January 14, 2021

Not all synthetic grasses are made equal or for the same purpose. If you’re looking for high-quality artificial grass for a commercial or residential golf green project or installation, you can’t just pick up a roll of turf from your local Austin big box store and assume that it will provide you with the same play experience as the greens at the golf course. Also if that turf isn’t even designed for golf. No, you should have a product where a chip shot will land, bounce, roll, stop, and repond as naturally to a professional golf green as possible. And to maximize your investment, you want a putt to break and roll as it should from club face to the cup too. It is not too much to ask for, professional player or not.


The properties and qualities to look out for when doing your research on artificial grass for your golf green projects should be, unsurprisingly, the play properties of your local golf courses. Let’s start with landing on the green. When you successfully get a chip shot on the green, you would presume it will land by the grass properly, bounce properly, and roll naturally. Hopefully, towards the cup. That last part is up to you, though. Unfortunately, many synthetic grass products won’t deliver on that, unable to replicate the same bounce real greens do. Our products are specifically and scientifically developed to be realistic in this way and provide 20-25% more ball retention than other leading artificial turf products.


Arguably, it’s putting where the proper roll, aim, and natural golf ball action become even more important. How could you possibly improve putt consistency when you are putting on a low-quality turf that lacks natural action? No matter if you struggle with cut-throughs, spin, shoving, putter release, or even recovering from missed putts, realistic golf ball action matters. Practicing your aim and game on a synthetic golf green that can’t match the same standard as the greens at the course might be more detrimental to your game than helpful. If you’re looking to improve your putting, you have to discover a genuine feeling artificial grass designed for golf. Our synthetic grass for golf isn’t just designed to this end; many professional players you’ve heard of endorse it.


When you recognize that synthetic golf greens aren’t simply designed for residential backyard putting greens but are also often used at many of your favorite professional golf courses, you may be curious about how the pros feel about playing on it. Well, 55 plus PGA golf icons, such as Jack Nicklaus, Rickie Fowler, Annika Sörenstam, and Hale Irwin stand by the top quality of Southwest Greens of Austin’s artificial grass products. Lots of professional courses use our artificial turf for their putting greens to save costs and for the high quality of top-quality synthetic turf, including Top of the Rock Golf Course in Missouri and The Hong Kong Golf and Tennis Academy. And though you’ll find that our products make excellent turf for residential properties, they are also used by many commercial customers. The Waldorf Astoria, Google, Samsung, Bently, and Petter Miller, to name a few, that believe in our products.


Our artificial grass is top notch, no doubt. That’s why we’ve been awarded Golf Digest's Best Synthetic Putting Greens award from 2016-2020. If you are a seasoned golfer or beginner, or even a commercial consumer, Southwest Greens of Austin’s quality artificial grass is the best choice for realistic bounce, aim, and roll on synthetic turf.