All Putting Greens

 By Mike Pedersen

Are you a frustrated putter? Is your putting killing your golf score? If so, you’ve got to find every opportunity you can to practice your putting, and why not indoors with a training aid?

Golf Putting Aids Can Help

You’ve seen them…indoor putting aids! There are a ton of them! Some are good and some are worthless. But anything is better than nothing. Just getting a putter in your hands and making some putting strokes is going to help. Practice makes perfect!

The great thing about golf putting aids is you can try them out at your local golf store. Many of them are set up for you to try at your convenience. This will give you a firsthand feel for which ones you think will help your putting woes.

Putt In Your Office

I’m dead serious! Bring a spare putter to your work and do it whenever you can. Shut your door…grab your putter…and give it a go! A simple putting drill is to lay a glass on its side and putt your ball into the opening of the glass. You’ve probably seen this drill before, but have you ever done it? It works!

You can also putt to a spot that’s maybe 8-10 feet away if you don’t want to do the glass drill above. If you have any kind of thick carpet, the ball is not going to roll as well, but again…it’s better than nothing.

On Your Garage Floor

You want to mimic the greens at the Master”s? Put on your garage floor! Talk about fast. Now I wouldn’t do this too much as it will really throw off your feel for speed on real greens, but it’s kind of fun once in a while.

Practice, Practice, Practice

The ONLY way to improve your putting is through practice. As I mentioned before, One very effective way is to get a indoor golf putting mat. They come in a variety of prices and styles, but you’re sure to find one that you like. They can be fun to use on those miserable winter days.

Anyhow…I hope you take my advice and get that putter in your hand as often as you can! The next time you hit the course, you’ll shave several strokes off your score.

About The Author: Mike Pedersen is one of the top golf performance experts in the country. He is the founder of 8 golf improvement websites, including his golf training aid review site. He also has more information on golf putting aids. Visit his site today.

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 By Tobias Savage

With golf being such a popular sport and with most players getting hooked and taking it very seriously artificial grass is becoming more and more popular as a solution to the maintenance involved in ‘real grass’ putting greens.

There have been big steps forward in the creation of this much specialised artificial surface that mimics the real stuff and in corporate situations or even your own back yard this alternative should be considered as a very easy to maintain option,

Advantages:

• Can be installed almost anywhere, indoors or outdoors
• Can be used for pitching chipping and putting
• Can be any cut to fit any shape or size
• Is very flexible so it can fit flat or contoured surfaces
• Has a low maintenance requirement – 2 hours a year!
• Specially formulated to hold the ball like natural grass
• Great for your own personal backyard putting green
• Environmentally friendly as no need for fertilisers etc
• Can cope with heavy usage with no loss of quality

Disadvantages:

• Some types of artificial grass can look unnatural
• You will need to carefully consider the type of grass/underlay you purchase as you may incur a water logging problem
• Once you get used to a perfect surface you may find it hard to adapt to the real surfaces on your local golf course
• Perhaps not so unpredictable as the changes that occur on natural putting greens.

So as you can see from the above there are many reasons why artificial putting greens are becoming more and more popular and also available to everyone from a small back yard green too a large corporate golf training course. It is also becoming a more economical solution as once laid there is very little maintenance required and very little additional costs to incur.

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By Jason Bolte

You should definitely consider all your options when creating a golf practicing or playing area. A lot of home owners and small golf courses prefer to install artificial putting greens and not real ones. There are many reasons behind this decision and you should readily take into consideration all of them. In this way you will be able to make the right choice.

The artificial putting greens are much cheaper and easier to install and to maintain. The real grass will certainly cost you more. Plus, you will have to have professional installation in order to set all the specific irrigation systems. The maintenance is quite difficult and costly. You are highly likely to have to deal with pests. At the same time you should provide special care to the green so that it is not negatively affected by the weather conditions. Doing these things requires a lot of work and the purchase of expensive chemicals.

With an artificial green you will not have any of these problems. You can install it on your own using some basic guidance and instructions. The maintenance is also extremely easy and inexpensive. All turfs are made from artificial materials that are perfectly weather resistant. All you have to do is remove the dirt and debris from the green using a broom or a vacuum for outdoor use. As you can see there are almost no maintenance expenses involved.

The qualities of the sophisticated artificial putting greens are quite close to the ones in the standard golf courses. You can expect the bent grass response to be almost the same. This means that you will get a great golf experience on an artificial green for many years to come. You will also be able to practice effectively. At the same time you will have very small costs.

