Simulates Real Bent-Grass Green!
The Mirage Tour-Putt System is unique because the revolutionary interlocking, spring-like, high-density, curled fiber design simulates a real bent-grass green. Supporting the turf is a 5-mm, oil-based, rubber backing that gives the surface a real grass feel. The proprietary, UV treated, multi-color design, allows the putting surface to withstand intense sunlight, as well as the rigors of daily outdoor exposure.
Today, most synthetic putting surfaces require the application of a deep sand fill into the fibers. These surfaces require sand to support low density of the fibers. Once sand filled, the product is coated with a colored top dressing. The fibers that stick out are rolled to create the bent-grass effect. Eventually the fibers of these sand-filled greens lose their integrity, burying themselves in the sand. The ball actually rolls across sand which becomes uneven over time and causes the ball to skip or hop. The sand also is tracked onto patios and indoors. The maintenance becomes expensive because of re-sanding, re-top dressing, rolling and sweeping.
Mirage Tour-Putt surface corrects the problems associated with sand-filled greens and provides a putting surface that is ready to putt on "right off the shelf." Because the putting fibers of the Mirage surface are very dense, they do not require sand to support them. Without sand, the ball has a truer roll, and the green will accept a chip shop "with a bite". The Mirage Tour-Putt surface grabs the ball, allowing it to check up correctly.
The Mirage material comes pre-bent from the factory and does not require rolling. The multi-colored design (light green and dark green fibers) simulates live grass, dead grass, and dirt aggregates — characteristics of natural grass putting greens.
Mirage Greens measured between 9.0 and 11.0!
Putting green speeds are measured by a device called a Stimp Meter. A ball is rolled off the stimp meter onto the green in 8 different directions. The distant the ball rolls is the "stimp rating." PGA tour greens require a stimp between 10 to 12. Municipal courses measure between 7 to 10. The Mirage Turf Models stimp between 8 to 11:
- Tour-Putt Ultimate — from 10 to 11
- Tour-Putt — from 9 to 10
- Mirage Classic Putt — around 8
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