Backyard golf practice tools

Golf practice mat

The first item you need is a practice mat, unless you have a giant backyard and don’t mind chewing it up with your divots!

The practice mat I’ve used as seen in the image to the right is the Dura-Pro Premium golf mat.

I recommend this one over their residential versions as it gives you the feel of a higher quality mat you’ll find at a good driving range.

I’ve had mine for about five years and it has held up very well in spite of being left in the yard all year round.

You can find it on Amazon here… Dura-Pro Premium golf mat.

Golf Practice Net

In my experience, you can’t go cheap on these practice nets.  If you have a fairly high swing speed, it is easy to hit a ball through the cheaper nets.

Therefore, the one golf practice net I recommend most is the Net Return product seen to the right.

These are not cheap, and you will also need to buy their side netting as well to be sure your really bad shots don’t go through your neighbor’s window!

With that said, these practice nets receive the highest reviews on Amazon.  You can find them here… Net Return.

The Launch Monitor

The last piece of equipment for your backyard golf practice setup is the launch monitor.

Hitting balls into a net without launch monitor really doesn’t do much good.

If you are hitting bad shots without knowing it, then you will be grooving some bad swing faults.

Launch monitors are not perfect, but they will at least provide you with trends in your ball striking so that you will know if something needs corrected in your swing.

Now, there are launch monitors for just about any budget, but if you are serious about your backyard practice, you will want as much feedback as possible.

Here is the minimal feedback you want from your launch monitor…

• Swing speed
• Ball speed
• Ball carry
• Launch angle
• Swing path
• Club face angle
• Face angle to swing path
• Side Spin
• Back spin

The two launch monitors I recommend, depending upon your budget are the Garmin R10 and the Flightscope Mevo2.

The Garmin R10 is the more budget friendly of the two and will provide you with the minimal data listed above.

It also does have some simulator capabilities, and according to users, provides reasonably accurate data.

The Flightscope Mevo2 is more than double the price, but is considered more accurate and has significantly more features that are even appealing to clubfitters.