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Posted by Square Peg on April 21, 2009, 6:27 pm
I would like to make some type of barrier to keep rolling golf balls
from leaving the lawn and entering the shrubbery.
I have been practicing short shots in the back yard. If I hit it a bit
too long or a bit too flat, it will roll off tyhe edge of the lawn and
into the never-never land of the shrubbery.
What in have in mind is something light that I can push into the dirt
with my hand and remove.
It needs to be about 6-8" tall and somewhat rigid. The total length
will be about 20', but needn't be one piece -- four 5' sections would
be OK.
My first thought was for a piece of 1x6 or even something thinner;
maybe even strips of 1/4" pegboard. I'd drill holes in the bottom edge
and glue heavy wire for the stakes.
I stopped by a local hardware store looking for some type of plastic,
but didn't see anything. I bought a roll of rain gutter screen and
some tent stakes, but the screen is too flimsy. It needs to be
stiffer.
Does anyone have a better idea than the pegboard?
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Posted by Nate Nagel on April 21, 2009, 6:34 pm
Square Peg wrote:
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> I would like to make some type of barrier to keep rolling golf balls
> from leaving the lawn and entering the shrubbery.
>
> I have been practicing short shots in the back yard. If I hit it a bit
> too long or a bit too flat, it will roll off tyhe edge of the lawn and
> into the never-never land of the shrubbery.
>
> What in have in mind is something light that I can push into the dirt
> with my hand and remove.
>
> It needs to be about 6-8" tall and somewhat rigid. The total length
> will be about 20', but needn't be one piece -- four 5' sections would
> be OK.
>
> My first thought was for a piece of 1x6 or even something thinner;
> maybe even strips of 1/4" pegboard. I'd drill holes in the bottom edge
> and glue heavy wire for the stakes.
>
> I stopped by a local hardware store looking for some type of plastic,
> but didn't see anything. I bought a roll of rain gutter screen and
> some tent stakes, but the screen is too flimsy. It needs to be
> stiffer.
>
> Does anyone have a better idea than the pegboard?
hardware cloth?
nate
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Posted by Square Peg on April 21, 2009, 8:03 pm
wrote:
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>Square Peg wrote:
>> I would like to make some type of barrier to keep rolling golf balls
>> from leaving the lawn and entering the shrubbery.
>>
>> I have been practicing short shots in the back yard. If I hit it a bit
>> too long or a bit too flat, it will roll off tyhe edge of the lawn and
>> into the never-never land of the shrubbery.
>>
>> What in have in mind is something light that I can push into the dirt
>> with my hand and remove.
>>
>> It needs to be about 6-8" tall and somewhat rigid. The total length
>> will be about 20', but needn't be one piece -- four 5' sections would
>> be OK.
>>
>> My first thought was for a piece of 1x6 or even something thinner;
>> maybe even strips of 1/4" pegboard. I'd drill holes in the bottom edge
>> and glue heavy wire for the stakes.
>>
>> I stopped by a local hardware store looking for some type of plastic,
>> but didn't see anything. I bought a roll of rain gutter screen and
>> some tent stakes, but the screen is too flimsy. It needs to be
>> stiffer.
>>
>> Does anyone have a better idea than the pegboard?
>hardware cloth?
I had never heard that term before. I looked for wire mesh in the
local Ace Hardware, but didn't find anything that I thought might
work. A search on "hardware cloth" turned up all sorts of options.
I'll go look at Home Depot and OSH or I can order online. Plastic
hardware cloth looks like a good possibility. I can tie it to a few
spikes.
Thanks
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Posted by Square Peg on May 5, 2009, 1:20 am
wrote:
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>Square Peg wrote:
>> I would like to make some type of barrier to keep rolling golf balls
>> from leaving the lawn and entering the shrubbery.
>>
>> I have been practicing short shots in the back yard. If I hit it a bit
>> too long or a bit too flat, it will roll off tyhe edge of the lawn and
>> into the never-never land of the shrubbery.
>>
>> What in have in mind is something light that I can push into the dirt
>> with my hand and remove.
>>
>> It needs to be about 6-8" tall and somewhat rigid. The total length
>> will be about 20', but needn't be one piece -- four 5' sections would
>> be OK.
>>
>> My first thought was for a piece of 1x6 or even something thinner;
>> maybe even strips of 1/4" pegboard. I'd drill holes in the bottom edge
>> and glue heavy wire for the stakes.
>>
>> I stopped by a local hardware store looking for some type of plastic,
>> but didn't see anything. I bought a roll of rain gutter screen and
>> some tent stakes, but the screen is too flimsy. It needs to be
>> stiffer.
>>
>> Does anyone have a better idea than the pegboard?
>hardware cloth?
>nate
Thanks for all the suggestions. I ended up buying a roll of hardware
cloth at OSH. It's 3' x 20' mesh with 1/2" squares. It's painted with
a green plastic coating. Works perfectly.
I first tried a roll of rain gutter screen, but it was only 5-6" tall
and too flimsy. Some balls would bounce over or even under. The
hardware cloths has stopped a few "equator shots". ;-)
Thanks.
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Posted by gfretwell on April 21, 2009, 6:44 pm
wrote:
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>I would like to make some type of barrier to keep rolling golf balls
>from leaving the lawn and entering the shrubbery.
>I have been practicing short shots in the back yard. If I hit it a bit
>too long or a bit too flat, it will roll off tyhe edge of the lawn and
>into the never-never land of the shrubbery.
>What in have in mind is something light that I can push into the dirt
>with my hand and remove.
>It needs to be about 6-8" tall and somewhat rigid. The total length
>will be about 20', but needn't be one piece -- four 5' sections would
>be OK.
>My first thought was for a piece of 1x6 or even something thinner;
>maybe even strips of 1/4" pegboard. I'd drill holes in the bottom edge
>and glue heavy wire for the stakes.
>I stopped by a local hardware store looking for some type of plastic,
>but didn't see anything. I bought a roll of rain gutter screen and
>some tent stakes, but the screen is too flimsy. It needs to be
>stiffer.
>Does anyone have a better idea than the pegboard?
Vinyl siding?
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> from leaving the lawn and entering the shrubbery.
>
> I have been practicing short shots in the back yard. If I hit it a bit
> too long or a bit too flat, it will roll off tyhe edge of the lawn and
> into the never-never land of the shrubbery.
>
> What in have in mind is something light that I can push into the dirt
> with my hand and remove.
>
> It needs to be about 6-8" tall and somewhat rigid. The total length
> will be about 20', but needn't be one piece -- four 5' sections would
> be OK.
>
> My first thought was for a piece of 1x6 or even something thinner;
> maybe even strips of 1/4" pegboard. I'd drill holes in the bottom edge
> and glue heavy wire for the stakes.
>
> I stopped by a local hardware store looking for some type of plastic,
> but didn't see anything. I bought a roll of rain gutter screen and
> some tent stakes, but the screen is too flimsy. It needs to be
> stiffer.
>
> Does anyone have a better idea than the pegboard?