Big Moss Pure Flight hitting strip feels closest to real grass in an unsponsored sim review

Unreal Golf, a creator who plays competitive rounds on a simulator golf tour, calls the Big Moss Pure Flight the best hitting strip he has used. He bought it himself and says the review isn't sponsored and carries no affiliate code. He had been hitting off it for a little over a month when he posted the video.

Why he went looking

His stance mat is a Matzilla, a thick all-nylon mat he picked because it punishes fat shots. After spinal fusion surgery he wanted something easier on his body and moved to Bullseye 3D and Bullseye Soft Strike strips. He liked the Bullseye 3D's tight-fairway feel. He had passed on FiberBilt-style strips because, in his experience, the club glides through them even on fat shots.

What the Pure Flight does differently

In the video he shows a 1.5-inch strip with a foam layer underneath and nylon fibers in two zones:

• Top layer. Thinner, spaced-out fibers that lean forward toward the screen, so a shallow strike glides through.
• Deeper layer. Thicker, denser woven fibers that grab more as the club goes down.

His point is that a heavy shot still gets punished, but catching the turf a hair before the ball doesn't. He compares that to the top layer of real grass. Grabbier mats like his Matzilla and the Soft Strike punish even the slightest early contact, he says. The ball sits up "like if it was on traditional fairway," though not as tight as on the Bullseye 3D. His strip sits on plywood screwed into the subfloor with no extra foam underneath.

Big Moss's product page makes a similar pitch. The company says the turf fibers handle impact compression instead of the foam base, and that the ball sits slightly up the way it would on a fairway.

The downsides he found

• Putting. The fibers grab the ball, so putts need extra pace and short ones are hard to judge. He doesn't putt on it during tour rounds. His launch monitor sits in a hitting box he can move to a smoother surface instead.
• One direction. The fibers run toward the screen, and the underside shows which way to lay it, so you can't flip it to spread out wear. He hadn't seen any wear yet.

He also mentions that Big Moss now offers a 1.75-inch version. The product page we checked lists only the 1.5-inch strip.

Price and sizes

Big Moss lists the Pure Flight at $119 to $199. It comes in 12 by 30 inches or 12 by 60 inches, both 1.5 inches tall, with a length tolerance of plus or minus half an inch. The company says it is 100% nylon, made in the USA, has no tee holes and holds a regular tee. It suggests cutting the long strip in half to get two hitting areas, and will add filler pieces if your cutout needs extra length.

What to do

If your current strip lets fat shots slide or beats up your wrists, measure your mat's cutout before ordering one of the two sizes. Plan to putt somewhere else if you care about accurate putting numbers. Because the strip only faces one way, check the arrow on the underside before you lay it down.