Carpet Putting.

[kennay92]

What is everybody's standing point on putting on their living room carpet. For me, i think it really helps me with my stroke and aiming a lot. But totally messes me up on speed for when i get on real greens.

[JJLinn]

I tried it for the first time a few days ago...just put a plastic cup down on the floor and tried to putt into it. I thought it worked pretty well, and the floor even had some break in it which added another realistic dimension to it.

[goblue107501]

I do it all the time. The biggest thing to get over is to realize that the speed will be off and to ignore it. Just work on a good stroke and the ball going where you aim. My biggest putting problem is to keep the putter online for hard strokes. I will hit balls hard into the base of the steps and am just concerned about the stroke more than how far I hit them.

Best thing to do is to get to the course early after you putt on the carpet so you can hit a few on the practice green before you play to get the 'real' feel back.

[saevel25]

Don't worry about the speed. Though you could go buy some cheap carpet that is really thing, see if that can speed thins up. Like the stuff you see at office buildings, that stuff should be fast ;b

But, just work on line and stroke mechanics.

[brgolf]

I tried it for the first time a few days ago...just put a plastic cup down on the floor and tried to putt into it. I thought it worked pretty well, and the floor even had some break in it which added another realistic dimension to it.

Subsidence!

If you get a good flat bit of bare carpet it is good even to the extent of just hitting 50 putts and counting what ratio of them hits a target 10 feet away.

[kfowler]

The stimpmeter reading on my carpet is 6.5. Yes, I've actually tested it and got a lot of funny looks from my wife. I think it's good for aiming, not so good for speed.

[Golfwolf]

I do spend a fair amount of time "carpet putting", my carpet is pretty fast but I do it to work on my stroke. I work on speed when I get to the course before a round.

[khale]

I putt on my carpet all the time. I just know that my 10 feet putts go 7 feet on my carpet. Like most other have said, I just work on the line and stroke mechanics.

[ajschn06]

Picked up a 9 ft putting mat with an automatic ball return at Target the other day for 20 bucks. I'm hoping that works better than my carpet, which is pretty thick..

[alomar123]

Picked up a 9 ft putting mat with an automatic ball return at Target the other day for 20 bucks. I'm hoping that works better than my carpet, which is pretty thick..

I find these all the time at garage sales. I got an electric one for a buck. I relize why I always see them. They do not get used past the first week.lol