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?

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

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On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:27:51 -0700, Square Peg <s...@round.hole>
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?
Vinyl siding? 

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?

Look in sporting goods department. Plastic tent stakes and some variety 
of table-tennis nets spring to mind. If they don't have tent stakes long 
enough, surveyor equipment store will have longer ones, or you could 
make from wood. They also make a stiff plastic mesh used for erosion 
control on construction sites- a full-line concrete products company 
would likely have that, as well as reusable stakes to go with it.

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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?

Sporting goods store. Tennis, vollyball, or badmitten net. 

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?

The netting used as a deer barrier would probably work.  Stuff is 8 ft 
high so maybe you could drape top over shrubs and peg bottom down.

On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:34:09 -0400, Nate Nagel <n...@roosters.net>
wrote:

>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

Plastic lanscape edging and stakes.

Or even redwood bender baord and stakes.

-Zz

On Apr 21, 6:30=A0pm, Zz Yzx  wrote:
> Plastic lanscape edging and stakes.
>
> Or even redwood bender baord and stakes.
>
> -Zz

As per ZZ's comment

Plastic landscape edging (available from amazon & elsewhere)   ~$10
for 20ft roll....   6" high

Nail / staple to edge of a Trex or wood 1x4.  Make some 5'  sections.

cheers
Bob

On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:27:51 -0700, Square Peg <s...@round.hole>
wrote:

>What in have in mind is something light that I can push into the dirt
>with my hand and remove.

1. Cardboard.
2. Foamboard.
3. Stiff wire fencing (used by gardeners to protect plants).

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Regards,
Dan