.
• Match formats: Stroke, match play, skins, stableford, and team formats.
• Voice chat: Built in.
• Cross-platform: E6 works on PC, iOS, and some consoles. Your buddy can join from an iPad if he doesn’t have a full sim setup (though he’d need a launch monitor to hit real shots).

E6’s online play is polished and the courses look better than GSPro’s community-designed options. But the subscription requirement and smaller course library (100+ official courses vs. GSPro’s 1,000+) make it less popular for casual online play.

TGC 2019 — The Course Designer Platform

TGC 2019 (The Golf Club) has 150,000+ user-created courses and a powerful course designer. Online multiplayer is supported:

• Up to 4 players: Fewer than GSPro or E6.
• Match formats: Stroke, match play, and skins.
• No voice chat built in: You’ll need Discord or a phone call for trash talk.
• One-time purchase: $475 for TGC 2019. No subscription for online play.
• Cross-launch-monitor support: Works with most major launch monitors.

TGC’s online play is functional but feels less polished than GSPro or E6. The appeal of TGC is the course designer and the massive course library, not the multiplayer experience.

What You Need for Online Play

Setting up online multiplayer isn’t complicated, but it requires a few things:

1. A launch monitor: Obviously. You need something to track your shots. Any simulator-compatible launch monitor works — Garmin R10, SkyTrak+, Uneekor, Mevo+, etc.

2. Simulator software with online capability: GSPro, E6 Connect, or TGC 2019. Not all software supports online play — some budget apps (like the basic Rapsodo app) are solo-only.

3. Internet connection: Online multiplayer requires a live internet connection. During play. Not just for setup. Your shots are synced in real time, so lag = watching a ball freeze mid-flight. (Check our guide on whether you need internet for a simulator — for online play, you definitely do.)

4. Friends with the same software: Everyone needs to be on the same platform. GSPro players can’t play with E6 players. So coordinate with your group before buying.

5. A decent PC or tablet: GSPro and TGC need a Windows PC. E6 works on PC, iOS, and some consoles. The PC runs the game and renders the graphics — if your PC struggles with single-player, it’ll struggle more with online multiplayer (which adds network overhead).

What Online Play Actually Looks Like

You create a match. You invite 3 buddies. Everyone joins the lobby. You pick Augusta National (or a community-designed version of it — GSPro has several).

Player 1 tees off. Everyone watches his ball fly down the fairway on their own screen. Then Player 2 tees off from the same tee. Then 3, then 4.

You walk to your second shots. Player 1 hits first (he’s furthest from the hole, just like real golf). Then Player 2. And so on until everyone holes out.

The round takes about the same time as real golf — 3-4 hours for 18 holes with a foursome. But nobody’s searching for balls in the rough, nobody’s waiting on the group ahead, and the beer is in your own fridge.

The Verdict

Online multiplayer is one of the best features of home simulator golf. It turns a solo practice tool into a social experience. The technology works, the software supports it, and the experience — seeing your buddy’s shot in real time, talking trash over voice chat, playing a real round at Pebble Beach with three guys in three different states — is genuinely great.

If you’re buying a simulator and have friends who golf, set up online play. It’s the difference between “I hit balls in my garage” and “I play 18 every Saturday morning with my college buddies who live in four different time zones.”

Recommendation: Get GSPro. It’s the most popular, the cheapest (one-time purchase, no subscription), has the largest online community, and supports the most players. Most of the home simulator community is on GSPro — finding people to play with is as easy as joining the GSPro Discord.

Related: Check out our guide on playing full rounds on a simulator for the solo experience, or our GSPro guide for a deep dive on the software. If you’re still choosing a launch monitor, our best golf simulator software guide compares all the platforms.