Much more serious is the potential damage to your clubs which repeated heavy impacts with concrete backed mats can cause.
Do golf mats damage clubs.
Often mats have concrete or rubber underneath them.
It can especially hurt irons.
If you warm up with a range mat you re most likely doing damage to your clubs.
And truthfully the worse your swing the more damage you can do to your lie angles.
Real grass allows a golfer to make divots.
Those fat shots can do a number on your clubs too even if you don t hit shots on mats but find yourself playing and hitting a lot of shots off firm turf.
The best thing to do is to hit the ball off those little plastic tees that are set into the mats.
That said the half life of titanium is probably 60 years or so which should mean your golf clubs should be ok.
One commonly expressed complaint is the mat can damage your golf clubs.
Mats may damage your clubs the black or green marks often left on the soles of clubs after a mat practice session are usually no more than a cosmetic annoyance.
You ll end up with green plastic on the soles of your clubs so that will have to be cleaned off.
And truthfully the worse your swing the more damage you can do to your lie angles.
Unfortunately i was coming way over the top.
They may not make the pure sound that tight fairways do but in your hands a proper strike will feel pure.
Depending on your swing your club may come in contact with the underneath surface and it can increase the speed of a club s deterioration.
For several years i would hit terrible shots off the mats yet did just fine on the course.
Those fat shots can do a number on your clubs too even if you don t hit shots on mats but find yourself playing and hitting a lot of shots off firm turf.
This includes damage that was made to the club in a fit of anger.
This rule greatly simplifies the complexity of rules on damaged clubs so next time your clubs take some damage worry not and.
Most manufacturers have a warning that damage to clubs caused by hitting off mats will void the warranty on the clubs.