How to Make a Golf Cage Out of Metal Pipe

One of the most important factors to a low golf score is a controlled, repeatable golf swing. Your swing should become second nature to you and the only way for that to happen is to practice, practice, practice. Public golf ranges can become costly, so the next option is to have a golf cage installed at home, which can cost hundreds of dollars. Construct a golf cage yourself and the money you save can be put towards a new driver.

Things You'll Need

  • Four 1-inch compression tee connectors
  • Eight 1-inch compression right angle elbow connectors
  • Four 10-foot lengths of 1-inch pipe
  • Four 8-foot lengths of 1-inch pipe
  • Two 8-foot-6-inch lengths of 1-inch pipe
  • One 1-foot length of 1-inch pipe
  • Pipe cutter
  • 1-inch wrench
  • Curtain rings
  • One 30-by-10-foot length of sports netting
  • One 7-by-7-foot square of sports netting
  • One 15-by-15 square of sports netting
  • 56 cable ties
  • Tent pegs
  • Mallet
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Instructions

    • 1

      Select where you want to position the golf cage. It should be in an area large enough to accommodate the structure, which will be approximately 8-feet wide, 8-feet-6-inches tall and 10-feet long. The cage can be moved easily but requires pegging into the ground, so is best located on a lawn.

    • 2

      Fix a tee connector at each end of an 8-foot length of pipe, making sure that the tee junctions are facing the same way. Take a second 8-foot length of pie and fit tee connectors to it in the same way.

    • 3

      Insert an 8-foot length of pipe into each tee connector at right angles to form a square. Tighten all the connectors using a wrench and ensure that each pipe is joined securely.

    • 4

      Cut the 1-foot length of pipe into four 3-inch lengths using the pipe cutter. Insert each piece into the open connector of each tee and tighten. Lay the square on the ground.

    • 5

      Attach elbows onto the 3-inch cut pipe at each corner. Each elbow should be at right angles to the square and be pointing upwards. Insert two 10-foot lengths of pipe into the elbow connectors along one side and tighten with the wrench.

    • 6

      Lay the whole cage along its 10-foot side and fix elbow connectors on the end of each 10-foot pipe. The open ends of the elbows should be pointing at each other. Insert an 8-foot-6-inch pipe into the elbow connectors to form a square. Tip the cage back onto its 8-foot side.

    • 7

      Insert two 10-foot lengths of pipe into the elbows on the opposite side and secure. Lay the cage on these two 10-foot pipes and insert elbow connectors at the open end, with the open ends of each elbow facing the other.

    • 8

      Insert the remaining 8-foot-6-inch pipe into the elbows and tighten. Turn the cage so that it sits on its two 10-foot edges. The bottom pipe of the closed end should be 3 inches off the ground.

    • 9

      Fit curtain rings along the top pipe of each side and along the top rear pipe. Attach 10 rings to each of the side pipes and eight rings along the rear pipe. Hang the 30-by-10 piece of netting on the curtain rings starting from the open corner and working inwards. Make sure that the netting is hung evenly and that the bottom edge has at least 1 foot of netting laying on the ground.

    • 10

      Attach the 7-foot square of netting towards the rear of the cage. It should be hung 6 inches in front of the rear net wall and secured to each side wall of netting using cable ties at 1-foot intervals. The smaller square gathers the edges of the netting away from the pipes at the rear of the cage, minimizing the risk of a golf ball rebounding and hitting you.

    • 11

      Drape the remaining netting over the top of the cage. Gather 6 inches of the side and rear of the roof netting and tie to the rear and side netting using cable ties spaced evenly 1 foot apart. Allow the remainder of the roof net to drop over the top pipes.

    • 12

      Hammer tent pegs at each corner over the bottom lengths of pipe and into the ground using the mallet. Check that there are no gaps in the netting and that none of the piping is exposed. Take a slow practice swing with your longest golf club to check that you remain free of the pipes and netting throughout the swing.