Hitting off a mat

[Mandofred]

I totally accept the issue is in my head, not hiding from this

My Achilles heel.....my head.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

I totally accept the issue is in my head, not hiding from this

I was the same, but now accept it's for the good of the course come spring time and I try and slow down and not "hit" the ball. Seems to work most of the time.
However at the moment, I doubt my mat will get anymore use this winter.

 

[Doh]

I always said I would never play off a mat but guess what they introduced them last year and I love mine. Much better than playing off wet ground. I know someone who puts his mat on the temp tee mat and plays off that too.

 

[Golfnut1957]

Anyone else struggle with this? So many folk say this is easier than off grass, it’s the opposite for me. Have been hitting so many bad 2nd shots off the mat, I’ve had to resort to hitting little 100 yard punch shots just to get round.

I’ve tried 3 different mats including a Spurk, none of them work for me.

Out of curiosity, when you hit a full shot off a mat, what exactly is the outcome? Fat, thin, shank, pull?

 

[2blue]

Try going down the grip the equivalent of the thickness of the mat and taking one club more

^^^^ is the answer

 

[Crazyface]

i use a strip of artificial grass. Go to wherethey sell it and ask for a sample. Just like grass!

 

[NearHull]

I always said I would never play off a mat but guess what they introduced them last year and I love mine. Much better than playing off wet ground. I know someone who puts his mat on the temp tee mat and plays off that too.

The use of a fairway mat is not allowed on a teeing area. Check page 4 of link. Model Rule E 12.

https://static.whsplatform.englandgolf.org/clubs/1000-1/uploads/pdf/extreme%20weather%20support%20document%20v1%202%2011%2012%2024.pdf

 

[rudebhoy]

Went up to the practice ground today and did a little experiment.

Was using one of the mats below. Hit a few shots, usual mix of bad to awful shots. Then stuck a little red tee in the hole which you are meant to use to secure the mat to the ground. The top of the tee was just a few mm higher than mat. Put the ball on the tee, hit it, bingo, lovely shot. Hit about another 20 shots, all pretty good.

Took tee out, back to rubbish.

It is all definitely in the mind

 

[rudebhoy]

Out of curiosity, when you hit a full shot off a mat, what exactly is the outcome? Fat, thin, shank, pull?

A mixture of thins, and ugly slices/shanks.

 

[Golfnut1957]

A mixture of thins, and ugly slices/shanks.

I don't know if it would help but whenever I have problems off the mat I take a couple of practise swings making sure that I strike the mat solidly, I mean solid. I feel it helps re-enforce my need to really get down to the mat with the club - no thins.

It also helps that I have a Spurk, no movement from the mat when I bray the living daylights out of it.

 

[louise_a]

I ind playing off a mat easier, it is far more forgiving, mats are used at my club and I have on the cheap basic ones with the plastic bristles