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Review: BirdieTurf
Jan 18th
If you have been looking for a portable, quality golf mat solution the BirdieTurf could be your answer. The system consists of two mats, a stand mat with a rubber surface and a grass mat. Recently they changed the product so that you received two mats with the grass surface. This review is about the first version, but the important thing is the quality of the hitting surface.
Range Mat Comparison
So how does this mat compare to range mats. There are few different types of range mats depending on the type of range. Some ranges have very thin hard mats. Those are the harshest on the body. Most public driving ranges that I have been to have a thicker harder mat with little give, but are a step above the thin mats. With those two types of mats, they are often so hard they provide little realistic feedback. A shot hit fat could easily appear to be a quality shot because of the way the club bounces of the mat and into the ball. Those mats don’t allow you to hit down and through the ball and if you have a digger type swing that normally takes a divot, those mats can end up causing you pain in your wrists, elbows, and shoulders.
The nicest range mats have a softer grass surface that feels more natural and allows you to hit down and through the ball. Those mats are pretty rare at commercial driving ranges. I have seen these only at a prestigious private golf club. The mats there really do feel like hitting of a lush fairway, they allow you to hit down and through the ball, they give you realistic feedback, and you can put a tee anywhere you want.
Review: The Floppy – Indoor Practice Golf Ball
Jan 3rd
Master the short game and you can score well even when your long game is off.
The Floppy is a soft indoor practice golf ball. It has a woven cover, a liner and a proprietary filling.
The Floppy Close Up
The videos on the homepage do a good job of showing what the floppy does and how it reacts when it bounces of windows. When I first saw the floppy on-line I thought it was going to be a bit like a hacky sack in the shape of a golf ball. But when you squeeze it, it instantly bounces back into shape. The quality of the woven cover is very good. I would imagine that a single ball could easily take thousands of hits. The sticker on the ball won’t last that long though. It pretty quickly got worn down so that the text was difficult to read. That does not affect it’s performance. Read the rest of this entry »
Review: Country Club Elite Golf Mats
Nov 20th
I recently ordered the small (20″ x 30″ ) Country Club Elite golf mat from Real Feel Golf Mats.
I’ve heard about a lot of mats that promise to give you the lush feel of hitting off a fairway and being able to “take a divot”. I was a bit skeptical but I knew I needed to try it. The mats at my local range were so hard that I think I was developing tendinitis in my shoulder. At home I had a small Hank Haney mat that I hit off and it was really getting chewed up. The mat was only 1/4″ of an inch thick at most and I would find little tufts of mat all over the floor that needed sweeping up.
I knew when I took the first swings that this mat was different. When you hit into it, you get this real resistance as the club digs into the mat. It handles fat shots realistically. I find typical range mats provide a false sense of security because you can hit the ball so fat and because the club just bounces off the mat you can still end up with decent contact. It’s not like that on the golf course.
