CA2047054A1 - Golf course - Google Patents
Golf courseInfo
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- CA2047054A1 CA2047054A1 CA 2047054 CA2047054A CA2047054A1 CA 2047054 A1 CA2047054 A1 CA 2047054A1 CA 2047054 CA2047054 CA 2047054 CA 2047054 A CA2047054 A CA 2047054A CA 2047054 A1 CA2047054 A1 CA 2047054A1
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- fairway
- golf course
- area
- compact golf
- green
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
- A63B69/00—Training appliances or apparatus for special sports
- A63B69/36—Training appliances or apparatus for special sports for golf
- A63B69/3691—Golf courses; Golf practising terrains having a plurality of driving areas, fairways, greens
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
- A63C19/00—Design or layout of playing courts, rinks, bowling greens or areas for water-skiing; Covers therefor
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Abstract
ABSTRACT
A compact golf course. The course comprises a plurality of fairway areas arranged side by side on a rectangular area of land. Nets define each fairway area and there are tees and greens formed on the fairway areas.
Openings in the net allow access between a green of one fairway area and a tee on a subsequent fairway area. The compact golf course permits a full range of shots and, indeed, the full distance -that one would find on a conventional golf course but is extremely economical of space.
A compact golf course. The course comprises a plurality of fairway areas arranged side by side on a rectangular area of land. Nets define each fairway area and there are tees and greens formed on the fairway areas.
Openings in the net allow access between a green of one fairway area and a tee on a subsequent fairway area. The compact golf course permits a full range of shots and, indeed, the full distance -that one would find on a conventional golf course but is extremely economical of space.
Description
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GOLF COURSE
This inven-tion relates to a compact golf course.
The game of golf is cons-tantly increasing in popularity. However, a -typical golf course of 18 holes and, say, 6,000 yards, occupies a very large area o~ land.
The setting aside of land ~or golf courses arouses -the increasingly vocal environmentalists who object to the cutting of trees and other deve'lopment work necessary in 1~ the setting up of a golf course.
Golf is a game demanding in skill. It requires good hand to eye coordination. ~lthouyh the rules of golf have attempted to ensure some sort of equality between golfers by the handicap system, nothing can obscure the fact tha-t the vast majority of golfers cannot be expected to land the golf ball on the fairway all the time.
As a result of the distance involved but, to a greater extent, because of the high skill demands of the game, time spent either searching for a ball or waiting for other players while they search for a ball, means tha-t a round of golf can quite easily take six hours.
Golf driving ranges are known. They are a very popular practice device. They comprise tee areas and an open space into which the golf ball can be driven. They ~5 are, however, essentially means of practicing driving. To enter the open space would be extremely dangerous and the golf ~alls are collected from the open space by employees of the driving range, driving heavily protected vehicles.
Thus driving ranges ofer practice areas for golf, but only practice in driving.
~ t is therefore believed that there is a need for a compact golf course that permits all the golf shots to be played to provide proper, complete practice. Furthermore, 20~70~
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such a golf course should not involve the losing of golf balls nor a great amount of time to play.
There have been suggestions to produce compact golf courses but they have not achieved success. Such S suggestions include U.S. Patent 2,894,749 -to Rook which discloses an enclosed condensed golf course comprising a plurality of elongated building sections of some complexity. Runchey in ~.S. Patent 1,600,600 discloses a condensed golf course where each hole is separated by curtains or heavy netting. However, Runchey uses screens to achieve the effect normally obtained by distances and hazards in a normal golf course and, therefore, serves no useful practice purpose.
Tegart in U.S. Patent 4,798,385 discloses a compact golf course which has yard markers and screen boundaries.
However, Tegart is a double ended compact golf course having limit~d practice value.
Other relevant patents include U.S. Patent 4,900,023 to Gelina; 4,915,387 to Ba~strom; 4,157,831 to Renn;
4,129,300 to Magnuson; 4,063,738 to Michalson; 4,872,686 to Trasko and 3,083,021 to Reiley.
No prior art known to applicant show a simple, compact golf course in which a player may play all the sho-ts that would be played on a full sized golf course but may do so ~5 in substantially less time.
