Gungho Golf Holy Grail Hitting Strip
Premium hitting strip designed for realistic ball striking and easy integration into DIY golf simulator setups or existing mats.
✔ Realistic fairway feel for true ball contact
✔ Joint-friendly design reduces strain on wrists and elbows
✔ Easy to integrate into DIY setups or existing mats
✔ Built for thousands of swings without breakdown
✔ Compact, space-saving design
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The Holy Grail
Hitting Strip.
The hitting surface Gungho installs in their own high-end local studio builds. Three sizes — Standard, Extended, and Pro — to fit every setup from a compact DIY platform to a full dual-handed shared bay. GrassTex Money Putt turf, multi-layer foam construction, and water-jet cut edges that sit flush with a 1-inch subfloor system.
Choose Your Size
Three Sizes — One Decision
- ✓Covers a single address position for RH or LH play
- ✓Compact footprint — fits tightly into most DIY platforms
- ✓Best choice if only one player uses the setup
- ✓Ships in 2–3 business days
- ✓5 extra inches of forward stance depth — irons and wedges feel more natural
- ✓Good choice if you prefer playing the ball back in your stance
- ✓Fits the same footprint as the Standard with more room to work with
- ✓Ships in 2–3 business days
- ✓Wide enough to cover both RH and LH address positions without repositioning
- ✓Matches the full-width footprint of the Gungho Holy Grail Mat — drops in flush
- ✓Strip positioned 3" from edge for side-mounted LM compatibility on either side
- ✓Ships in 3–5 business days
Building a DIY platform or inset tile system for one player who always plays the same side.
Golfers who address the ball further back in stance or who want more room for their lead foot.
Multiple players, different handednesses, or anyone who wants the maximum coverage without repositioning.
What Makes It Different
Construction That Took Gungho a Year to Get Right
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Fat shots punish distance — not your joints
The multi-layer foam stack gives you accurate fat shot feedback — a chunked strike feels heavier and loses carry — without sending the impact energy into your wrists and elbows. Most cheaper mats make you choose between feedback and joint protection. The Holy Grail gives you both: the foam layers absorb impact energy while the turf pile height provides realistic contact feedback on every strike quality from pure to chunked. Over thousands of swings, this difference is significant.
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GrassTex Money Putt turf — not a bath mat
The surface is GrassTex Money Putt — the same short-pile, firm-backed turf used in putting green installations and the Gungho mat system. It provides a consistent, predictable strike surface that doesn't compress unevenly over time. Most budget hitting mats use basic indoor/outdoor carpet that flattens within months and produces inconsistent contact. The Money Putt turf maintains its structure and pile height across high-repetition use.
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Water-jet cut edges — designed to sit flush
The strip edges are water-jet cut to be precisely flush with a 1-inch subfloor system (1-inch foam or rubber tiles with 3/8-inch turf on top). This means the strip can be inset into a rubber tile platform or a DIY plywood subfloor with no height mismatch — the ball position is always at the same level as the surrounding floor, which matters for address comfort and for launch monitor ball-height consistency. A strip that sits higher than the surrounding surface changes the ball's apparent lie angle and can cause address compensation over time.
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Launch monitor ready — 3 inches from edge
The hitting position on the strip is 3 inches from the long edge of the mat. This is a deliberate placement that allows a side-mounted camera launch monitor (Bushnell Launch Pro, Foresight GC3, SkyTrak ST MAX) to sit directly on the floor beside the strip at the correct offset distance — without needing an elevated stand. The Pro 46.5-inch size extends this to both sides, so the monitor can sit left or right depending on player handedness without moving the strip.
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Replaceable — not the whole platform
The strip is the component that wears first — it's the one taking every impact. Because the strip is a separate unit from the surrounding floor system, you replace only the strip when it eventually wears out, not the entire mat platform. Most full-mat systems force you to replace the whole product when the strike zone degrades. The Holy Grail strip design separates the wear item from the structural platform, which is how any serious practice facility designs its floor system.
What's Inside
Layer-by-Layer Construction
GrassTex Money Putt turf surface
Short-pile, firm-backed turf that maintains consistent pile height across high-repetition use. Provides realistic contact feedback without flattening.
Impact absorption foam — upper layer
Softer upper foam provides the initial energy absorption on contact, giving realistic fat shot feedback without transmitting peak impact energy to the wrists.
Dense support foam — lower layer
Firmer lower foam provides structural support and protects the base from bottom-out compression. The combination of two foam densities is what separates the Holy Grail from single-density mats.
Durable plastic base
Rigid base layer protects the foam system from ground moisture, holds the strip's shape, and provides the clean edge profile for flush inset installation into rubber tile platforms.
Which Should You Buy?
Holy Grail Strip vs Rubber Tiles — The Honest Comparison
- ✓Purpose-built strike zone with professional-grade feedback on contact quality
- ✓Joint-protective construction — two foam densities absorb impact without hiding it
- ✓Replaceable independently when worn — not the whole platform
- ✓Water-jet cut edges for flush subfloor integration
- ↓Higher upfront cost than basic rubber tiles
- ↓Requires a surrounding platform — not a standalone solution
- ✓Inexpensive and widely available
- ✓Good subfloor platform — works well underneath the Holy Grail Strip
- ↓Produces inconsistent ball contact — surface too hard and unyielding for realistic iron strikes
- ↓No fat shot feedback — every miss feels the same regardless of contact quality
- ↓Transmits full impact energy to wrists and elbows on fat strikes
- ↓Wears unevenly — develops a groove in the strike zone over time
Setting It Up
How to Install the Holy Grail Strip
The strip installs into a surrounding surface — typically 3/4-inch rubber interlocking tiles with turf on top (most common), a DIY plywood subfloor with turf, or directly into the Gungho Holy Grail Mat system. The goal is a flush surface where the strip top sits level with the surrounding standing area. Measure the height of your subfloor + turf combination and compare to the strip's 1.5-inch depth to determine whether shimming is needed.
For rubber tiles: remove tiles at the strike zone position, leaving an open footprint slightly larger than the strip dimensions. The strip sits in this opening. If your tiles are 3/4-inch and the strip is 1.5 inches, add a 3/4-inch shim layer (spare rubber tile cut to size, or plywood) under the surrounding tiles to bring them level with the top of the strip. For a plywood subfloor: route a pocket at the strip position to the correct depth.
Place the strip so the striking surface is 3 inches from the edge closest to your launch monitor. For a right-handed player with a right-side monitor: strip right edge is 3 inches from where the monitor will sit. This positions the ball correctly within the monitor's detection zone. For the Pro 46.5" size: the strip covers enough width that either edge can serve as the monitor side — ideal for shared LH/RH setups.
Once positioned, check the flush level across the strip edges with a spirit level or straight edge. The transition from surrounding surface to strip should be zero height difference at the edges you step over — any lip creates a trip hazard and can affect your address position over time. Secure the strip with heavy-duty double-sided tape or leave it loose (the platform cut-out holds it in position). Take test swings before committing to a permanent adhesive arrangement.
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Official Gungho Golf dealer. Full warranty.
Fast Shipping
Standard: 2–3 days. Pro: 3–5 days.
Replaceable
Replace the strip alone when worn — not the platform.
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Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Building a Full Platform?
Check the flooring guide for the right rubber tile setup under the strip, or use the configurator to match your room dimensions to the right enclosure and mat combination.