I am trying to build a par 3 hole in my backyard. Any advice on how i could do it?

Question

I dont need a fairway, because it will be over my pool. All i need is info on building a tee box and a green, how far it needs to be and an estimated cost. thanks!!

Answer 1

You'd need to sod the green and tee box with bent grass (or whatever they use on the greens in your area), and buy a special attachment for your mower to get it that short. The tee box you could probably get away with whatever grass you grow on your lawn, the bent grass would just be nicer. Before you plant the grass, you'll need to plane the ground to make it nice and smooth. That might cost a bit if you can't figure out how to do it yourself.

I'd build a sand trap next to the green if I were you too. All you'd have to do for that is dig a hole and fill it with sand, and rake it every time you're going to play. You'll also need to buy a hole digger ( I don't know exactly what they're called). You have to move the hole around to ensure the grass grows properly, the edges don't get rounded off, and to make it more interesting.

As far as how long to make it, that's up to you. I think anything less than 100 yards would be a waste (you might as well just get an artificial turf putting green and forget about the tee box) but that's just me. I wouldn't worry too much about pitch marks. Unless you play from sun up to sun down there's no way you'll do more damage than the greens at the local golf course, and they seem to deal with it just fine.

It probably won't be cheap or easy, but it would be flippin' awesome.

Answer 2

To be honest, you can't not enough room.

Answer 3

Well, in Golf Digest about two years ago a teacher (I forget his name, maybe Jim McLean, but not sure) had a 110 yard hole in his backyard.  The guys property was kind of in horshoe/"U" layout and he had a mat on one side and then an artificial green on the other.  I would think this would be great, however, I would only like it to be 60 yards because anything further will leave a divot filled green..

Costs:

1. Mat - 80 bucks (unless you want Vijay's pattented "divot spring mat - 220 bucks)

2. Artificial green - 1200 square feet = approx 3000 dollars.

Total = 3400 dollars (added a little extra for tax and such)/