Abstract: A golf swing practice mat for placement on an underlying base is provided to aid a golfer in improving his or her swing of a golf club having a club head, said swing comprising a swing arc having a bottom-most portion thereof, said golf swing practice mat comprising: (a) a low friction, flexible and resilient top sheet that is directly contacted by the club head, and has a rigidity of 40 pounds per square inch or less; (b) a supporting pad for supporting the top sheet and for providing space for the top sheet to yield to and accommodate the bottom-most portion of a reasonably well-aligned swing arc, the supporting pad being compressible to 50% of its resting height in any area near its center line by an applied pressure thereupon of 0.