Golf Ball Retriever

With winter approaching quickly (although you’d hardly know it this week here in Philly) it’s time to consider setting up your own “home golf practice range”.

All you need is a golf mat and net.    

Golf Nets

You typically need a 10-foot ceiling height to swing driver, but  you may be able to get away with 8 or 9 feet depending on how tall you are, and what clubs you want to swing.

I keep my full cage net up all year out side and purchased a shed that would accomodate a cage net attached to the ceiling.  Most people use their basement or garage for their golf practice room, but I’ve had people tell me that they use their bedroom or living room, because that’s the only place that was large enough for a golf net.

If you have a large garage, a cool design idea for a cage net is to attach the  net to a 10×10 square that you can make from heavy duty pvc pipe or metal conduit.  If you use some ingenuity, you can add pullys to raise and lower the net for space.

Pop up nets are okay, but not nearly as durable as the cage netting.  All nets are effected by the UV Rays so if you are not using your golf net, keep it out of the sun for longer wear.

Golf Mats

The Best Golf Mat available and the one I own is The Real Feel Golf Mat. Made with a “long-dense-fiber-system” it’s actually thick enough to take a real tee.  But what I like best is the “true divot action” when I strike the ball – this golf mat  lets me swing down and through the ball at impact. 

So if your looking to Buy A  Golf Mat you owe it to yourself to vist RealFeelGolfMats.com

During a round, there are often times when a hazard may be in play.  Hazards present two distinct features, the first of which, obviously, is a challenge for the golfer not to hit into the hazard.  The second, however, is more beneficial to some golfers.  This benefit that a hazard presents is that balls may be able to be retrieved from the hazard with a ball retriever.

Using a ball retriever to get some extra golf balls is an extremely beneficial aspect of golfing.  Not only does it allow golfers to stay fairly loose during a round, or simply pass time while waiting for a slow player ahead of them, but it also gives golfers an opportunity to store up on practice balls.

While this may seem like it’s not that great, consider the money that could be saved if no extra balls need to be purchased for your practice concerns.  Saving any money these days is without a doubt a benefit to anyone, so by doing it on the golf course is even more beneficial because you are, hopefully, enjoying yourself.  So, the next time you are out on the golf course, bring a golf ball retriever and test your luck.  Who knows, maybe you will find some balls you can even use in play regularly.