Back yard green (real or fake)

[Onewood]

Every house I've owned I have always tried to grow my own golf green
My first was in Kambalda WA (sand green area) it was aprox 5 x 5 - 25m2
Second one was Rochdale, aprox 50m2 with bunker
My latest one is in mackay and is 85m2 with bunker and is the best one yet
Anyone had any success trying

[markTHEblake]

Welcome to the forum, would you like to tell us a little about yourself?

[mike]

Ever had a hole in one on any of these greens?

[mike]

Hullo kev.

[Onewood]

Hullo kev.
Hullo all, new and OLD
How do I add a pic

[perci]

How do I add a pic

No Selfies please!

[spanner039]

It's hard enough to maintain greens on a course little lone at home

I would argue near impossible to have a decent real green down south, up north is a different story where you can get away with a decent couch without to many issues

Enjoy

[Onewood]

It's hard enough to maintain greens on a course little lone at home

I would argue near impossible to have a decent real green down south, up north is a different story where you can get away with a decent couch without to many issues

Enjoy

Spanner, in some ways it is easier at home.
With a good mower, a good starting base and drainage, a similar grass in any area and the most important thing TIME
For me it's more like a hobby, I hand water and mow every day
The thing about having it at home is the lack of traffic and the complaints from members (:
I can handle the complaints from family members

[Icestorm959]

I'm thinking of getting an artificial green - have two GSD's out the back so the real stuff has no chance.
Titleist got his done and seems to look pretty good, and easy to maintain!

[Captain Nemo]

Mine is the "bomb"
;)

[Sydney Hacker]

I would be interested in charting how your putting improves now that you have it, have you noticed any improvement?

[Onewood]

Mine is the "bomb"
;)
Very nice titlelist, I didn't realise your thread was running
It is a great time of the year up north to go out of an evening and have some fun putting
The putting will improve ;)

[Captain Nemo]

The guys who did it are based in FNQ.....
Yep, i get out there most evenings with the kids, beer i hand and muck around.
Dont know if my putting and chipping will improve but my waistline might expand!
;)

[spanner039]

Spanner, in some ways it is easier at home.
With a good mower, a good starting base and drainage, a similar grass in any area and the most important thing TIME
For me it's more like a hobby, I hand water and mow every day
The thing about having it at home is the lack of traffic and the complaints from members (:
I can handle the complaints from family members

What part of that is easy? :)

Liking the fake stuff

[madboarder]

WTF Spanner? Plastic greens huhhh? For others who have played or watched a round on Melbourne's sand belt courses the greens you see have most likely to have been built by him. Must be the "life improvement time" of the day.
Then again in FNQ its not hard to grow the short stuff just be ready for lots of chemicals. Is the reason for a green in back yard is that Mrs found out where the shed is?

[mint]

I have been toying with this idea for a while now.. and like you said its more of a hobby thing.. only problem is my boxer will probably be worse
than my 3 year old on it!! and I need to buy a roller as most of the best greens that grow down south are bent grass

[Icestorm959]

Yeah dogs and greens do not mix ...

[spanner039]

Yes Madboarder, plastic for a back yard in Melbourne and Sydney anyway

It is near impossible to build a bent grass green for home and expect to have a practice putt on greens rivaling RM or the Heath.

The only one I have seen work is at a truck drivers family compound at Portsea, it's Santa Ana and has a team of grounds dudes to keep it in shape.

[spanner039]

Lucky enough to do a bit of consulting at the truck drivers Portsea family compound last week

Pretty flash and the 2nd best set up i have seen, a touch of Cypress Point - oh and its never used

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[Captain Nemo]

Wow, who's place is that????

[spanner039]

Your passing another fox

Immaculate is the only word

flys in from a helipad he has at a private Melbourne school most weekends but all the family get together there for 2 weeks every Xmas. Now and again he brings his boat down from Hamilton island, now that is something else.

[chappy1970]

I would say mr Fox's