Fairway mats

[Mel Smooth]

I'm loving the Spurk, put it down next to your ball (instead of sticking a tee peg in the ground), lift clean and place the ball back on the mat, and smash it off a lovely aligned lie at the target. Way better than trying to play off a wet or muddy fairway or trudging across the fair way to take a shot from the semi, although that's not a requirement at our place anyway.

 

[Burnsey]

Local rule last game I played was mats from anywhere except the greens. Didn't even have to find a fairway for a decent lie!

 

[Mandofred]

I've actually gone back to the cheapie mat from the Spurk. The only advantage for ME with the Spurk is on fat shots.....the mat doesn't give as much. Although on a day like today you would have had trouble getting a Spurk to work on the frozen ground.....everybody in our 4 ball were using cheapie mats.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I'm loving the Spurk, put it down next to your ball (instead of sticking a tee peg in the ground), lift clean and place the ball back on the mat, and smash it off a lovely aligned lie at the target. Way better than trying to play off a wet or muddy fairway or trudging across the fair way to take a shot from the semi, although that's not a requirement at our place anyway.

Good reminder for me to position the mat with front edge aligned with where ball was so that ball on mat is no closer to hole than it’s original position.

 

[Sid Rixon IV]

I've actually gone back to the cheapie mat from the Spurk. The only advantage for ME with the Spurk is on fat shots.....the mat doesn't give as much. Although on a day like today you would have had trouble getting a Spurk to work on the frozen ground.....everybody in our 4 ball were using cheapie mats.

A few seasons back I developed a fault in my swing which found me hitting the mat all over the shop. I decided a Spurk was sturdy enough to withstand this fault until it simply passed.
I ended up smashing it in half.
I repaired it with a metal plate I found in my garage and lashings of superglue and was quite pleased.
A few days later I took a shot and saw half my Spurk fly through the air followed by a metal plate.
The fault passed after a few games but it's the cheap mats for me ever since.
(One of the guys in our club is a floorer and he and all his mates use offcuts of astroturf!)

 

[Mandofred]

A few seasons back I developed a fault in my swing which found me hitting the mat all over the shop. I decided a Spurk was sturdy enough to withstand this fault until it simply passed.
I ended up smashing it in half.
I repaired it with a metal plate I found in my garage and lashings of superglue and was quite pleased.
A few days later I took a shot and saw half my Spurk fly through the air followed by a metal plate.
The fault passed after a few games but it's the cheap mats for me ever since.
(One of the guys in our club is a floorer and he and all his mates use offcuts of astroturf!)

I still say.....if you hit the ball decently it doesn't matter what kind of mat you have. The Spurk is prettier though.......

 

[clubchamp98]

The most important thing for me about using a mat was ably demonstrated yesterday. On the 3rd I was a foot off the fairway, the club have mandated mats for fairways only, so I played my approach with my PW directly off the turf (mud). It was as good a shot as any I had hit earlier in the round off the mat, the main difference was the 8 inch long shag pile rug that I created and which pretty much disintegrated in midair. I did my best to repair the damage, but the truth is that scar is now there until April/May.

The daftest thing is there is currently hardly any definition between fairway and semi. Why the club just don't mandate mats right up to the tree line and save even more of the course is beyond me.

Ours is the same.
Stupid rule imo. It’s winter and no comps!

 

[Mel Smooth]

Ours is the same.
Stupid rule imo. It’s winter and no comps!

Ours is also - if it's preferred lies in the general area then the common sense take would be mats in the general area.

 

[clubchamp98]

Ours is also - if it's preferred lies in the general area then the common sense take would be mats in the general area.

Yes very much like football the people in charge making poor decisions.

We received an email update to remind us it’s no mats in the rough.
Surely if someone wants to just let them.