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I'm planning on building a retractable golf net in my garage similar to the one seen below to work on my game. Wondering if you guys have any insight on what types of netting to use. I was thinking something cheaper on the sides and more expensive at the end since it will be getting hit the most. Any advice helps, thanks.

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I believe the best netting for the back is archery netting.

http://www.westcoastnetting.com/netting-products/sports/archery.html

Like that. Stuff is great. Heavy, but great. We had used some golf-specific stuff before, and it wore holes in it far too quickly. Even with two layers of it! Don't cheap out on the back wall.

You can cheap out on the side walls and the top.

I think we bought from this place, which may be the same company:

http://www.thenethouse.net/netting-products/sports-netting/golf-impact-barrier-netting/golf-impact-netting.html


Contact OnDeckSports.com for the top, sides, and back… They will build you a "cage". Then you just drop the archery netting from one of the above to put over the far wall.

Having the cage prevents you from having any seams or holes, and then the archery netting guarantees it will last a long time.

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I put one up outdoors and just strung up a $50 net between two trees hung on karabiners so that I can retract it to the side when not in use.  Wouldn't work in your garage, but if you were amenable to an outdoor model, this was super cheap

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My only comment would be that if you plan to create something in your garage you should first test to see if you can comfortable swing and follow through with space for netting above you. See if you can't hang some string or something 1-2 feet below the ceiling and then swing with whatever swings will have the highest finish (for me that happens when I try to hit a cut shot) to see if you hit the string with your swing (or if you could hit it). 

I may have, in the past, made a similar mistake in a living room. I was hitting foam golf balls around with no problems for days until I went to try and slice one around the hall corner for fun. Ended up sticking my clubhead straight through a light fixture that I had previously thought was out of reach.

Go make some funky swings, it'll give you peace of mind.

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Well, you don't have to be "in" the net to hit balls into the net. But you definitely want to make sure you have the room in your garage to make swings, yes.

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1 minute ago, iacas said:

Well, you don't have to be "in" the net to hit balls into the net. But you definitely want to make sure you have the room in your garage to make swings, yes.

Yeah, I suppose that's probably true (was thinking of the picture he originally posted). I still would recommend making some weird swings that aren't just the "normal" swing to try and get a range of the extremes. 

If you want to hit driver in there, swing that too. You could be fine with a wedge and not with a 3-wood or driver due to length (I know 8 iron was the longest I would swing indoors, until I found out with the weird swing that the real answer was that I shouldn't probably be swinging more than a lob wedge or so to avoid potential damage).

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