Putting Greens

[sodzilla]

Have any of you guys ever installed or thought of doing synthetic putting greens? I've seen a couple of them at our local Parade of Homes. Do you think they would be a money maker or not. You can check them out at www.allprogreens.com

[D Felix]

It'd take a true golf nut to want one installed in their back yard...

However, I can confidently say that to build a "natural" putting green would cost a LOT more than a synthetic. I have no idea what goes into installing a synthetic, or what they cost, but I have built real ones, and they take a lot of material.

This probably didn't answer your question though, did it?


Dan

[KODIAK]

There is defiantly money in synthetic putting greens. If , you have the necessary equipment to install one. There is a good article in January 2003 Turf Magazine.

You won't know until you try.

[Team Gopher]

Hi Sodzilla,

This was brought up in another post as well, here. That post had some more insightful information.

[impactlandscaping]

People who have them installed around here have "backyard leagues".Each week, everyone goes to a new"course" at someone's home,chip and putt contests ensue, then they move to the next guys house the next week.Usually everyone gets drunk and has a good time. We have thought about getting in to it, but I'd rather focus on what we do well for the time being.

[Trim Creations]

I install putting greens, vary hard to sell but good $$$, they are vary easy to install. the last one was 874sq feet five hole 3guys 4 days lots of ground prep. 13k then landscaped it for 17k.