What People Are Saying
★★★★★ Customer Reviews
After owning my custom-sized (6'x26') only briefly, I have a few observations. First, the green performs exactly as advertised. It is not lightning fast, which would create inaccurate speed training. My green averages 10.5 on a USGA "Stimpmeter". This is useful, realistic speed, precisely the way my greens roll at the TPC at Sawgrass. Secondly, the speed of the green is influenced by humidity, putting a bit more slowly on hot, humid days. This perfectly replicates the speed changes on our warm, humid AM rounds. Third, (not mentioned on the website) is the accuracy of the missed putts. The Tour Links cup allows very realistic "lip-outs," so hitting the edges with a bit too much pace, you've missed, fairly and accurately. This positively reinforces speed control. Every other accolade made by other owners has proven to be well earned. The Tour Links green is a wonderful product and will improve your putting if you put in the practice time. Jim Walsh Ponte Vedra, FL
Thanks for asking me to provide a testimonial for the use of the Tour Links panel system. I appreciate the fact that you value my opinion. As you know, I have been installing sand filled greens on top of compacted stone bases now for over 6 years and I was trained by probably the best installation company in the industry. I have recently become an independent installer and I am very excited to begin using the Tour Links panels. While a compacted stone surface is the surface of choice for my former franchise, one disturbing finding has been the shifting of the surface after a few winter freezes and thaws. A stone base takes a lot of time and effort to get just right. When am called to do a maintenance, there is nothing worse than finding that some putts no longer travel along the path that I worked so hard to provide. Another issue is when I find that the turf either shrinks or expands due to temperature changes. Recently, I was asked to do a maintenance on a surface where the putting cups were not aligned properly with the putting surface, even with the weight of the sand filled surface, the turf still shifted slightly. The turf was found to be overhanging the cup where the turf had to be trimmed. It is easy to see that with the floating cup system that is built into the Tour Links panel, turf issues are solved. While I realize that the tiles are more costly than stone, the whole reason for doing this business is to provide the best putting surface to a customer that will last the test of time. I have completed 2 jobs this year using the panels, one using a sand filled surface and the other, a nylon surface that required much less sand infill. Both customers were thrilled with their installations. The reason for the different putting surfaces is due to the way that the green will be utilized. I have found that a sand filled green is best to use if the customer wants to hit shots into the green and the nylon surface is a great choice for chipping and putting. So from years of experience, I can see that by using the Tour Links panels, the surface will remain the most consistent surface possible. I was able to create some interesting breaks and elevation for the customers and I am now convinced that using the panels not only speeds up the installation process but will provide a putting surface that my customers will be proud and happy to own. Thanks Dave for your dedication to the golf industry and for providing a product that just makes perfect sense to use. Jim Dickson Green Life Designs, LLC Galloway, NJ
Matt: I heard the advertisement for the Tour Links putting green on your broadcast yesterday. I can attest that the purchase of my Tour Links Putting green has made the biggest difference of any other training aid than I have ever purchased. I got mine for Christmas 2 years ago. I worked several hours a week through the winter on my putting stroke. The following season, I lowered my handicap from 16 to 12. Primarily because of my improved putting. I went from averaging 37 Putts per Round to an average of 33 putts per round. Worked through the winter off season again last winter and dropped my putts per round to 31 this past season. My handicap index is now down to 10.1. I went from putting being the biggest weakness in my game to now I am very confident over every putt and don't look at any putt I don't think I can make. I would highly recommend the Tour Links putting green to anyone looking to improve their game. Tim Roaten Mount Joy, Pennsylvania 17552