10 Best Indoor Putting Green

• Size9 x 3 ft
• Shapekidney shaped practice green
• Cups3 practice cup cutouts
• MaterialPET resin
• Hazardsbuilt-in sand trap cutouts
• Originmanufactured in the USA

Best for: Anyone who wants several cups and angled putts without giving up a whole room

This is the green to buy if you do not want to research greens. The kidney shape is the point: with three cup cutouts spread over nine feet you can set up a short putt, a mid-length putt and a long one without moving the mat, and every one of them arrives from a different direction.

The sand trap cutouts are a practical detail rather than a training feature. They sit where a missed putt would otherwise roll off the mat and stop the ball there. PET resin is the same class of material used in outdoor practice turf, so the surface does not mat down where you stand.

• Size10 x 3 ft
• Cups3 cup cutouts plus a training cup with flag
• Hazards2 built-in hazards
• Weightunder 5 lbs
• Storagefoldable
• Surfaceslight incline toward the cups

Best for: Anyone who likes the Par Three layout but wants hazards and a flag in the box

The GYMAX is the direct answer to the Putt-A-Bout at a similar price. It runs a foot longer, carries the same three-cup par three layout, and adds two shaped hazards plus a training cup with a flag so the target is visible from the far end.

Hole covers are the feature worth having. Close the near cup and the mat forces you onto the long putt instead of letting you default to the easy one. The whole thing weighs under five pounds and folds, which matters more than it sounds when a green lives in an apartment.

• Size10 ft long
• Putting turf10 mm pile
• Fringe turf35 mm rough
• Cups3 holes with 3 flags and cups
• Plugsremovable grass plugs
• Base10 mm anti-skid backing

Best for: Golfers who want to practice the putt that starts in the fringe, not just on the green

The 35 mm fringe turf is what sets this one apart. Every other green in this list gives you one surface; here the ball can start in longer grass, come out slower, and then run on the 10 mm putting pile. That is the shot most people never practice indoors.

Three holes with flagsticks and cups mean you can see the target from ten feet away, and the removable grass plugs let you fill the ones you do not want in play. The anti-skid backing is 10 mm thick, so the mat stays put on a hard floor without a rug underneath.

• Size5 x 10 ft
• Baseeco-friendly EVA
• Cups3 ball hole cups
• Extra targetone movable cup
• Contourblack slope mat included
• Useindoor, garage, office or backyard

Best for: Players who want to practice a breaking putt rather than a straight one

Bearwill is the pick if straight putts have stopped teaching you anything. The black slope mat slides under the turf and puts a real break into the line, and because one of the cups is movable you can change where that break bites.

The rest is a large, plain, well-built green: three cups on a five by ten foot surface with an EVA base that keeps the turf flat. It works outdoors on a patio as well as in a garage, which is worth knowing given the footprint.

• Size5 x 10 ft
• Cups3 holes with cups
• Flagsticksstainless steel
• Basesoft high-elastic backing
• Surfacetrue-roll turf, course-like stimp reading
• Useindoor and outdoor

Best for: Anyone who wants the look and sound of a real cup at home or on the patio

The BOBURN is the traditional version of a home green: a big rectangle of true-roll turf with three real cups sunk into it and steel flagsticks standing in them. The sound of the ball dropping is not a gimmick, it is the feedback most indoor mats remove.

The base is a soft high-elastic backing rather than rubber foam, which lets it settle onto uneven patio stone as well as a living room floor. There is nothing clever here beyond the surface and the cups, and at this size that is the point.

• Typelarge practice putting green
• Base10 mm heavy duty rubber foam
• Turfpremium grass, high grass density
• Speedbuilt to a course-like stimp meter reading
• Cupsmultiple, free putting directions
• Useindoor and outdoor

Best for: Golfers who want green speed above everything and have the floor space for it

The Chriiena is the least gadget-driven green here and the most expensive. There is no return track, no mirror and no marked distances. What you get is a large sheet of dense artificial grass built to roll at something close to a real green speed.

Because the cups are not tied to one fixed slope, you can work the same hole from several directions instead of repeating one line. The 10 mm rubber foam base is thick enough that it does not creep on hardwood, and it holds the shape outdoors as well.

• Size300 x 30 cm
• Framesolid wood
• Surfacediatom ooze, tuned to green speed
• Holes2 sizes, 2.5 in and 3.5 in
• Returnautomatic ball return
• In the boxputter mirror, 4 magnetic alignment tracks, ball storage box, baffle, practice ball

Best for: Anyone practicing in a hallway or next to a desk who wants uninterrupted repetitions

This is the framed end of the category. Instead of a surface you walk around, you get a ten foot lane in a solid wood frame with a return track that sends the ball back to your feet after every putt.

The extras are the reason to pick it over a plain lane. A putter mirror shows you where your eyes are at address, and the four magnetic alignment tracks set a gate for the stroke path. The diatom ooze surface is aimed at green speed rather than the fast slide of cheap velvet.

• Length9.5 ft
• Surfacecrystal velvet, true-roll
• Holes2, regulation size and reduced size
• Returnbuilt-in magnetic track
• Guidesalignment lines and pace markers
• Useindoor, home or office

Best for: Players who want distance control and setup work on the same mat

Perfect Practice built its name on the small hole. Putting to a reduced cup for ten minutes and then switching to the regulation one is a simple trick, and it works because the target you have been aiming at is smaller than the one on the course.

The pace markers are the underrated part. They let you set a target distance and see whether the ball finished short or long, which is the part of putting that actually costs strokes. The magnetic return track keeps you standing over the ball between reps.

• Length9.8 ft
• Widthextra wide for the class
• Surfacethickened wrinkle-free crystal velvet
• Holes2, regulation 3.5 in and 2.5 in
• Returnautomatic, magnetic tracks
• Setupunroll and snap the tracks together

Best for: Anyone who finds narrow return lanes too forgiving of a pushed putt

The Partage answers the main complaint about return lanes: they are usually so narrow that a badly aimed putt still finishes on the mat. This one is wide enough that a miss shows itself.

Setup is a two-step job. Unroll the mat, snap the magnetic return tracks together, and the ball comes straight back after every putt. The velvet is thickened and specified as wrinkle-free, which is the difference between a true roll and a dead spot where the mat was folded.

• Distancesmarkers at 2, 4, 6 and 9.5 ft
• Holes2, small hole 2.5 in plus a larger cup
• Returnmagnetic return track
• Framesolid wood, hand polished
• Surfacewrinkle-free velvet
• Storageroll the mat, tuck the track away

Best for: Anyone who wants a framed green with distance markers without paying triple figures

The Dachenus covers the same ground as the more expensive framed units for about half the money. The distance markers at 2, 4, 6 and 9.5 feet are the part that earns its place: you can set a target length, putt to it, and see what you actually left.

Two hole sizes handle the accuracy side, with the 2.5 inch cup demanding a tighter start line than a regulation hole. Setup is unrolling the green, inserting the paddles and snapping the magnetic return track into place.