These greens are so realistic they have grain (the foam mimics grain) so you can putt into the grain or down grain. Perhaps most importantly, they execute accurate trajectory even on short game practice (which is the dog’s favorite exercise).

Unless you’re someone who gets to play exclusive clubs with superfast greens, this will likely be too fast. Its pretty easy to find a space in a parking lot to chip balls and if you are brave enough, some longer pitch shots towards a tree in the space between parking lots. The turf has a mild trench on the edge that allows you to lay down your BirdieBall’s before you hit them and can be used to hold standard golf balls as well. No one ever refused to play Monopoly because it wasn’t real money or RISK because it wasn’t real war.This allows you to practice at a similar speed at home so that you can transition to the course effortlessly. Seriously, with this accessory all you need is an empty parking lot (or other outdoors space) to work on your golf swing.

MiniRex, BirdieRex, and Golfigator: yes, these are two inflatable dinosaurs that have aiming points to fly the ball into. When you put the flat face on the flat side, instantly your hands are in front of the golf ball at impact. But what if there was a golf training aid that you could practice with at home and groove your swing in 30 minutes or less? Without an artificial surface, it is very common for the grass to substantially impact the ball flight. Just think about how much your handicap would improve if you could simply eliminate all 3 putts during your rounds.BirdieBall’s goal is to give golfers a practice green that feels as close as possible to the real thing. BirdieBall offers a great way to practice anywhere you want but there were two minor things that I didn’t like about the product. Instead of going over the fence, it hovered in the air and fell to the ground short of the fence, maybe 60 yards away. Since this purchase in 2011 I have probably purchased four dozen of these babies - I just love them. Perhaps most importantly, even though I don’t get in 100 swings a day yet, but I’m definitely swinging a club more, and more often, honing my swing on real grass with a top-notch caddie anxiously awaiting that next swing.

But they help me stay sharp in between playing rounds and getting to the range and allow me to work on technique and perform drills without spending a small fortune on range balls. Each golf club can use these practice golf balls thanks to their limited flight distance characteristics. Where I live in Texas tends to be pretty windy, so I have experience playing these in both calm and breezy conditions (up to 25-30mph). By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising.The remarkable thing though, is that it feels like a golf ball coming off of your club face and reacts like a golf ball in flight. Remember, even if you can’t play golf or practice as much as you’d like at the driving range, you can still improve. If so, then we need to talk more about this new training aid that is taking the golf world by storm. Please note, Birdieballs flies with a driver can go an additional 20 yards, so you’ll need about 60 yards of space. They have invented an indoor putting matt that can be customized to various sizes, and more importantly different speeds.

We get a big bonus when our toddler son joins the fray, because 1) he loves helping Dad hit the balls, and 2) he gets exhilarated watching the dog do dog things: running, growling, chasing, jumping, retrieving. We thought we could come up with a material that was unique so we could govern the hysteresis of the rebound [Editor’s Note: Don’t ask] and put that in the core.You see, while the Birdie Ball is made to be the exact diameter of a real golf ball, it appears larger at address because you're looking down at a cylinder instead of a sphere. An avid golfer hits it for the first time and we count to ourselves ‘ one-two-three-wow’ and on cue, he turns around and says ‘W ow! While Birdieball advertises its product as having a flight distance of 25-65 yards, it acknowledges that this claim is subject to swing speed and conditions.