TCUfrog Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 I'm in the process of closing on a new home at the end of October. I will have my own home office with plenty of space for a putting mat, but we also have an unfinished basement which potentially has room for a larger practice area. Any recommendations or how have you created practice space? GolfSpy MPR 1 Quote RadSpeed 10.5, Motore X F1 60 X-Stiff RadSpeed 14, Motore X F1 60 Stiff M6, 4H 22.0 JPX 921 Hot Metal Pro, 4-PW, Nippon Modus 105 MG3 52, 56, 60, SB - Black White Hot OG #7 Vice Golf Pro Plus Smart Sensors Link to comment
cnosil Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 I'm in the process of closing on a new home at the end of October. I will have my own home office with plenty of space for a putting mat, but we also have an unfinished basement which potentially has room for a larger practice area. Any recommendations or how have you created practice space?Probably depends on what you want to practice. If I had the space I would install a hitting net and get a skytrak or mevo+ to work on the swing aspect. My frustration with putting mats is the inability to practice 20+ foot putts. If you room is large enough put down carpet that can simulate a putting green. If space is a concern I would highly recommend the ExPutt system. GolfSpy MPR, THEZIPR23 and TCUfrog 3 Quote Driver: G400 Max 9* w/ KBS Tour Driven Fairway: TS3 15* w/Project X Hzardous Smoke Hybrids: 915H 21* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 915H 24* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype Irons: TR20V 6-11 w/Vizard TR20-85 Graphite Wedge: 54/12D, 60/8M w/:Accra iWedge 90 Graphite Putter: Sacks Parente MC 3 Stripe Backup Putters: Milled Collection RSX 2, mFGP2, Futura 5W, TM-180 Member: MGS Hitsquad since 2017 Link to comment
TCUfrog Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, cnosil said: Probably depends on what you want to practice. If I had the space I would install a hitting net and get a skytrak or mevo+ to work on the swing aspect. My frustration with putting mats is the inability to practice 20+ foot putts. If you room is large enough put down carpet that can simulate a putting green. If space is a concern I would highly recommend the ExPutt system. I need to do some measurements and see if there is enough space to install a hitting net. At least has enough room to do some sort of chipping game to work on the touch. cnosil 1 Quote RadSpeed 10.5, Motore X F1 60 X-Stiff RadSpeed 14, Motore X F1 60 Stiff M6, 4H 22.0 JPX 921 Hot Metal Pro, 4-PW, Nippon Modus 105 MG3 52, 56, 60, SB - Black White Hot OG #7 Vice Golf Pro Plus Smart Sensors Link to comment
Chip Strokes Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 i’m setting up a hitting bay in my garage without a ton of room, so it’s definitely doable. all you really need to do is bring your driver down to the basement and see if you can swing it comfortably. if you can, then start looking into nets/mats, etc. you could also cut a stick to 1-2” over your driver length and swing it around to test your clearance so that you don’t have to worry about damaging your club i say cut it over length because i’ve found that when people are testing their clearances, they get t-rex arms because they want the space to work. then when they swing the real thing, they’re hitting walls and ceilings. Josh Parker and cnosil 2 Quote SIM2 8º | KuroKage XD 70TX SIM 3W 14º | Fujikura Atmos Black Tour Spec 9TX SIM2 5W 18º | Fujikura Ventus Black 10X U500 2i | Fujikura Ventus HB Black 10TX T100 4-PW | Dynamic Gold X7 SM6 52* SM8 56* SM8 60* | Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 DW | BGT Stability Tour Link to comment
The 19th Hole Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 @Chip StrokesWhat is wrong with T-Rex arms....? cbhenri10, Chip Strokes and Josh Parker 3 Quote Driver: TSi4 8* w/ Tensei AV Raw White 65gr X shaft set to D-1 Hosel 3 wood: M1 13.5* Head set open w/ Fade bias weights. Irons: I-Blades PW-3i, 2* up standard length. Wedges: Glide 1.0 TS 60*, Glide 2.0 56 ES, Vokey 52* Putter: Sigma G Kushin . Ball: Various: Testing: AVX, BX, TP5x Link to comment
Josh Parker Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 Like many have said, the possibilities are endless. It's figuring out how much room you have and what you want to practice in the basement area. If you have the room for large sections of turf, they make a shallow cup that would work and turf options for whatever scenario you want to create are out there. Add a net for full swing practice. Sky's the limit Quote Paradym TD Driver w/ Ventus Blue 6S 3W MKII ZX 5's (4-6) w/ KBS Tour V MKII ZX 7's (7-PW) w/ KBS Tour V Vokey Wedges 50* 54* 58* DF2.1 Putter Link to comment
elight Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 Think about ceiling height. This is your opportunity to have a section of the basement dug a foot deeper if you need. It will be very expensive to do this after the fact. Depending in your height, you will need 9-10' of ceiling height to swing driver comfortably. Quote PXG 0211 driver, 5w, 6i-PW, GW, SW; Titleist H1 4h; Odyssey White Hot mallet. Link to comment
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