Brilliant Idea?

[jtw89]

All of the high schools in my town have turf football fields, and allow the public to use them whenever they are not already being used by the district.  I figure that a football field would be a great place to track my distances for the 3/4 wedge idea.  My only real concern is I'm not sure how hitting off field turf could artificially inflate or deflate my distances.  Thoughts?

[FivePutt]

Depends on how hard the turf is.  Why can't you do that at the driving range?  Get a range finder; it's a good investment, especially if you're wanting to be that precise about your yardages.

[jtw89]

It seems to me like it would be both easier and cheaper to do this on a field rather than the range.  It doesn't help that the range I usually go to is undergoing a massive renovation.  The field you hit to is all dirt right now, and it makes it very difficult to see your ball once it's close to the ground.

[Domenic]

I agree, it always amazes me that I can send a sand wedge across an entire NFL field. I think it's just the fun of it, more than a range. But wouldn't you attract some attention, and people come over and watch you, and kids ask stupid questions, and toddlers in the landing zone?

[jtw89]

The fields are usually only used by people playing football or soccer.  I figure that I could go earlier in the day when no one would be out using the field.

[boogielicious]

Not sure what your wedge would do to the field turf.  In my town, they would go crazy if they saw me try it.

[granitegolf]

Not a crazy idea at all. I did this a bunch a couple of winters ago. Not with artificial turf but in a large baseball complex. I used a matt but was able to hit hundreds of balls. I would hit 20-30 balls with a 1/2 3/4 52 56 and 60 degree and then shoot my yardages back to my bag within the average grouping of balls. This allowed my to make a nice chart of 9 different distances with the three clubs. My stock yardage I now try to get to is 75 yards which is a 3/4 56 which gives me lots of spin.

[The Recreational Golfer]

It would increase the accuracy of your measurements to have someone downrange replacing each ball exactly where it landed.