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I have been wanting to have a little indoor putting green to be able to practice at night, on breaks while working from home, etc. I looked into birdieball, big moss and some other pre-made ones but I really wanted it to be more realistic and for the ball to drop into a real cup.
I spent the past two months or so contemplating the design, going through turf samples, and trying to make the design easy to build. I ended up going with Starpro MPT putting turf and paid a lot extra to buy some pretty well finished 1 x 12's for the outer frame to save the time and effort of trying to straighten and finish rough lumber.
Today was the day it all came together. It's 12' x 4' with three regulation metal cups. Total cost was about $500 and $300 of that was the Starpro turf, although I did use a bunch of tools and screws I already had.
The toughest part was the turf. I ordered it from Home Depot because it was about $50 cheaper than ordering direct from Starpro when you include shipping costs. Surprisingly, the hardest part of the build for me was the turf. I ordered a 15 x 4 piece expecting to simply need to chop 3 feet off the end. Well it turns out they sent me a piece that was 4'3" wide and not square, so it took me a solid 2 hours to cut it perfectly square with freaking scissors inches at a time. Clean up from cutting all that turf was a nightmare too but well worth it.
Here are some pictures of the build. I did it all in a single day.
I spent the past two months or so contemplating the design, going through turf samples, and trying to make the design easy to build. I ended up going with Starpro MPT putting turf and paid a lot extra to buy some pretty well finished 1 x 12's for the outer frame to save the time and effort of trying to straighten and finish rough lumber.
Today was the day it all came together. It's 12' x 4' with three regulation metal cups. Total cost was about $500 and $300 of that was the Starpro turf, although I did use a bunch of tools and screws I already had.
The toughest part was the turf. I ordered it from Home Depot because it was about $50 cheaper than ordering direct from Starpro when you include shipping costs. Surprisingly, the hardest part of the build for me was the turf. I ordered a 15 x 4 piece expecting to simply need to chop 3 feet off the end. Well it turns out they sent me a piece that was 4'3" wide and not square, so it took me a solid 2 hours to cut it perfectly square with freaking scissors inches at a time. Clean up from cutting all that turf was a nightmare too but well worth it.
Here are some pictures of the build. I did it all in a single day.
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