Golf Training Aids

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.

As a result, you can practice your drives, iron shots, and short game just about anywhere, provided you have enough room to swing a club. The heavy-duty, non-slip rubber mat measures 1 by 2 feet, with a realistic grass surface that simulates a genuine golf course feel.

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.

Technical Details

-All-purpose hitting mat for practicing your drives, iron shots, and short game
-Includes three tees for hitting with oversized drivers, fairway woods, or irons
-Short fairway surface simulates the feel of closely mowed grass
-Longer rough surface mimics conditions of a tough, buried lie
-Realistic-feeling grass surface; mat measures 1 x 2 feet
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 "BAD BAD BAD" 2009-11-09
By Marcia Melincoff
like every one is saying the grass does not stay on poorly made dont buy it


 "Golf mat" 2009-10-14
By Dorothy M. Mccaffrey
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.


 "Quality and Design Issues" 2009-09-29
By Cyrus Roberts (VT, USA)
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.


 "Junky & too small" 2009-05-28
By Nathan Beauchamp (Oak Park, IL USA)
This launch pad is a piece of junk. As other reviewers have stated, the grass separates from the plastic base. Also, the grass pad itself is too small by 50% in my opinion. There are much better options out there. Spend a bit more and get a pad that will last more than a month.


 "Great, quality purchase" 2009-04-24
By D. Wiloch (Sorrento, Florida)
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.


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