Setting Up A Backyard Putting Green – Basic Guide
Do you want to setup a nice backyard putting green at home? Many golfers out there caught up to this opportunity and practice from the comfort of their home and improve their game more and more each week.
Owning your home green to practice putting is a big dream for many golfers. But too many don’t make it a concrete goal and never realize how easy it is to set up your own backyard putting green.
It’s quite a simple project and can be done in a few hours. Yes, some of the work is quite delicate. But you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to set one up at home. All you need is pay some attention to the detail and get to work fueled by your love for the game.
The first step is to have a good look at the site where you plan on setting up the green. You can do this essential first step literally right now! It costs no money to go out, have a good look at your backyard and imagine a nice and beautiful putting green right there.
Have a close look at your surroundings.
If there is lots of traffic you might need to raise the fence a bit. This is just a careful consideration because we won’t be doing full swings, right? We’re just practicing some putting.
Next, look at the soil. Get rid of any lumps and stones and generally tidy it up as good as you can. You want to be able to create a level and flat green in your backyard. Rake the soil and use a pick and a shovel to create a nice level area for your putting green. It’s not that hard – everyone can do that.
The next step is to lay out some good soil for our putting green to grow on. Rake it evenly across the whole area – you want to have it about one inch thick.
If you want to do a really good job for the long-term, lay out a bed of sand before you rake out the good soil.
When that’s all done, you need the irrigation system. If you’re unsure you might require to talk to an expert about this, but you can easily get advice online. You have to water the green at the same hour every day because the grass is very delicate and sensitive. It might sound like a lot of hassle right now, but you get used to it after a week. Then it becomes just a part of every day life.
After you made yourself familiar with the maintenance of the green, I recommend you set up a maintenance schedule and check back with an expert for him to review it. It’s important that you cat the watering and moving cycles right.
Supervision of the putting green is important. We have to know the peculiar needs of the grass type we have placed in our backyard putting green.
But when we have our backyard putting green already functional its enjoyment will more than outweigh the necessary maintenance work.