Best Putting Mats 2025

Given that the putter is the club you use the most during a round of golf, it makes sense that it’s one you should practice with regularly. Certainly there’s a creative side to putting well and learning to read greens takes time and patience.

The best putting mats allow you to practice your putting at your convenience, and it’s amazing what 10 or 15 minutes a day can go for your game. There are a wide range of mats on the market with varying features but they all, at the very least, offer you help with your alignment, as well as providing surfaces that replicate the speed of real greens so you can improve the pace as well as direction of your putts.

You’ll need to think about the space you have available before you select the right mat for you. Many are in the 6ft-7ft range but there are options to go much longer if you have the room. As mentioned the mats aim to replicate real world green speeds, but this can vary from 9 or 10 on the stimpmeter to as much as 14 depending on the model, so think about the speed of the greens at your home course before you buy.

We’ve tested a number of options and have selected our favorites below; by featuring mats with differing price points and features it should help you find the best putting mat for your needs. And if your new putting mat is just part of your growing home practice set-up then we also have guides to the best golf training aids, best golf net and best golf simulator as well.

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Best Putting Mats

Best overall

We’ve chosen the Perfect Practice Perfect Putting Mat as the best overall, and while it’s not quite as faultless as its name suggests, it does come pretty close.

This is a high quality putting mat which, after plenty of use, is still in very good condition for me to putt on. We tested the 9ft version which, of course, required a good bit of space, but shorter version are available for those who don't have as much room for a putting mat. The surface runs between 10-14 on the stimpmeter, so it’s quick but not ‘dried out Augusta National on a Masters Sunday’ quick!

A slight incline on both holes forces the user to hit firmer, more aggressive putts to reach the hole which should lead to you leaving less putts short out on the course - at the end of the day, 100% of putts left short don't go in! The ball returns to your feet after you hole a putt, a just reward for putting a good stroke on your attempt.

All told, this is a well-designed and well-made mat that should really help those who need to improve the pace of their putts.

• Read our full Perfect Practice Putting Mat review

Best premium materials

Like the Perfect Practice mat above, the quality of the Primemat is apparent as soon as it's unboxed. The mat itself is made from a premium synthetic turf, which the brand says mimics the feel and roll of PGA Tour greens. Whilst we can't say for certain it's like the quality of a PGA Tour green, what we can say is that it gave us a realistic feel of a fast putting green with speeds clocking at around 9-11 on the stimpmeter. A wooden backstop is also a helpful feature that neatly and efficiently collects balls that don't drop and slide past the hole as a result.

Multiple size options are available, meaning you should find one that suits your needs.We tested the 3ft x 9ft model and while the length is ideal, we did conclude it could have done with being a little wider - especially considering the three-hole design. Perhaps having three holes on a putting mat is a little excessive and we found that at times when we were putting to the middle hole the heels of feet were coming awfully close to the edge of the mat.

• Read our full PrimePutt Golf Putting Mat Review

Best clever design

This is a fantastic putting mat from PuttOut, a trusted brand who make some of the best putting mats we've seen over the years. Traditionally the brand focused on designs aimed to help you improve your alignment, start line and distance control but its AirBreak is something of a departure.

While it still allows you to hone your technique, your alignment and your pace, its USP is a design that serves up an almost endless option of breaking putts across its 8ft surface.. It does this via eight inbuilt air pockets that can be inflated to raise or lower the base as you wish. We found it straightforward to use, even allowing us to work on our double-breakers.

The battery-powered automatic ball return is a wonderful feature, conveniently delivering the ball back to your feet as a reward after you've drained a putt. The only concerns we have with this mat is the durability, especially given the more complicated design but in my 6+ months of use it has held up rather nicely!

• Read our full PuttOUT AirBreak Putting Mat Review

Best to fold away

Putting mats can tend to take up a lot of space and prove a bit of a hassle to place and then put away after use, so ease of use in this department is a feature we value highline. PuttOut's putting mat is a great option if space and handiness are two of your main decision points when deciding what mat to opt for. The 7ft 11" mat - which measures 1ft 8" wide - has distance markers displayed at every foot up to six feet which is helpful for putting drills. It also rolls up with ease and is easy to store thanks to the drawstring case provided, meaning it’s ideally suited to those who might need to pack it away after each practice session.

Those aforementioned distance markers combine with alignment lines that help you square up the putter at address. There’s also a ghost hole which you can putt to. However the mat works best when paired with some of PuttOut’s training aids, most notably its PuttOut Premium Pressure putt trainer. This clever device acts as a hole and gives you a precise target to aim at as well as giving you feedback on the distance your putts would have missed by - handy for those who struggle with distance control.

The underside of the mat is made from a durable rubber adding to the overall quality of this product. Despite its affordable price tag this feels like a mat that’s built to last and paired with a putting mirror and pressure trainer it makes for a reliable and effective putting station.

