Traditional golf mats consist of a top surface of artificial grass bonded to foam backing and they are often laid directly onto concrete. This means a number of negative side effects can arise when people continually hit from hard synthetic mats. The shock and vibration from a club hitting a hard mat travels up the shaft, into the wrist, arm, shoulder and back causing a number of problems.

Injuries caused by traditional mats:

• Tendonitis
• Golfer elbow - medial epicondylitis
• Tennis elbow - lateral epicondylitis
• Lower back pain
• Golfers wrist - hamates fractures
• Wrist pain - carpal tunnel syndrome