Name: The Perfect Divot
Brand: My Store
Price: 35.00 USD
Availability: InStock

The Science
- NERD ALERT !!!

First of all, a little product “background”..

The Perfect Divot was developed in conjunction with members of the Agronomy Team at America’s #1 Golf Complex in Frisco, Texas.

It has been tested by High-Handicap Golfers, Scratch Golfers, Right Handers, Left Handers, PGA Tour Pros, LPGA Tour Pros, and Professionally-Certified Instructors…

Pretty much golfers from all spectrums of the golf universe, both male and female.

And the feedback was incredibly universal, as well - IT REALLY WORKS!!

So.. What Actually Makes a Perfect Divot ??

Keep in mind, golf is a game of PRECISION.

A couple of degrees off-center on your swing, and your ball goes from the center of the fairway to being lost out of bounds.

In the case of grass versus golf mats, we’ve identified that the critical difference is a mere 3/32”.

The solution to the golf mat problem is pretty simple Agronomy and Golf Science.

Grass Interaction:
First of all, fairway grass is divided into 2 distinct strata:

Grass Blade Stratum -

Roughly 1/8-1/4” in depth
1. Provides ZERO Resistance to your swing
Root/Soil Stratum -

Roughly 1/2” - 3/4” in depth
1. Provides minimal, yet noticeable, resistance to your swing
Based on a private, 18-month study at the leading golf coaching and practice facility in Frisco, Texas, we found that the PERFECT SHALLOW DIVOT depth on GRASS, was consistently measured at:
1. 12/32” for Fairway Woods / Hybrids / Long Irons (3/8”)
1. 14/32” for Mid-Irons (7/16”)
1. 16/32” for Wedges (1/2”)
High-speed cameras revealed that when hitting on grass, the club begins engaging the ball, with the leading edge of the golf club engaging the ground just below the ball, cutting through the grass and roots at the above depths - ahead of the ball - and sending the ball and the perfect-depth divot flying through the air.

That’s how your club and real grass interact…
Golf Mat Interaction:
A mat is completely different.

First of all, you’ve probably NEVER seen a divot go flying when hitting off an artificial turf mat…

That’s because the leading edge of the club never cuts through the artificial turf on a mat. It merely COMPRESSES the artificial turf.

And that’s where all the trouble starts.

We’ve tested over 100 mats at golf courses - public and private - all over the Southeast and Southwest US.  Here’s what we found.

About 25% of the mats were virtually brand new - in fairly pristine condition.  We labeled those as Grade A Mats.

Roughly 60% of the mats showed some wear, but still looked highly serviceable.  Grade B

Finally, approximately 15% of the mats we tested were pretty threadbare.  Grade C

With high-speed cameras, we were able to measure the amount of TURF COMPRESSION on each mat before the club hit “rock bounce bottom” - the point where the mat starts to rigidly bounce your clubhead, and you feel the concrete underneath.

The Grade A and B mats measured an average of 8/32” to 10/32” compression before Rock Bounce Bottom.

Grade C mats scored in the 4/32” to 7/32” range.

This compression math is why mats tend to bounce your clubhead and shock your joints.

0% of the mats we tested compressed over 10/32”.

0% of the mats had a ZERO resistance stratum to emulate grass blades. Artificial turf started resisting and GRABBING the swing, the millisecond it was engaged.
How do you get a mat to react like grass and soil ?
Bottom Line:

YOU HAVE TO ELEVATE THE BOTTOM APEX OF THE GOLF BALL ABOVE THE MAT - TO CREATE THE “GRASS BLADE GAP” - WITHOUT OVERTLY CREATING THE SENSATION THAT THE BALL IS ON A TEE.

We found the PERFECT number for that elevation was, a visually undetectable 3/32”.

Anything less than 3/32” did not allow for the “Grass Blade Zero Resistance” feel.

Higher than 3/32” gave the feel of the ball being somewhat on a tee.

The 3/32” measurement is the “secret sauce” for enabling golfers to hit “down and through” the ball, on roughly 90% of mats, with zero mat grab and bounce.