ryebread
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The mat discussion is pretty common. One. My take is this, if you have the ability to hit on decent grass do it and dont waste your time with mats it wont really help you as much as simulating golf as hitting off of grass. If you can only practice on mats it is sure better than nothing. I practice with a net and mat in my back yard and have been striking it better than ever. When on mats you really take mind of hitting the ball first.
I'd agree with this. Also, the quality of the mat does matter. My local range has these concrete type things which are horrible. I purchased a nice mat at home with a weave, and when you hit fat on that, you really know it (club slows way down).
I think the biggest negative to me when playing on turf coming off the mats, I tend to hit it thin. The concrete mats create way too much "shock" which makes me not want to be steep.