Mats do not affect golf swings. People affect golf swings. Spin trajectory and all that good stuff is negated by using lighter floating golfballs. Did not hear that complaint.
You have the ability to hit off grass, BUT, you don't want to pay for it. And if you don't use the range that much, whats the big deal.
The ranges, just like the golf courses are designed to satisfy the masses. And they do and for those few people that insist on grass, just pay for it. Life is not a free popsicle.
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Originally Posted by Markgolf
All is true. The Villages do a great job at what they do.
Over the past few days I learned that grass tees were the original idea. The reason they transitioned to mats was the volume of hitting.
Well time has passed and we know more about golf mats. They are not very good on your equipment or your body. Ball speed, spin, and trajectory are affected by the mats. Low point control is adversely affected by the mats. Hitting shot after shot off a mostly square rug does little to nothing for one’s alignment skills.
My thought is to consider a change in thinking. Maybe have the villages build one grass range for every three championship golf courses. Maybe have a super range every 5 miles like there is a square every five miles. Lets create a dialogue to generate ideas that make sense with our current monies. I dont blame anyone trying to make as much money as they can, but with the number of golf holes that exist here it’s somewhat of a travesty not to have more grass tees. Many of us went “all in” moving here to live in a golf community. It is an obvious weak spot.
If the villages can build whole communities in 90 days it becomes somewhat insulting to think they cant manage a system to create more facilities with rotations of mats and grass. As more people become aware that synthetic mats can adversely affect ones game, ones body, and ones equipment the more people are going to choose other places to spend their retirement dollars. Small changes can go a long way.
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