Putting practice across artificial surfaces

[cleanstrike]

I'm sure many of us sometimes practice putting across the carpet at home or in the office or on the green baize of a putting practice mat but how realistic do you feel it is in terms of replicating the feel and speed of a real green? I appreciate that it depends on the thickness of your carpet and a shagpile would be no good at all (unless you were practicing chipping out of the rough ) but thinner carpets I was thinking of.

 

[CMAC]

I'm sure many of us sometimes practice putting across the carpet at home or in the office or on the green baize of a putting practice mat but how realistic do you feel it is in terms of replicating the feel and speed of a real green? I appreciate that it depends on the thickness of your carpet and a shagpile would be no good at all (unless you were practicing chipping out of the rough ) but thinner carpets I was thinking of.

about as close to a real green as we are to playing in this years Masters :lol:

 

[One Planer]

I'm sure many of us sometimes practice putting across the carpet at home or in the office or on the green baize of a putting practice mat but how realistic do you feel it is in terms of replicating the feel and speed of a real green? I appreciate that it depends on the thickness of your carpet and a shagpile would be no good at all (unless you were practicing chipping out of the rough ) but thinner carpets I was thinking of.

I work mainly on technique at home not speed.

At the range I use they have an indoor Huxley putting green (https://www.huxleygolf.co.uk/golf-at-home/greens/installed-all-weather-greens/putting-greens) that I find pretty much mirrors the green speeds at my course. I spend plenty of time here working on pace and line.

 

[tsped83]

I used to practice a lot of putting at home on the carpet, but experience has taught me it's counterproductive. Nothing like a green at all and you can get too disheartened/pleased with how it may go on the hallway green. Much better to get on the practice green for numerous reasons I'm too lazy to type.

Bad practice is worse than no practice.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

My new carpets are running about 4 on the stimp and no comparison to the course. Not doing any work on the stroke at home but waiting for my trip to the SAM lab at Pachesham and a look at my stroke and decide how and what to practice

 

[Robobum]

As long as you haven't got a shagpile carpet the practice at home is ver useful.

Only looking at the stroke and getting the ball started rolling on correct line - pace & break not important. Putt at something very small - a 5p piece or something.

Also, if possible, try to putt at an angle across the room - the straight lines of the walls or skirting makes it too easy otherwise

 

[Pin-seeker]

You're all crazy:smirk:

 

[cookelad]

Had 3 different styles/speeds of carpet in the house when I was growing up so when I was playing in The Open I was in the living room, The Masters was the kitchen whereas regular tour events were played between bedrooms!

Now I'm all grown up - read don't have time to play in The Masters/Open/tour events - I just work on technique at home.

 

[MashieNiblick]

Remember hearing on Masters TV commentary once that a player prepared for the fast greens by putting on the lino in his kitchen.

 

[garyinderry]

best place to practice. I regularly putt during the ads on television. I used to be able to chip in our old flat. those days are gone. I can also take pretty much a full swing with an iron in the living room. :thup:

 

[ger147]

I have one of these...

http://www.paceyourputt.com/Paceyourputt golf putting mat and how it works.html

I find it useful for pace as well as technique practice.

 

[duncan mackie]

I use the 28ft run over lino in the conservatory

nothing to do with feel (which I don't belive in anyway) and everything to do with controlled stroke all round.

 

[gdrblue]

Never really stuck to putting on the carpet to see if it made any difference to my game, think I will try this year though as I'm changing back to a blade putter just don't feel comfortable with the 2 ball.

 

[AMcC]

I have been practicing hard this winter putting on a rug we have. It has a fairy tight pile and offers a really good roll. It has squares on it, so is really good for working on alignment and ball position. I have a plastic disc, the size of a hole, which was a freebie inGM magazine a while back and gives me something to aim at and roll the ball over. Not so much bothered about the speed, more about the technical stuff.

Much to my wife's disgust I have also been using the rug for chipping practice, from the rug up non to a chair, but only with plastic balls.
Seems to have been productive, and is good considering at nights you can't do much else in terms of short game.

 

[BTatHome]

Can't see the point in practicing for speed/pace unless your course also has carpets laid.

Speed/pacer practise is for the putting green before the game, no point for me in knowing the speed of my laminate floor but happy to practise my stroke anywhere.

 

[garyinderry]

I use the 28ft run over lino in the conservatory

nothing to do with feel (which I don't belive in anyway) and everything to do with controlled stroke all round.

I love the way you know its 28 feet. :thup: house golf rules !

 

[delc]

The greens in Abu Dhabi look like perfect fine pile carpets to me.

 

[MadAdey]

All this type of practice is good is technique. I just stick a cup about 10 foot from me and practice rolling the ball into it.