9 Popular Putting Green Accessories

If you create your own putting green, you are going to need to spruce it up with some snappy putting green accessories. Extra novelty items will convert your garden into a golf country club. Scads of fun and useful accessories are available to help you create a golf paradise. The six items described here will get the juices flowing.

1 - Ball Buckets

Fill several ball buckets with clean, white golf balls. Place these bucket around the green and near the tee marker.

2 - Tee Markers

Here's an idea. Place personalized tee markers at the start of your putting area to indicate where you can tee from. They come in various colors and styles and you can even make your own. The tee markers can indicate the par length of the hole or number of the hole.

3 - Ball Cleaner

Have a ball cleaner inserted near your tee markers to clean dirty golf balls on. Ball cleaners are heavy brushes which scrape all the excess earth off the surface of the ball and polish it up nicely.

4 - Flags

Where would any good golf course be without a flag in the hole. You should really set up a flag. You can get a flag in your team colors or just plain colored. It’s your choice and you can choose a flag pole which will stand out in less than ideal weather so you can still see your target from many yards away.

5 - Water Feature

If your garden is large enough that you can create a pond or small lake to add value to your mini golf area then do so. Most professional golf courses will have a water hazard somewhere along it, so add your own for authenticity.

6 - Golf Ball Pickers

These are handy little devices are like litter pickers. Press them over the ball and the spring clip inside holds the ball inside the tube and you can pluck up all your loose golf balls in a few minutes with this tidy little accessory.

7 - Bunkers

What would any self respecting golf course be without a sand trap? Add a small sand trap to your golfing area for perfect authenticity. Use the correct type of sand when designing your trap, otherwise the weather will have an adverse effect on it.

8 - Rakes

Of course, having a bunker means having to observe golf rules and always rake the bunker when you have used it. Therefore, you must also get a rake to obliterate any traces of your show prints in the sand trap.

9 - Range Markers

Not all yards are large enough for a 100-yard banner announcing the distant you have hit your ball, but if you have the room for it, it is a must. It replicates a professional driving range, and marks your golf area as a cut above the rest.