Sportech Indoor Golf

Calgary's indoor golf scene has grown alongside the city's reputation as one of Canada's most golf-obsessed urban centers — a natural response to winters that can shut down outdoor play for 5 or 6 months. Sportech Indoor Golf is a simulator facility in Calgary, offering year-round access to virtual rounds on a wide range of digitally reproduced courses, making it a practical and popular option for players who refuse to let Alberta's climate interrupt their game.

Facilities like this have become genuine community hubs in prairie cities, serving everyone from beginners logging their first swings to low-handicappers working on ball flight through the off-season. The simulator format lets you play Pebble Beach or St. Andrews on a Tuesday night in January, which is its own particular pleasure.

Calgary itself sits at roughly 1,000 metres elevation, which means real outdoor golf in the city plays noticeably longer than sea-level equivalents — something you won't feel on the sim, but worth knowing when the thaw finally arrives.