The one critque I would make is that PuttOut state the speed of this mat is 10 on the stimpmeter but it felt slower than that for me during my testing. However, I imagine that it will speed up over time with more use.

• Read our full PuttOUT Putting Mat review

Best for pace control

The Pure 2 mat from WellPutt is excellent for those who want to dial in their distance control thanks to the length of this mat. It comes in two different sizes, 16ft and 10ft respectively, meaning you'll need a decent amount of space available to properly use it. It's one of the longer mats we've tested and when you combine the length with the generous target area it makes for a valuable lag putting practice facility.

While it doesn’t have a hole to put to, it does have a selection of target areas and alignment tools - both allowed us to work on different elements of our putting, from distance control to set up. As such, we enjoyed using the Pure 2 mat ‘as is’ but by adding an aftermarket golf hole and a putting mirror you can help get the most out of this well-made product.

• Read our full Pure 2 Improve Golf Putting Mat Review

Best for breaking putts

Like Puttout’s AirBreak mat, the Breaking Ball model from the Me and My Golf guys, offers the opportunity to work on breaking puts. It achieves this in a vastly different fashion however.

Instead of using air bubbles like the AirBreak mat, the break ball model comes with three different colored golf balls that have weights placed inside for different levels of break - the green ball delivers a minor break, the red ball a medium break and the blue ball a hard break. You can choose to practice right-to-left or left-to-right putts by positioning the ball correctly at address; each ball as a screw inside and placed on the right at address delivers a left-to-righter, while placing it on the left gives the opposite break.

Our fear was that these balls would feel a lot different to golf balls you would use during a casual round or Sunday competition out on the course, but thankfully they feel very similar. We were left impressed with how they felt off the putter face, helping to make the overall experience a pretty good replica of what we face and feel out on the course.

This mat adds another dimension to your at-home practice experience, especially if you want to hone in on drilling those sliding 6ft putts that can make or break your rounds.

• Read our full Breaking Balls Putting Mat review

Best value

Putting mats are becoming increasingly expensive in line withe majority of golf gear and equipment which means we value a well priced product now more than ever - Eyeline's Roll The Rock mat is an example of that.

At 8ft long it's a decent length and combined with its ability to roll away after use, makes it a good fit for those who are perhaps a little tight on space. It even comes with a handy drawstring bag to store it in.

The surface is impressively smooth and pretty fast too, around 9-11 on the stimp, depending on which way you brush the surface. We especially liked the five different markers on the surface, with two positioned at a slight angle, which meant that we weren't just putting from the same spot and direction all the time. It’s a simple but effective touch that changes your perception of the putt and breaks the monotony.

• Read our full Eyeline Golf Roll The Rock Putting Mat review

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How we test golf equipment

At Golf Monthly, we take our testing seriously. We spend a good deal of time with each product, allowing us to assess its strengths and weaknesses as well as prove or refute the brand’s claims. Coupled with our experience it means that we can offer you reliable, unbiased advice, helping you to decide if a club, ball, shoe or item of clothing is right for you.

As an example, we tested all these mats over a long period of time. By ‘living with them’ we were able to see just how well they performed as well as other considerations such as how easy they are to set up and pack away, how durable the materials are and if the poutine surface changed greatly over time. We also made sure to try the mats in different areas of the house to check for consistency on a variety of surfaces. Finally we made sure to test all of the features of a specific mat to ascertain whether what it claimed on the box rang true when in use.

How to choose a putting mat

Size

The first consideration is the size of the mat. Before you buy, figure out just how much space you have to work with and then choose a mat accordingly. We’d suggest going as big as you can as longer mats allow you to work more effectively on your distance control. We also encourage you to think about the surface you’ll be using the mat on, because some types of flooring, like wooden floors, perform better than others.

Convenience

If you want to be able to pack away the mat after each session, or perhaps you want to be able to take the mat ‘on the road’ with you, then you’ll need to chose one of the more portable options, such as the PuttOut mat, which comes with a bag that its simply rolls in to. Mats with a solid structure or a hole attachment don’t offer this flexibility are better suited to those who have a dedicated practice space in their home.

Durability

All of the mats we reviewed are well-made and use quality materials that should last a long while. If you decide to choose a mat that’s not on this list be wary of any materials that appear ‘cheap’; for consistency purposes you want the putting surface to be durable, while the mat as a whole needs to stand up to lots of use, including being moved around and packed away.

Price

No buying guide would be complete without at least mentioning the price factor. Some of the larger mats can be quite expensive, but there is good value for money to be had here as they last a long time.

FAQs

We hope you enjoyed this guide on the best putting mats but if you are in the market for a new putter, then be sure to read our guides on the best blade putters, and best mallet putters as well.