Comments on: Build Your Own 8′ x 8′ Indoor Putting Green (Cheaply!)

By: Eli

Eli — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:47:36 +0000

This is too funny! I was researching how to build a putting green in your backyard and I found your site. Very clever idea! I don't have any space inside my house to do this but I like your design and your suggestions on customization keep up the great ideas!

By: oswalt

oswalt — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:13:23 +0000

A wise man once said "masturbation does not make you better at sex. You just get better at masturbation." What you are doing here is exercising your putting muscles only. And that can be done just as simply by laying some low nap carpet or synthetic grass on the floor of your garage or patio. For cups you just mark lay a 4" felt circle/s on top and move them around as needed. When done you roll the carpet up and throw off to the side. Less materials used ( better for planet ) less money/ time/ gas spent ( good for you & planet ). Better WAF ( Wife Acceptance Factor ). Then when you find that you don't really use it that much you don't have to disassemble it. When you move it's easy to transport. And when you finally realize what the real secret to being a consistent, good putter really is you can easily throw it away. BUT- if you MUST have one of these DIY el cheapo putting surfaces then do what I did for a buddy of mine. Buy two sheets of 4x8ft 3/4" plywood ( shop grade ). Hinge them together using 1/2" x 8' piano hinge down long edges ( route out space for hinge so plywood butts together when opened like a book ). IMPORTANT: Synthetic grass is going on the outside like a book cover when closed so figure out how I set the hinge up to work so that the two grass sections close together tight like a Ping Pong table. Next cut holes where you want them. Next open it flat onto the floor and glue on grass. Trim edges, strike a line down center abutting ( hinge is underneath ) and run razor blade down this line after glue has dried. Fold it up and lay against garage wall to store. Unfold and lay flat when you want to practice. Center cut should be almost imperceptable to the eye if you did it right. Balls fall into 7/8" deep holes. Then in 9 years when there's no more water for golf courses you can play on your pretend putting green.

By: Blair

Blair — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:15:39 +0000

Go to wittekgolf.com and give them a call. I just got off the phone placing my order. the four inch deep cups were $4.something and the six inch deep cups were $6.25 or something within a quarter of that.

p.s. I talked to the rep for a while, who happened to sell the carpeting to Dicks sporting goods and he said that the "one-putt" putting surface was not as good for what we are trying to do here as the"putt softly". the one putt is something you would see at a mini golf place and the putt softly rolls at about a ten. Another perk, the putt softly is cheaper (because the one-putt is designed for high traffic)

I just ordered an 8' x 12' roll of putt softly and five six inch deep cups for 181.79 plus shipping, which has to be done freight from Georgia. That may run another $75 to get to CA.

So this will cost me $250 in just the green and the cups, but I am taking on more area.

Thanks for the walkthrough!

By: Austin

Austin — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:09:32 +0000

I am thinking about building this myself but i cant find the three cups and flags for a cheap price they are all like 20 dollars each. Does anyone know where i could find some for a cheaper price

By: Kyle

Kyle — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:56:58 +0000

Just finished mine. i did it a little different but same idea - it works really well. thanks alot for the idea and the instructions

By: andrew

andrew — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:53:51 +0000

it worked really good i love it

By: Clive Scarff

Clive Scarff — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:06:51 +0000

The area I'm working in is not conducive to what I am going to suggest, due to tree stumps and roots, but I have to believe if you dug down 3 1/2 inches and did what I did you could have the same green but flush to the rest of the yard for chipping to. Mine is built on 2x4 studs in a frame with the studs 16" apart (like a framed wall or floating floor). Or, but harder to predict, put down a bed of gravel and sand, pound it flat, and then lay your artificial turf down on that.

By: jon

jon — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:08:26 +0000

is there a way you could put it outside and make it even to the ground to chip on?

By: Clive Scarff

Clive Scarff — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:43:25 +0000

Matt said on August 4, 2009:

Hey man this is an awesome idea. I just started doing it today and ive got it all togetther except the carpet. Although when I walk on the parts of the would where I dont have a brace it feels like it is about to fall through. Did you buy a special kind of partical board or something. Please email me or something to help me out on this. Thanks

I am finishing off mine today (though outside not inside). I used OSB (oriented strand board) in 8x4 sheets but i made sure i had 2x4s going across (4 ft widths not every 16" and so far it seems very sturdy. Hope this helps!

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:52:21 +0000

Hey man this is an awesome idea. I just started doing it today and ive got it all togetther except the carpet. Although when I walk on the parts of the would where I dont have a brace it feels like it is about to fall through. Did you buy a special kind of partical board or something. Please email me or something to help me out on this. Thanks