How to Make Golf Nets

Much of your golf net can be made with spare parts from around the house

Make simple and inexpensive golf nets with a durable piece of netting and spare parts from the house and garage. If you don't have the parts, your local hardware store will.
There are many different possibilities for golf net size and shape, depending on purpose, whether it is for a driving range or for the kids. This article illustrates how to build a 10-by-10-foot golf net suitable for backyard practice, allowing you, your kids and your friends to spend summer afternoons working on your game.

Difficulty:

Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Netting
• 100 feet polypropylene or nylon rope
• 4 tent stakes
• 2 aluminum tubing or steel poles
• 6 small eye screws
• Zip ties
• Drill

Making Backyard Golf Nets

1. Backyard golf net

   Acquire netting, preferably made of nylon with seamed edges, grommet holes in the corners and weighting at the bottom to prevent the net from rising on impact.

2. Use poles from an old volleyball or badminton set. Or pick up a set of 10-foot aluminum poles from the hardware store.

3. 

   Drill holes at the top of the poles at the 12, 3 and 6 o'clock positions. Screw in the eye screws.

4. 

   Use a zip tie or a section of rope to tie the top net grommet hole to the inside eye screw of each pole.

5. Zip tie the rest of the net to the poles along the seams, leaving enough slack to allow for movement created by the golf ball or wind.

6. 

   Prepare four lines of rope 18 to 20 feet long. Tie a knot at the end of each line in the eye screws at the 12 and 6 o'clock positions.

7. Drive your poles into the ground with enough net slack so that the golf ball will drop softly to the ground after making contact.

8. Stake your lines snugly for extra support. Angle the lines more toward perpendicular to the net so as not to reduce slack.

Tips & Warnings

• To reduce sagging, tighten the net at the top of the poles with zip ties. To make your golf net more portable, add feet to your net to provide proper stabilization.

• A tight net will cause balls to bounce back. Make sure there is enough slack.

References

• Golf Practice Netting at Sportnetting.com