Temp greens, permanently?

[TonyN]

Was looking on the web at various putting greens the other day and stumbled across a website and company who install artificial greens that they claim are just as good as the real thing with the same behaviour from the ball as it lands, rolls etc.

They advertise for clubs to install these greens I think as a replacement for real ones or even as permanent temps.

If I had link I'd post but I'm on phone so don't. Will find it later.
Questions...

Has any one played them?
Would anyone entertain them?
Would they be a good idea?
Would you support your clubs decision to install them?

We are on temps again today and I'm fed up!

 

[Steviebhoy]

If it’s the same artificial grass they use for some all-weather football pitched theses days then they defo won’t act same as grass. For one thing they are soft as rubbery underneath so matter what ball you use it will drop nearly dead on the spot every time.

My uncle does this as a business and don’t get me wrong it can look brilliant in gardens and stuff but just never the same as grass. One day your greens could be fast and next they could be holding up which adds to the fun of golf.

I defo wouldn't be happy if my course were to go down this route and start to install theses

 

[KeefG]

I agree with Stevie, i'd be happy for the club i'm joining to install these as permanent temp greens as its the ideal solution, but if they were to replace proper greens with these i'd be looking elsewhere.

Nothing synthetic will ever be as good as the real thing!

 

[EaseNgrace]

Norfolk premier golf have a top quality artificial grass putting green. It really does roll true and is very much like proper grass, maybe even better than the greens I play on.
They also have a large green at 150 to aim at on the range, I haven't seen it up close so I dont know if it's the same grass but I cannot get the ball to stop on it, and I usually get plenty of 'stop and spin back'.

 

[TonyN]

http://www.europeangolf.co.uk/putting/infill

That was the link I was talking about, check the website out. Doesn't look like its any old astro turf.

 

[Swinger]

Page not loading for me atm, will try later.

I'm sure they will soon have (if not already) high performinng artficial greens. I know a local county player had a artificial turf placed in his back garden to practise on but had a feeling the green itself was still real. Money wouldn't have been an object for his dad so guessing it was due to performance at the time.

If its up to the job then I would be in favour. It would have to be same as the real thing though.

Just imagine, no pitchmarks!!