Backyard home putting greens.

This week we will help guide you through some of the major steps in building your very own backyard home putting green.

1. Plan out your design and installation:

Choosing a good location: Choose a good area in your backyard for the putting green. Especially considering important factors like the shape, size, style and esthetics.

Design and Layout: Make a choice on the layout of your green. The right size shape, look and any and all the unique features such as undulation, slopes, and traps or bunkers.

2. Buy the right materials and tools:

Artificial Grass: Purchase the best high quality golfing turf espescially designed and tested for outdoor home putting greens.

Choose the Gravel: You'll need the proper size gravel to ensure a stable base for your back yard golf green.

Landscape Edge Material: Purchase materials like treated wood or firm recycled plastic and wood composite edging to clearly define the border of your backyardgolfgreen.

Tools: You will need basic tools like shovels, a wheelbarrow, a rake, and a plate compactor.

3. Prep the desired area:

Clear out the chosen area: Remove any sod or grass, rocks and/or debris from the area.

Level the Ground: Use a shovel and a level to create a flat surface. Remove any high spots and fill in low spots with soil. Compact the Soil: Use a compactor to ensure a solid, level base.

4. Create the Base:

Build the Base: Install the first layer of gravel and compact each layer thoroughly to create a stable base.

Lay out the Landscaping Fabric: Place landscaping fabric under the base on home puttinggreen surfaces and optional over or under in fake grass areas.

5. Installing the Artificial golf grass:

Roll Out the Turf: Carefully unroll the artificial turf over the prepared base.

Secure the Golf Turf: Staple or Nail the golfturf at the the edging to ensure it is smooth, tight and without wrinkles or rolls.

Trim Excess Turf: Use a utility knife to trim any excess turf along the edges.

6. Dig the Holes and install the Cups:

Create Holes: Dig holes for the cups using the proper tool, usually a hole saw or a fabricated cup cutter.

Install Cups: Place the cups in the holes and secure them in place.

7. Now for the Final Touches:

Sand Infill: Spread sand infill over the turf to provide proper surface consistency and to maintain the ball's roll or stoping of chip shots and ball checks.

Adding Slopes and Bunkers or Sand Traps (Optional Step):

If you want to enhance the challenge, create bunkers or add slopes using sand and turf.

Regular Maintenance: Keep your golfgreen in best shape by regularly brushing of the turf and by adding sand infill as needed, and always cleaning unnecessary debris from the surface areas.

8. Enjoying Your Home Putting Green:

Practice: Spend lots of time perfecting your putting skills right in your home backyard.

Entertain: Invite your friends and family over for some exciting putting games and competetive home golf game competitions . Building a back yard putting green can be a rewarding DIY project that can add considerable value to your property and provides many hours of home golf fun. With careful planning, hard work, and close attention to details, you can build your own DIY putting green that you will surely be proud of for many, many years.