Leeds golf bar

With Britain now only just emerging from the arctic blast that left us all remembering that fun in the snow has a shelf life of about two days, opportunities to play golf have lost.

With the vast majority of golf courses forced to close their doors, the chance to get out and strike a ball in anger has proved hard to come by. But one golfing establishment in Leeds has remained unaffected by the cold snap, in fact they were only too happy to see the heavy snow fall.

Opened in May last year, the Golf Cafe Bar Leeds is the ideal retreat for the weather-frustrated golfer, offering state of the art simulators which allow you to play come rain or shine, or snow outside. Situated just a few minutes' walk from Leeds city-centre train station, the venue has almost tardis-like qualities, offering no hint of its roomy 3500sq ft lay-out on approach.

The brainchild of managing director Wayne Parkinson, the two-level building not only comprises three PGA Tour-endorsed simulators (a fourth is in the pipeline), but also a spacious bar area with big screen for live sports, an outdoor seating terrace overlooking the River Aire, a private lounge area and also a corporate meeting room. As those facilities would indicate, the bar is not only targeting the golf aficionado. Work groups, birthday parties, stag parties and even the intrigued passer-by all make it through the door with increasing regularity.

The simulators, costing £40,000 apiece, feature over 36 real-life courses - including Pebble Beach, Bay Hill and even St Andrews - which have been mapped out to the inch and use cutting edge camera technology to ensure over 90% accuracy on ball trajectory, carry, speed, spin and countless other facts.

Easy to use and understand, after a short demonstration you and your playing partners (ideally a four-ball but up to eight and beyond should you so desire) can be underway and crushing golf drivers off the first tee in a matter of minutes.

While the idea of getting your weekly golf fix on a simulator is an undeniably modern concept, the quality and realism of the product should ensure it appeals to newcomers and traditionalists alike. On our visit, the group of four old boys who had hired out one of the simulators certainly did not quite fall into our preconceived idea of a target market, but their decision to repeatedly extend their stay spoke volumes of their experience.

With an hour-long session costing from £20 and the their doors open seven days a week and until 11 at night most days there really is now a way for the golfers of Leeds to avoid those winter blues. Whether to take golf clubs？ it depends on you.

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