PARKING GARAGE GOLF/THE ELEVATED TEE BOX: We actually found this shot and began pioneering this new way to play golf when we were scouting for last year's Golf Channel commercial. We were looking for football fields to illustrate how high school golf teams can/are practicing on football fields (after school, during lunch etc. like shooting freethrows).  But once we saw this amazing structure next to a field, the gears started to turn. What a cool series of shots. First you hit up onto the garage, then work your way down.  

PARKING GARAGE GOLF. We quickly started to see how this was a whole new off-course artform. almostGOLF balls are made for this kind of play because they check up really well on concrete and they fly just the right distance of 60 yards on a parking garage or playing field is a perfect distance.

THE ELEVATED TEE SHOT. What I liked about this shot was how you had to hit the perfect landing area or your ball wouldn't hit the green. A little too far right on the ramp and you would hit a gutter ball, but the further left you hit the ball, the better chance you had to get on the green. The other cool thing about this hole and shot is that it's an almost-golf course designers dream. It's a shot no one in real golf has ever been able to create or hit. It was actually really hard figuring out how to set up the course...but that's a whole other blog entry. 

A few notes about playing Parking Garage Golf:

PARKING GARAGE PUTTING. Key to Parking Garage Golf is that the ball checks up so you can putt out. Depending on the concrete's stimp, it can be really fast, or really slow. The stimp of a parking garage is generally pretty mellow, but the break is what will get you in trouble because parking garage manufacturers generally rake parking garage concrete to prevent skidding and spinning out when the concrete gets wet. So the new challenge is to read the rake of the concrete. Try parking garage putting and you will definitely improve your green grass golf game. No question.

CLUB SELECTION/STYLE OF PLAY. You can use any club you would like. It's your game, but I prefer an 8 or 9 iron at most. Parking Parking Garage Golf is really a game of accuracy, long chips & rolls and working the ball. It's more like billiards meet pool meets golf because accept for top floor roof shots, you are working your way down the garage and you are not hitting full golf shots. You are hitting knock downs and skill shots to place the ball so it can roll to the hole or the  'set up fairway' for the second shot of a par 4 or par 5. I would definitely say this form of the game falls under the category of 'street golf' and 'urban golf.' 

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