Accordingly, the present invention provides a compact golf course comprising a plurality of fairway areas arranged side by side on a rectangular area of land, nets to delimit each fairway area; tees formed on the fairway areas; greens formed on the fairway areas; and openings in the net to allow access between a green of one fairway area and a tee on the subsequent fairway area.
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In a preferred embo~iment there are two fairways arranged end-to-end on each fairway area. There is a net between the two end--to-end fairways. Preferably, there is a ne-t a-t the end of each fairway area to avoid cJolf balls being driven -too far pas-t the green.
The net is supported on posts and, to enable play at night, lights may be arranged on the posts. In the interests of facilitatiny play it is preferable to provide enlarged holes in the greens. The usual golf size of 4 1/2" diameter hole is, therefore, preferably increased to about 5".
The course of the invention is, of course, principally intended for practice. In those circumstances, it is desirable to provide dis-tance markers on the fairways to allow a player to measure distances to the green to facilitate club selection. The tees may also be marked with positioning markers for the feet of a learning player.
That is to say, the player can follow the mar~s to place the feet in the correct position for any particular shot.
The invention is illustrated in the drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a plan view of a golf course according to the present invention; and Figure 2 is a detail of a golf course.
The drawings show a compact golf course comprising a plurality of fairway areas 10 arranged side by side on a rectangular area of land. In the embodiment of the golf course illustrated on Figure 1, there are nine fairway areas arranged side by side with a net 12 to delimi-t each fairway area. Figure 1 shows two fairways 14 arranged end-to-end on each fairway area 10. There are nets 16 between the two end-to-end fairways 14 to restrict -the length of the fairways 14.
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There is a tee 18 at the end of each fairway 14 and a green 20 of the other end of each fairway in precisely -the same manner as any golf course. There are openings 22 in the nets 12 and 16 to allow access between a green 20 of one fairway 14 and a tee 18 on the nex-t fairway 14.
As shown particularly in Figure 2, the net 12 is supported on posts 24 and, to allow play at night, there are lights 26 arranged on the posts. There are holes 28 in each green 20 and, as previously indicated, these are desirably of enlarged diameters compared with the holes oE
a conventional golf course.
There are distance markers 30 on the netting 12 to allow a player to measure distance to the green 20.
Golf may be played in conventional manner on the course of the invention. The cross nets 16 can be positioned to vary the lengths of the fairways and, as on a golf course, to rest certain greens. Par will be assessed for each hole by the positioning of the cross nets 16.
Although not shown in the drawing, bunkers or sand traps can be arranged on the fair~ay or around the green, in conventional manner.
The rules of golf can be applied. They can be varied as necessary. For example, hitting a net 12 can be ;
considered the equivalent of hitting out of bounds as on a ~5 conventional golf course and can attract a penalty, for example half a shot. In all other regards, the normal xules of golf applyO
The topography of the land upon which the course is built need not be changed. It is certainly not essential that the land be flat and, indeed, it is considered an advantage that the golf course would resemble a conventional golf course in following the lie of the land.
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The fairways may, for example, be about 60 feet wide and each fairway area 10 about 600 yards long, An 18 hole course is shown bu-t a 9 hole course is equally feasible.
GOLF COURSE
This inven-tion relates to a compact golf course.
The game of golf is cons-tantly increasing in popularity. However, a -typical golf course of 18 holes and, say, 6,000 yards, occupies a very large area o~ land.
The setting aside of land ~or golf courses arouses -the increasingly vocal environmentalists who object to the cutting of trees and other deve'lopment work necessary in 1~ the setting up of a golf course.
Golf is a game demanding in skill. It requires good hand to eye coordination. ~lthouyh the rules of golf have attempted to ensure some sort of equality between golfers by the handicap system, nothing can obscure the fact tha-t the vast majority of golfers cannot be expected to land the golf ball on the fairway all the time.
As a result of the distance involved but, to a greater extent, because of the high skill demands of the game, time spent either searching for a ball or waiting for other players while they search for a ball, means tha-t a round of golf can quite easily take six hours.
