Real Feel Golf Mats The Original Country Club Elite Hitting Strip 10"x30" Indoor Outdoor Use

Nice spongy mat and sufficient size. Sits 1.5" tall. It will move unless stabilized. Placed mine in between porch pavers and it sits nice and flush.

I hit from the same spot each time because I drew lines on the mat for alignment and ball position purposes. I'm now convinced this mat is indestructible. I swing hard and make a big divot on the golf course, and unfortunately, hit if fat on occasion, yet I truly can't tell that any balls have been hit on this mat after having hit thousands of balls so far. I also very much like that this mat doesn't allow the club to bounce off the mat, which could give you false results. If you hit it fat, you will know it. I like it so much that I felt confident in ordering another one for another area.For what its worth, I got a decent 40" x 48" pallet for free and screwed down a 3/4 thick, 4' X 4' plywood on top. I then built up the stance area with more plywood, then a layer or two of outdoor carpet, until the stance area was the same height as the mat. I then framed the mat with narrow wood. This allows a reservoir like area on the plywood to hold the balls. I also waterproofed the whole thing with water-sealant. When not in use (it's outdoors), I keep a tarp over it (weighted down).

you may consider a little bigger size mat. But the function of this one is as advertised. Note that this mat is perhaps 1 in deeper than most hitting mats you can buy. In my case, I have a 4ft x 4ft mat that I was using. Putting this smaller mat adjacent to it makes this mat higher than level. I bought a couple of sets of the dense foam interlocking floor squares. stacked , they raise my 4x4 hitting mat to the perfect level to align with this hitting strip. The foam squares can run $20 - $25 for a package of 12 or 16. But, the full size mat like this mor than $200 ; so this seemed like a reasonable alternative.

I purchased this to use with the Rukket Haack golf net. Both had good reviews here on Amazon. I wanted a mat to practice my form & club speed at home. On my first use of this product I made repeated hits with real golf balls off of it for several hours. I hit full swing long & short irons, fairway woods & driver off the tee shots, including some fat hits. The mat gave nice feedback through out & showed no signs of wear, no color or plastic transfer on any of the clubs I used. This mat is thick. My solution for this, we had a tree removed from the yard. Because of this there is a recessed area where this mat sat well in. I did get a little bit of movement from time to time, but no more than I have had with other ones I've used. This comes with two holes cut in it that accept a rubber holder (one is included) & it will hold a standard golf tee. The tee stayed put all thru the time I used it, only having to adjust tee height a bit. The mat I ordered shipped flat, so it arrived that way and has stayed that way, so far. I am happy with this purchase.

Update 10-5-17: This thing has held up amazingly, would give 6 stars. I have hit literally tens of thousands of balls off it now, and it still performs like new. I actually dug a hole in my yard, and set it in the ground flush several months ago to hit into an outdoor net. It has shown no ill effects from being buried. Still stand by the old review below. I bought two when I bought this one, hardly used the other indoors. If this one ever wears out, I will simply replace. Best mat ever for the price. Buy it.(Old review below)Not as good as real grass but if the spectrum spans from real grass to the average driving range mat, this mat is 80% to grass. I have hit a thousand shots off the same 4 inch square piece of the mat to test wear and tear, and you can't tell where that patch is by looking. It is thick, and required me to make a platform to stand on.

Far from the rubber mats at the golf range! If you hit it fat off this, it punishes you like on the real course. Fat shots won't hurt your arms and wrists on this mat either like the golf range mats do! Expensive yes, but you certainly get what you pay for. Very realistic feeling with mishit shots.

For hitting from a mat (as opposed to grass) this mat really feels good. I feel as though I can hit through the ball much better than other style mats. It does seem to penalize you for chunking it without jarring you're wrists bad and without just skipping to the ball which makes it hard to know if you had a good shot. I feel this mat has helped me while I practice in the garage, where as the thinner mat I had before felt like I was adjusting my swing to the mat which had me sculling lots of balls on a real course.

I have hit thousands and thousands of balls off of this mat strip and it has held up incredibly! The turf is a little bit wavy but other than that it still works like new. There are no wear spots at all. It stays outside the whole time and I reverse it every few months or so, so I'm not hitting off of the same forward half of it. Worth every penny!