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By Glen H

Synthetic Putting Greens

All functionality of natural grass greens have been replicated (including speed, trueness of accuracy, shot holding capability and shaping characteristics) to the point where several courses around the world are already replacing natural greens with synthetic lawns.

However – the main area of interest are the savings achieved through reduced maintenance and water consumption. Imagine if you will a green that when being constructed requires minimal drainage, no need whatsoever for irrigation (water or plumbing) and never needs to be mowed. A synthetic green that always looks in perfect condition, acts as realistic as a natural grass green with virtually zero ongoing running costs.

A traditionally accepted model is that synthetic putting greens pay for themselves in as little as 7 years when compared to natural turf greens (based on normal maintenance costs of running a natural product) and when you factor that they have a lifespan of between 12-17 years, you will see the Return On Investment is quite substantial

Synthetic Target Greens:

For driving range purposes synthetic target greens provide an inexpensive long term opportunity to boost your image whilst providing a high class offering for clients. For the same reasons mentioned above, synthetic target greens offer you a cost saving alternative to that of natural greens. Made from slightly lesser grades of synthetic material, the target greens “behave” just as a natural grass green, with the same minimized ongoing maintenance costs.

Synthetic Fairway Lawn (Turf)

To provide the fullest level of reduced maintenance and water consumption, a fully synthetic “fairway” grass is available for use on driving ranges. In much the same way you would have natural grass in the field of play, we can provide for you an option of completely replacing all natural grass with specifically designed synthetic turf in the ball catchment area of the driving range. This product once installed would completely eradicate the need for watering, mowing, irrigation systems, machinery, weeding, spraying, etc… and reduces staffing levels dramatically. The fairway grass in conjunction with synthetic greens provides an always immaculate looking facility, with virtually zero maintenance. Ball collection can even be automated with careful design and construction.

Driving Range Hitting Turf

Throughout the USA and Europe, traditional driving range mats are a thing of the past. Enduroturf offers you Enduro Tee, a remarkable natural feeling and performing hitting surface. Customers can play a shot off a synthetic surface that acts and feel just fairway conditions.

A traditional golf mat requires you to hit the ball “off” the surface, which doesn’t replicate fairway conditions.

Enduro Tee allows customers to hit “through” the ball. With our unique sand and rubber filled synthetic system, customers can replicate fairway shots and even take a divot, all without the mess and hassle of re-turfing, watering and ugly brown patches.

Enduro Tee allows driving ranges to reduce the space needed for hitting bays, freeing up space for other uses and also reduces the overall operating cost through the savings achieved in maintenance, watering, re-turfing etc…

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 By Thomas Johnsen

Artificial grass has been around for a while now – over fifty years. It was first developed to help people in cities get more exercise, and has been through a lot of changes. The first synthetic fibers were made in the 1950s by a subsidiary of Monsanto. This fiber turned out to be the father of what we now think of as Astroturf – the Monsanto trademarked artificial grass used in playing fields. A lot of research went into how to cushion, weather proof, drain and protect this substance against wear and tear. The Astrodome in Houston, Texas, was the first stadium to be built with artificial grass, and 1966 was the first baseball season to be played on it.

By the 1970s, this material had spread, with many companies producing sand filled carpets of artificial grass that mimicked Astroturf. However, for most people, this synthetic grass was just a little too harsh. This continued until the 1990s, when a new kind of rubber filled, nylon artificial turf was created. It was more comfortable to walk, run, and play sports on, breathed better and was much better for all kinds of sports. Now, it’s being used to create artificial putting greens for golfers, and it’s so effective that many big commercial golf courses are replacing their lovingly maintained natural greens with synthetics.

Why play on a synthetic green? There are all kinds of reasons. Artificial greens are easier to maintain and keep in good condition, meaning that you know your green isn’t going to contain any unpleasant surprises. They’re more even and more consistent than the real thing, too. That means no surprise bumps and lumps in the green. If you own your own backyard putting green, synthetics make it easier to practice. After all, no one wants to go through the effort to maintain the real thing without a dedicated staff. Plus, they’re cheaper in the long run. A synthetic green might cost a bit to buy and install, but it costs nearly nothing in maintenance afterward.

Artificial greens can actually improve your game, with their even, reliable surfaces and easy maintenance. You’ll be able to know that there’s nothing getting in the way of a good shot. Plus synthetics can come home with you! Create your own artificial putting green in the backyard, and see how much better the convenient practice area makes your game out on the links. Real grass comes in a distant second when compared to the best synthetics on the market. In fact, if you’re used to playing on an artificial green, the real thing can be downright frustrating. Take the time to find out more about artificial greens. You’ll be happy you did.

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