ProTee Mats (rough and sand?)

[ks-man]

I see online a few different options to add to hitting mats such as rough and sand mats. Am I correct that you can't use these for ProTee since you always have to hit the ball off the actual ProTee mat? Would these only be used for launch monitors like Foresight? Assuming that is the case, with ProTee are you always just assuming that you are hitting off the fairway and the software will apply some calculation as to how it comes out of the rough or sand? Do these mats work well and would that be a reason to consider the GC2 over ProTee? I wish I could claim my game was good enough to always hit out of the fairway however I'd say I'm lucky if I hit more than 5 or 6 fairways a round.

[Bubba22]

There is no mat or insert that mimics sand or deep rough well at all. The dont work with Protee. ProTee calculate penalty from sand, rough, deep rough.

[ks-man]

There is no mat or insert that mimics sand or deep rough well at all. The dont work with Protee. ProTee calculate penalty from sand, rough, deep rough.

Thanks. That is kind-of what I figured. I was looking at products like these hitting mats but guessed they weren't very realistic. Same with the stuff I've seen on the Full Swing Golf videos. So you do you try and swing harder if the ball is in the deep rough on ProTee or do you just club up? What if it is in thick rough, do you need to take a more lofted club to get it out or do you just accept that a simulator will never fully be able to mimic those aspects of a real course?

[Hoosierdaddy]

I have played on systems that allow you to use the different surfaces. There is a bit of a difference. But nothing like being in the gnarly rough. And the sand is, well what can I say, it's not sand.

On the Protee/TGC/Protee 2.0 there is a penalty for the rough of approx 7% heavy rough is approx 13%, And sand is 30-40% if in a greenside bunker and 10% for a fairway bunker. True you hit from a perfect lie every shot. Nothing can be done about that fact. Personally I don't miss having to hit out of the rough. Winter is kind of like a vacation from the rough LOL.

[aja]

I'd agree with Hoosier - you don't really need the different textures. I'm also usually not on the fairway, but the ProTee software adjusts for the type and depth of rough so it is just as tough on you as if you really were hitting from the rough.

My view is that the ProTee is more for high handicappers (who rarely find the fairway), while the GC2 is more for low handicappers who will be able to use ball spin data to make swing adjustments.

Also ProTee is more or less a permanent set-up and GC2 is portable and doesn't require a permanent build out.