Golf practice cage

darraghjm

Hi,
I'm interested in getting a golf practice cage in my back garden, something similar to this


Anyone know of anyone in Ireland who sells them or know of anyone who has one, I think it may be usefull in the winter months while working on a few things

DULLAHAN2

darraghjm wrote: »

Hi,
I'm interested in getting a golf practice cage in my back garden, something similar to this


Anyone know of anyone in Ireland who sells them or know of anyone who has one, I think it may be usefull in the winter months while working on a few things

Heres a couple of places
http://www.btgnets.com/gc-pn.htm
http://www.safenet-ireland.com/Golf-nets.html

DH2K9

Argos do something like that. Probably all crap though.

sweetswing

much better to build one yourself for a fraction of the price

darraghjm

sweetswing wrote: »

much better to build one yourself for a fraction of the price

Was looking at building one myself, but not really sure i'd be able too,
thanks for all replies,

GreeBo

I believe G&G Netting Co Ltd make them...

I got a cheap one before and the netting rotted within a year of being outside...found out when a 7iron when whistling over the neighbours fence...:eek:

darraghjm

GreeBo wrote: »

I believe G&G Netting Co Ltd make them...

cheers!:rolleyes:

PhilipMarlowe

The frame wouldn't be that difficult I'd say. Go to a steel supplier and get galvanised tube and you can get galvanised tube clamps to take care of the various junctions so no welding required... just cutting the bars to length and the clamps are tightened with an allen key I think.
Looking at the pictures you could at least coest the frame based on the measuremants and see if it would be worth the trouble. The netting would need to be good and then a quality mat too I suppose?

GreeBo

I'd see if a scaffolding company has any stuff that is not longer safe for them to use, modern scaffolding is all just bars and clamps, the netting is actually quite expensive as you really want nylon to survive the weather here.

I use one of those cheapy plastic grass door mats for swinging on at home, it will wear out but they are cheap and cheerful.

mchammer

slightly off topic - but would anyone know where you could get a good practice mat.. something like the fiberbuilt mats from http://www.rangeball.co.uk/ for a half decent price?? not looking to pay €500!
thanks

charlieIRL

Argos ones are terrible. I got the dear one and within a week had punched a load of holes in it - thankfully I live out the country!!

Remember you'll need a mat as well, I've part of my garden well ploughed up from using the net.

G1032

darraghjm wrote: »

Hi,
I'm interested in getting a golf practice cage in my back garden, something similar to this


Anyone know of anyone in Ireland who sells them or know of anyone who has one, I think it may be usefull in the winter months while working on a few things

Very bad idea to practice in one of these things. You have no way of ever knowing what shape your shot took. You might think you have hit it well but you've got no idea where it would have gone. You could develop very bad habits, unknown to yourself.
These nets should only be used to warm up and loosen out before a round begins and not used for working on your swing

dvemail

G1032 wrote: »

Very bad idea to practice in one of these things. You have no way of ever knowing what shape your shot took. You might think you have hit it well but you've got no idea where it would have gone. You could develop very bad habits, unknown to yourself.
These nets should only be used to warm up and loosen out before a round begins and not used for working on your swing

While i do agree with you, i do think that a golf net out the back of your house is great for your game. Not everybody can make it out to the golf course or a driving range whenever they want.
Ive one out the back and while i may not know the shape of each shot i do get to work on my ball striking, which is very important.

Irishvillian

Get one of these http://www.youtube.com/user/thenetreturn

conno16

may as well practice on the wii for a few hours everyday
at least that way you get to pretend you're walking around st andrews, augusta, doonbeg, pebble beach, torrey pines, etc