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A Southwest Green in my backyard ... What a great idea!

Home and backyard golf green areas are quickly becoming the best way to entertain and perfect your golf game. Our synthetic golf green construction is built to last with less maintenance than real grass. When you have Southwest Green installed golf green in your backyard, you have just hired the best!

Your amenity will be installed using expert construction techniques, which will give you the features you'd find on your favourite course, right at home. Whether you choose an indoor or outdoor golf green, you will have the most realistic golf surface available, with each custom designed and installed to provide a one of a kind masterpiece. By creating the perfect green to fit into your lifestyle, you will treat yourself to a whole new level of leisure. Experience in the industry and the understanding of the game of golf provide us with the knowledge we need to design your dream golf green that is most suitable for your backyard or home.

The stroke you practice on your Southwest Green will be the same you use on a real grass course. That is how similar our finished products are to natural surfaces! Our outdoor and indoor synthetic turf is installed by professionals in a worldwide market. We invite you to browse our website www.southwestgreens.co.za. We take great pride in the satisfaction of our customers.

Are synthetic greens resistant to weather?

When you purchase a backyard green from Southwest Greens, you'll be granted the ability to enjoy your favourite game whenever you want without worrying about weather conditions. The advantage of our greens is that it is resistant to weather conditions and requires little maintenance. Our backyard golf greens are also hassle free.

Why choose Southwest Greens?

Southwest Greens custom designs and installs backyard golf greens, outdoor golf greens, commercial greens, and residential golf amenities worldwide. We are the industry leader in artificial golf green construction. Our long bladed artificial golf green is so realistic that people have mistakenly mowed it in the past! We have years of experience installing and designing backyard golf greens.

Golf green construction has come a long way in the past decade, and Southwest Greens has set a precedent for the installation of synthetic turf. Southwest Greens uses the most up-to-date methods and materials for their installations of synthetic golf greens.

You can now practice your game both indoors and outdoors with Southwest Greens' outdoor golf green system. Our synthetic surfaces are mostly used for golf green or commercial outdoor golf green, as using artificial turf frees up time usually spent on maintaining real grass.

Southwest Greens and its network of franchises have installed over 6,000 greens around the world and over 100 greens in South Africa to-date, and over 30 PGA Pro endorsements. Once installed, a Southwest Greens artificial golf green is ready to go.

What is the installation timeline for an artificial golf green?

SArtificial golf green installations in residences and commercial settings can be a fast process when you choose a professional artificial golf green installation company. Southwest Greens has years of experience installing and constructing golf greens for homes and businesses worldwide. Southwest Greens' synthetic golf greens are what many professional athletes from the PGA proudly endorse. Practice on the golf green that professionals practice on.

The design and installation of a synthetic golf green is an art form, and Southwest Greens is just the company to contact for a golf green. An artificial golf green is more appealing to those persons who would like a form of entertainment in their backyards without the hassle of maintaining it.

We pride ourselves on having developed an artificial golf green system (PRO SYSTEM) that reacts most like a real bent grass green. A synthetic golf green by Southwest Greens will allow you to improve your stroke without the greens fees.

A home golf green construction project will depend on the size of the backyard golf green and the landscape of your yard. Weather (i.e. rain) also plays an important part in the timeframe of the project. Southwest Greens has years of experience designing and implementing home golf green construction projects, and the entire process shouldn't take too long. The length of the installation project varies according to the size of the green and weather conditions. In most instances the installation should take around 1 week.

What is your synthetic home golf green made of?

Southwest Greens' artificial home golf green is made of high quality polyethylene and polypropylene materials, which is called the Pro System. This material makes our synthetic golf greens versatile and helps it move just like natural grass. Synthetic turf is the perfect replacement for your natural grass lawn and is low maintenance and long lasting.

Why a golf green is a great investment?

A golf green at your own residence gives you years of entertainment and the ability to improve your game without leaving your home! A synthetic practice green would also be a great addition to your commercial property whether it is a business or residential community.

Purchasing a golf green is the best way of improving your game all year round. Golfers nationwide have discovered that the flexibility and freedom of Southwest Greens' indoor golf greens are a blessing. The popularity of a golf green, whether indoors or outdoors, is the trend for golfers and non-golfers alike. If you are a golf player, a green is your solution to unpredictable weather conditions. If you are not a golfer, a synthetic golf green will still look beautiful in your backyard.

Many of our golf green installations are in commercial settings, such as golf courses, office complexes, and tee-lines for driving ranges to name a few. The requests for a synthetic turf practice golf green at golf courses are increasing.

Unlike swimming pools and tennis courts, these amenities can be used all year-round.

Is a Southwest Greens golf green expensive?

A backyard golf green construction project is affordable when you choose an industry leader of golf greens like Southwest Greens.

Backyard golf green construction is becoming an everyday phenomenon that was unheard of 10 years ago. With over 7 years of building residential and commercial golf greens worldwide, Southwest Greens is the name to associate with residential, commercial, indoor, and outdoor golf green construction.

Can’t get enough practice? Southwest Greens will design and install a ‘tour rated’ green in your backyard. Please email us andrew@southwestgreens.co.za, or call 082 554-2222. The Pro’s know... the best way to sharpen up your short game is practice, practice, practice. Get the same kind of green that Vijay Singh, Chris Di Marco and Sergio Garcia have installed in their own backyards.