Foresight Sports GC3
The Foresight Sports GC3 sits beside the ball, so it consumes lateral space rather than depth and imposes no ceiling requirement of its own. This is usually the safest choice under a low ceiling.
Verified specs
| Sensor type | Camera |
|---|---|
| Where it sits | Beside the ball |
| Space behind the ball | — |
| Mount height above the hitting surface | — |
| Mount position forward of the tee | — |
| Ball flight to the screen | — |
| Minimum ceiling height | —Foresight Sports does not publish one. We check this unit against our own 8 ft floor instead. |
| Minimum room depth | 13 ftClearance behind the screen, plus ball flight, plus what the sensor and your backswing need behind the tee. |
| Hitting zone | — |
| Indoor or outdoor | Indoor and outdoor |
| Needs a computer | — |
| Weight | — |
| Battery | — |
Placement figures read from Carl's Place, Foresight GC3, ideal space requirements on 2026-08-25. Retailer published.
A dash means the maker does not publish that figure. It never means we guessed one.
Software it works with
GSPro lists Foresight units as supported through FSX 2020 or FSX Play.
Will it fit your room?
Checked against every unit we track, so you can see where this one sits rather than just whether it passes.
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Packages built around the GC3
Most people buy the sensor as part of a package, because the enclosure, screen and mat have to work together and the room has to hold all of it.
| Package | Launch monitor | Room it needs | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Foresight GC3 SwingBay Golf Simulator Package Rain or Shine Golf · SwingBay 8x10 Enclosure Lowest priceSmallest roomNo annual fee | Foresight Sports GC3 | 11 ft wide, 15 ft deep, 8 ft 1 in ceiling | $9,498 | See package |
Room figures are the retailer’s own published minimum for that package, not our arithmetic. Where a retailer publishes none we fall back to checking the launch monitor and the enclosure separately and say so. We show one price and never a struck-through one, because a was-price is a claim about the past that we cannot check. Prices move often, so treat these as the figure on the date each package cites.
Who the GC3 suits, and who should skip it
Worth it if
- Your ceiling is low. Sitting beside the ball, it imposes no height requirement of its own.
- Your room is shallow. It needs no space behind you beyond your own backswing.
- You want to move it between bays, or take it to a range.
- You would rather pay once. This unit needs no annual plan to play a course.
Look elsewhere if
- Two golfers of opposite handedness share the room. The sensor sits on the far side of the ball, and that side flips, so it has to be moved between sessions.
- You want a permanent installation you never touch.
Common mistakes buying a GC3
Forgetting it has to move for a left handed golfer
It sits on the far side of the ball. That side is different for a right and a left handed player, so a shared bay means repositioning and often recalibrating between sessions.
Assuming a low ceiling is fine because the sensor does not care
The sensor does not, but your driver does. Sitting beside the ball removes the hardware constraint, not the swing one.
Budgeting for the sensor alone
A launch monitor is not a simulator. You still need an enclosure, an impact screen, a mat and usually a projector before you can play a hole. The complete builds on this page are the honest comparison, and the cost guide breaks down where the money goes.
Measuring to the wall instead of to the obstruction
This unit needs about 13 ft of depth at minimum. Measure to the nearest thing that actually stops you, which is often a water heater, a shelf or a garage door track rather than the wall itself. The room fit calculator checks your real numbers against every unit we track.
The GC3 against the VX
At $6,500 the ProTee VX is the closest unit we track on price, which makes it the comparison most people are actually making. They sit in different places relative to the ball, which means they do not want the same room at all. That, rather than the specs, is usually what decides it.
| Foresight Sports GC3 | ProTee VX | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6,999 | $6,500 |
| Where it sits | Beside the ball | Overhead |
| Room depth needed | 13 ft | 13 ft |
| Annual plan | None required | Not confirmed |
The VX costs less up front. Check both against your own room before comparing anything else. Full specs for the VX.
What Foresight Sports publishes, and what it does not
Foresight Sports documents 1 of the 5 things a buyer needs to work out whether the GC3 fits a room. The rest you will find quoted confidently in plenty of places, but not by Foresight Sports.
Published
- a list price
Not published
- a minimum ceiling height
- the ball flight it needs to the screen
- the hitting zone size
- an accuracy claim
Where a figure is missing we check this unit against our own 8 ft floor instead and label the row as such, rather than borrowing a number from a shop or a forum. The reasoning is on how we verify.
Notes on this record
Foresight publishes no room guide or placement geometry for the GC3. Carl's Place, which sells it, states plainly that it has no specific space requirements and points to its own general measuring guide instead. So the null space fields here are a verified absence rather than a gap in our research, and the calculator checks this unit against our own safety floors and says so. Foresight products ship to US addresses only. Price confirmed at $6,999 by Carl's on 2026-08-25.
Common questions
How much room does the Foresight Sports GC3 need?+
At minimum about 13 ft of depth. That is clearance behind the screen, plus ball flight, plus the space the sensor and your backswing need behind the tee. Width and ceiling depend on your enclosure as much as on the sensor.
What ceiling height does the Foresight Sports GC3 need?+
Foresight Sports does not publish a minimum ceiling height for it. Any specific figure you see quoted comes from a third party. We check it against our own 8 ft floor and say so.
Keep reading
All Foresight Sports models
The full lineup and what they publish about space
Room fit calculator
Check your ceiling and depth against every unit
Room size guide
The three distances that add up to room depth
Radar vs photometric
Why where the sensor sits matters more than how it works
Subscription costs
What each unit costs to keep running after year one
Complete builds
Bundles built around the GC3 and everything else we price
Projectors and screens
What the indoor half of an indoor-outdoor setup still needs