Best mat I've ever hit off of, wow!

[Ducati07]

I'm in the process of building my golf sim and have been using old mats from when I was a Golf Course Superintendent. I'm a 50 year old with a 10 handicap with the old system...if that matters. I've also got a wrist that is so bad that when the doctors look at my MRI, they all say...wow, that's impressive since it's so bad. So yes, I need all the cushioning I can get if I want to hit a couple hundred balls at a time off a mat and live to tell about it.

I purchased a CCE mat after reading about it here on this site and ordered through Costco for $450. Then I went to my old club where I was the Super....and they bought new mats which changed everything for me. They were so good that the next day I called the Pro to ask what he purchased. It's the Quattro Mat from Wittek Eagle One....a company I used to buy things from so I was familiar with them. Top notch products for sure.

So I ordered one and will be returning my CCE mat back even before I try to compare. I paid $399 for the Wittek Quattro plus another $100 for shipping. Next day after I ordered (ouch), they went on sale for $325. Get yours now.

Just thought I'd throw this post out there for others that are old and have pain like I do so that there is a solution...the Quarrto!

Play well.

[Wittek Golf]

Brett, we appreciate your feedback. We are going to keep adding to our Golf Mat line and hope to add a mat in the future that has more of the features you are looking for. If you are looking to simulate a deep to semi deep rough it would be best to hit off of the middle turf. The flexible real grass feel of the middle turf allows the ball to dig down deep. Thank you for your feedback!

[Wittek Golf]

The thickest turf pictured on the right side of the turf best simulates the Wittek Mega Mat. You are able to hit off a wood tee, and when you hit directly off of the mat you can really feel a fat shot. The middle turf is a softer grass where you could bury the ball into the grass and really get a good simulation of hitting out of the rough or just thicker grass off the fairway. Then the thinnest turf can simulate a fairway shot, but like you I am not there as often as I would like either!

The hard board under the turf is flexible, durable, and only about an inch thick. It was added to our line as an add on to a simulator, or alongside one of our mats.

[Wittek Golf]

We can ship to Canada but you would need to call in 800-869-1800
We also have a distributor in Canada: turfnetsportssupplies.com

[Brettster]

p3eps

Great idea in principle… but no use with a camera based launch monitor - as they require the ball to be placed within a certain area. My GC2 only has a hitting area of around 1ft square, which meant this didn’t really work.

Appreciate the GCQ / GC3 have a bigger hitting area, and a lot of people are now using ceiling based systems. Radar units like Trackman and Flightscope would be fine too.

I believe this will also work fine for my Garmin Approach R10 as it has a 2'x2' hitting area. I've seen the larger mat with 3 hitting areas (called a Tri-turf), this one:

https://tinyurl.com/Tri-Turf-Master-TourGolf-Mat

And also this dual-turf version:

https://tinyurl.com/Dual-Turf-TourGolf-HittingMat

What I wonder is with this Wittek, it seems not quite as 'deep rough' on the far side as that seems to be able to 'hold a tee', but that type of 'thick turf', is usually nothing at all like deep rough, as in these other mats? Wittek Golf - have you ever considered that, adding a fourth turf type, or letting the tee able area be the 'fairway turf', maybe provide a 'tee hole', or 2 or 3 along the strip? I could see something like a Fiberbuilt built in 'forever tee', would work well in there?

Thanks,
-Brett

[p3eps]

We just added to our store new mat, Tri-Lie. Its a 3 in one piece. Great addition to existing mats to simulate different grass from fairway to thick grass

A note for anyone wanting one of these. I had a similar one from Amazon as my original hitting mat back in 2015… but it was full size as a stance mat with 3 tiers of grass. Great idea in principle… but no use with a camera based launch monitor - as they require the ball to be placed within a certain area. My GC2 only has a hitting area of around 1ft square, which meant this didn’t really work.

Appreciate the GCQ / GC3 have a bigger hitting area, and a lot of people are now using ceiling based systems. Radar units like Trackman and Flightscope would be fine too.

[LeftyPegLeg]

We just added to our store new mat, Tri-Lie. Its a 3 in one piece. Great addition to existing mats to simulate different grass from fairway to thick grass

Wittek Golf - Do you ship to Canada? I couldn't find any indication on your website.

[Brettster]

Wittek Golf - thanks, could you tell us a little more about the 3 types of grass? From the link it says 1.) 40mm (about 1 1/2"), 2.) 35mm (about 1 1/4", 3.) 15mm (about 5/8").

My guess is 1 is thick/hard grass that takes a turf (like CCE or something similar)

2 is the 'real grass' turf, with actual blades of grass that make it like hitting off real rough turf, instead of fairway every time - please mention more about how much penalty an average golfer would see from fat/thin shots of this turf (and the LM used)?

3 is the 'fairway like' turf, that is like playing off perfect fairway grass which I rarely do, as I'm usually in first cut/rough after tee shot! Also, it appears your missing a 'first cut' turf?

