SKLZ Rick Smith Launch Pad - All Purpose Hitting Mat
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Description of SKLZ Rick Smith Launch Pad - All Purpose Hitting Mat
Hitting Mat: Tee Fairway Rough. Practice all your shots in the right lies. The Launch Pad lets you hit off the tee, on the fairway, or out of the rough. Practice driving, iron shots, and short game.Practice all your shots in a variety of lies with the SKLZ Rick Smith Launch Pad all-purpose hitting mat. The mat offers several hitting surfaces: a trio of tees for hitting with oversized drivers, fairway woods, or irons, a fairway surface that simulates the feel of short grass, and a rough surface that mimics the conditions of swinging through a tough lie.
 The Launch Pad offers 3 tees for drivers, woods, and irons. |
 Includes rough surface for practicing a tough lie. |
About Rick Smith
Famed golf instructor Rick Smith has helped guide some of the most accomplished golfers in the world to major championship wins, including three-time major winner Phil Mickelson and two-time U.S. Open champion Lee Janzen. He's also worked with such golf luminaries as Jack Nicklaus, Vijay Singh, Paul Azinger, Greg Norman, David Duval, Billy Andrade, and Raymond Floyd. Regarded as one of the PGA Tour's best sounding boards for swing advice and consistently ranked one of the top 10 golf instructors in the world by Golf Digest magazine, Smithy currently runs Rick Smith Golf Academies at the Treetops Resort in Gaylord, Michigan, and Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida.
About SKLZ
The flagship brand of Pro Performance Sports LLC, SKLZ was built around the popularity of the company's legendary baseball swing trainer, the Hit-A-Way. After starting with a complete line of baseball and softball trainers, the company expanded into football, tennis, soccer, hockey, lacrosse, and most recently, a full spectrum of golf training products. Headquartered in San Diego, the SKLZ team consists of both seasoned professionals and young upstarts in the sporting goods industry who are passionate about delivering the best skill development products to athletes of all ages.
Sports reviews of SKLZ Rick Smith Launch Pad - All Purpose Hitting Mat
Customer Review: Does the job
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
Maybe the poor reviewers received "lemons" but the one I have is great! It serves its purpose well and has helped me keep my sanity by allowing me to practice my swing inside during the snow storms. The two tees (of different height) also help simulate tee shots with your driver and irons.Customer Review: Golf mat
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
Seems to be well made. I haven't tried it yet but I like the fact that it has two levels. Use the taller grass side for practice chipping. Having two tee sizes allows for practice with your driver and irons. It's also very portable. I like the product very much.Customer Review: Great, quality purchase
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
I could not be more happy. The surface for this mat is high quality and simulates real grass very well. The two tee heights is a major plus. Need a good quality launch pad? This product is a sure bet.Customer Review: Very useful for chipping and pitiching practice
Sport shop rating: 4 Stars
As a beginner I used the SKLZ mat for practicing full swings with foam balls. The thick grass side comes off as the glue gives up under inaccurate hits (especially from beginners like me). I re-glued it back several times and kept using it. My swings are now a lot better than when I began - so the duration it took to come unglued increased as the months passed on. I am ordering another one to replace the destroyed mat after one year.
It's great for the price. The thick section provides realistic rough for chipping and pitching practice.
Customer Review: Quality and Design Issues
Sport shop rating: 3 Stars
It started to fall apart on me the first day I got it. I was using foam practice balls and even with the light resistance of the foam balls it started to crack. Secondly, when I used the mat for the first time it I used it on pavement because I live in an urbanish area. When I proceeded to hit balls it took pieces of chunks out of the blade of my 5-iron. It is aesthetically pleasing but unforgiving and poor design.