Cant Hit Off Of Mats

Does hitting off mats cause one to shank.

Cant hit off of mats. Watch morning drive everyday 7am et. With mats you will always be hitting from a true surface. Will practicing off mats make me worse in a golf digest printed interview lee trevino says. The distance you hit the ball on the driving range is relatively useless anyway but it is especially useless when hitting off mats.

Personally if a practice facility has mats and that it all they have available it think it is great from a warm up perspective before a round. The first positive when using a mat you always have the same lie. The club will zip across the top of the mat and actually accelerate into the ball leading to distances which you are unlikely to achieve on the course. Hitting some balls off a mat prior to your round to loosen up is entirely reasonable.

As wonderful as it is to get the chance to hit from untouched grass this can be all too rare even at facilities which theoretically offer it. This is a rather strange question but im wondering if others have had this experience. Green synthetic practice mats are the worst thing for your golf game that i know of you can hit six inches behind the ball and not even know it because the ball still gets airborne. You get to the course check in and grab a bucket of range balls.

A common question that i hear and have had myself in golf. Around where i live only a few courses have practice facilities with actual grass. Hitting from mats will still allow you to tell at once if you are tending to top push pull slice or hook the ball. The reason you can t bring your driving range swing on the course.

Posted in general golf opinions. Sometimes you are forced to hit off mats and sometimes you have the option for mats versus grass. Hitting off a mat vs turf mat. Approaching the range you notice the mats only sign.

One of the most common phrases spoken by golfers is i was hitting it so well on the range and then i got on the course and all hell broke loose. Many people aren t excited to see this sign but i want to point out a few reasons hitting off mats isn t that bad. Michael breed of the golf fix give you the secret to hitting off the grass after practicing off a mat. Golfers are absolutely perplexed why they can t hit the same shots during a round than they do when they are.

I prefer practicing mainly off the hard mats now because i feel it promotes a better swing for me where i m hitting down on the ball vs trying to pick it clean. Most driving ranges have mats.