Price is certainly good at $99.99, but I would wonder about the 'hardboard' that is under the turf? I would prefer some type of padding (or none at all), so I could mount this to a hitting strip.

[Wittek Golf]

We just added to our store new mat, Tri-Lie. Its a 3 in one piece. Great addition to existing mats to simulate different grass from fairway to thick grass

[Brettster]

Thanks myrison - exactly what I wanted to see and hear and thanks for moving it out to a separate post too.

[myrison]

Hey Brettster. I just made a separate post with pictures and videos and a review of the DivotAction ToGo mat. Figured it'd make more sense than burying in this mega thread.

https://golfsimulatorforum.com/forum/build-your-own/mats-turf-and-flooring/349033-divotaction-togo-mat

[Brettster]

myrison - ok, good to know on the SwingTurf mat... Wow 90-120 minutes can be a lot of ball-beating! Going at it solid for that amount of time... I would just play simulator rounds of golf, maybe hit a handful of drivers, irons and wedges through the bag at some local Sims and would come home with sore wrists, really bad... Until, I played on a ProTee system that a local Sim shop used, they usually have Fiberbuilt built into (screwed on) to the ProTee sensors and my wrists felt just fine. That's how I realized that Fiberbuilt was really good for my wrists, with my swing mechanics...

So, I purchased a used ProTee system, about 2 years ago now, and have it all ready to drop in to my finished Sim build, it even has 4-5 different hitting mats that I could interchange if I want to, but no need, as I would like to lay down a hitting strip area next to the ProTee sensor to hit from with my Garmin Approach R10 (claims to have a 2' x 2' hitting area that it can read with radar)...

I like what Divot Action is doing with the multiple turf types on one mat, as I really want to have rough, heavy rough, fairway, and even the 'sand' option that they show, though I see now Fiberbuilt makes a 'sand' mat too.

I still wonder how much give there is in a divot action - as their little demo-video looks like it's a chip shot??? Also, the 'to go' that you have, does that have as much give, or less give than a standard divot action, there doesn't seem to be any type of comparison on their website? I would like to see a pic of your setup, it seems the to go clips onto an existing stance mat, is that right? Not sure that will work for me, as I will have a raised floor, and will need one of the strips... is it really that loud?

Thanks again, for helping me decide...

[GullLakeMi]

I previously posted here that I started with CCE. Switched to Quattro. Was a meaningful improvement. Quattro won't take a real tee, but many tee options available. It is more forgiving than CCE, but still a bit tough on fat shots. I don't get any pain from it and generally happy. I've played over 100 rounds and it doesn't show any wear. I have not tried any of the mats with inserts.

[myrison]

Hey Brettster, the one I was talking about was the SwingTurf mat from Rain or Shine golf. They sold me on the description which was essentially that they'd solved for the perfect balance of forgiveness and durability, but for me it was still just too firm. To be fair though, I often practice for 90-120 minutes at a time and hit a lot of balls in those sessions, so I may be biased towards forgiveness more than normal.

The DivotAction does make a noise when you bottom it out (i.e. really dig deeply), but for me it really doesn't bother me. It could be because the "to go" model is smaller than the full-sized mat and as a result it doesn't make as much noise. What causes the noise is that they suspend their impact surface (turf) on a couple of pliable metal strips that give when you dig on the mat. If hit hard enough, the top surface will bottom out on the bottom surface of the divot action under the turf which is a plastic material of some sort. When the two meet with force, they made a bit of a plastic on plastic snapping sound.

On a normal shot, the sound is not noticeable to me at all as the two surfaces don't meet, and the mat is so much more forgiving than others I've hit on that even if it did make the 'bottoming out' noise every time I hit, I'd still prefer it.

You can see pictures of it under "Style 2" on this page: https://www.customdesigngolf.com/div...rade-mats.html

If you'd like a pic of it in my setup, just let me know please, I'd be happy to snap one tomorrow when I'm out there swinging.

[Brettster]

myrison - which mat was not your favorite (too firm, pain after long sessions)? I would like to know so I can place it on my do not try list... I will eventually whittle down the ones I think will work for me and go from there... Divot Action 'to-go', never heard of that... someone I noticed though said Divot Action was a loud mat to hit off, did you find that? I never heard that before, and may still consider Divot Action, so I'm curious how the to-go is different than the standard Divot action? Do you have any photos? Thanks.

[myrison]

Since you already have a stance mat, one more idea to consider Rlefig is Divot Action's add-on mat (Called Divot Action To-Go). I started using one a few months ago and really like it. I started out with another mat that wasn't my favorite (too firm, caused pain after long sessions), and the cost of the "To-Go" add on is hard to beat ($250) if you already have another mat to stand on and I've found it incredibly forgiving on the body and accurate in terms of spin and distance.