Golf is becoming a popular sport and many golfers are realizing the convenience and luxury of practicing it at their own places. Due to this reason, backyard putting has come into picture. Back yard putting greens are the handy way to practice golf. The back yard putting greens also add to the value of your house by adding attractive landscape features and thereby raising the housing values.
Back yard putting greens can be of natural grass or synthetic turf grass. You can create your own back yard putting if you want to. There are many do it yourself-kits available in the market for backyard putting.
In case you want to go for natural grass, you will have to be prepared for a lot of things. You will have to research for the grass varieties that grow well in the climate of your place. You will have to select the warm climate turf grass or the cool season golf grass depending on the climate prevailing. You will have to see to it that the soil is good for the particular type of turf grass.
You will have to be acquainted and be prepared to go in for the practices involved in maintenance practices of the golf course. You will have to prepare for regular irrigation, fertigation, disease and pest management, etc. this will also increase your budget of having the backyard putting. It is cheaper to sow the putting green when compared to its maintenance.
It is much cheaper if you opt for a synthetic turf grass. It will reduce the maintenance hassles and will also reduce the expenditure drastically. It is very economic to have artificial turf grass in your back yard putting.
Installing backyard putting green is easy. You will have to buy the do it yourself kit if you want to develop your own backyard. You can also hire a professional to do the same and it will definitely enhance the quality of your turf.
You need to prepare the area where you wish to have your backyard putting. You will have to dig holes for the sleeves and cups and fill them with concrete. The next step would be to lay the base and putting green on it. Cut the edges and then the holes and thereafter, fit in the cups properly and seal the outer edges of the putting greens with a4 inch galvanized spikes. It will also be good to install a sand trap in the putting greens.
Putting green accessories:
To have a complete backyard of putting greens you need to have several the putting green accessories. This gives the feeling of real golf greens in your backyard. For such putting greens you’ll need few cups for holes. These are available in the market and the size is exactly as that of the ones found on the regular golf course. There are flags with handles and ball trap discs which aids in ball removal.
Regulation ball washers are required to add that perfect touch of authenticity to your backyard greens. Handy starter kits are available with instructional videos. It will help you while you install your own putting green.
