Hitting Irons Off Mats Vs Grass

Personally i don t like wearing golf shoes on mats.

Hitting irons off mats vs grass.

Real grass allows a golfer to make divots. I know of course that you can hit the ball well off hardpan lies but i think my head has programmed me to flip and prevent slamming the club into the mat when hitting off it. If you are hitting a long iron shot from the mat or a driver off the tee you won t notice much difference as compared to practicing on grass. These factors will result in increased carry of 7 10 yards.

The way that the club interacts with the hitting surface will be slightly different since your club will bounce off the surface rather than go through the surface. Many matted ranges are roofed so providing golfers as well as grass some measure of protection against the elements. I hit it poor off the mat tee but well when i m on the grass. Let s see what the science says about hitting a 7 iron off a mat vs.

In addition if the temperature outside is above 95 degrees and hitting off mats allows for some shade then i would argue they are more effective than hitting off grass. Should i wear golf shoes on the mats. The mats damage the wet grass anyway but not so much as the hitting. The biggest difference from a long iron perspective is that you have a perfect lie every time on the mat with the ball sitting up cleanly.

In northern latitudes mats may be the only realistic option for any practice at all during the fall and winter months and some ranges are heated to make this. Hitting off mats the club can easily come down short of the ball bounce into the ball and give you what feels like good contact but actually is not. In my opinion the main thing you need to be careful of in using mats vs grass is your contact with the ball. The difference between hitting off grass vs a mat really comes down to the fact that you can t take a divot out of a mat.

Another often cited problem with mats is it causes soreness and pain in a player s wrists arms and shoulders. When i went back to the tall grass i hit the ball great again using the same swing at least trying to. I d rather hit off mats than chunk my shots due to dehydration.