Golf driving ranges are known. They are a very popular practice device. They comprise tee areas and an open space into which the golf ball can be driven. They ~5 are, however, essentially means of practicing driving. To enter the open space would be extremely dangerous and the golf ~alls are collected from the open space by employees of the driving range, driving heavily protected vehicles.
Thus driving ranges ofer practice areas for golf, but only practice in driving.
~ t is therefore believed that there is a need for a compact golf course that permits all the golf shots to be played to provide proper, complete practice. Furthermore, 20~70~
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such a golf course should not involve the losing of golf balls nor a great amount of time to play.
There have been suggestions to produce compact golf courses but they have not achieved success. Such S suggestions include U.S. Patent 2,894,749 -to Rook which discloses an enclosed condensed golf course comprising a plurality of elongated building sections of some complexity. Runchey in ~.S. Patent 1,600,600 discloses a condensed golf course where each hole is separated by curtains or heavy netting. However, Runchey uses screens to achieve the effect normally obtained by distances and hazards in a normal golf course and, therefore, serves no useful practice purpose.
Tegart in U.S. Patent 4,798,385 discloses a compact golf course which has yard markers and screen boundaries.
However, Tegart is a double ended compact golf course having limit~d practice value.
Other relevant patents include U.S. Patent 4,900,023 to Gelina; 4,915,387 to Ba~strom; 4,157,831 to Renn;
4,129,300 to Magnuson; 4,063,738 to Michalson; 4,872,686 to Trasko and 3,083,021 to Reiley.
No prior art known to applicant show a simple, compact golf course in which a player may play all the sho-ts that would be played on a full sized golf course but may do so ~5 in substantially less time.
Accordingly, the present invention provides a compact golf course comprising a plurality of fairway areas arranged side by side on a rectangular area of land, nets to delimit each fairway area; tees formed on the fairway areas; greens formed on the fairway areas; and openings in the net to allow access between a green of one fairway area and a tee on the subsequent fairway area.
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In a preferred embo~iment there are two fairways arranged end-to-end on each fairway area. There is a net between the two end--to-end fairways. Preferably, there is a ne-t a-t the end of each fairway area to avoid cJolf balls being driven -too far pas-t the green.
The net is supported on posts and, to enable play at night, lights may be arranged on the posts. In the interests of facilitatiny play it is preferable to provide enlarged holes in the greens. The usual golf size of 4 1/2" diameter hole is, therefore, preferably increased to about 5".
The course of the invention is, of course, principally intended for practice. In those circumstances, it is desirable to provide dis-tance markers on the fairways to allow a player to measure distances to the green to facilitate club selection. The tees may also be marked with positioning markers for the feet of a learning player.
That is to say, the player can follow the mar~s to place the feet in the correct position for any particular shot.
The invention is illustrated in the drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a plan view of a golf course according to the present invention; and Figure 2 is a detail of a golf course.
The drawings show a compact golf course comprising a plurality of fairway areas 10 arranged side by side on a rectangular area of land. In the embodiment of the golf course illustrated on Figure 1, there are nine fairway areas arranged side by side with a net 12 to delimi-t each fairway area. Figure 1 shows two fairways 14 arranged end-to-end on each fairway area 10. There are nets 16 between the two end-to-end fairways 14 to restrict -the length of the fairways 14.
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There is a tee 18 at the end of each fairway 14 and a green 20 of the other end of each fairway in precisely -the same manner as any golf course. There are openings 22 in the nets 12 and 16 to allow access between a green 20 of one fairway 14 and a tee 18 on the nex-t fairway 14.
As shown particularly in Figure 2, the net 12 is supported on posts 24 and, to allow play at night, there are lights 26 arranged on the posts. There are holes 28 in each green 20 and, as previously indicated, these are desirably of enlarged diameters compared with the holes oE
a conventional golf course.
There are distance markers 30 on the netting 12 to allow a player to measure distance to the green 20.
Golf may be played in conventional manner on the course of the invention. The cross nets 16 can be positioned to vary the lengths of the fairways and, as on a golf course, to rest certain greens. Par will be assessed for each hole by the positioning of the cross nets 16.
Although not shown in the drawing, bunkers or sand traps can be arranged on the fair~ay or around the green, in conventional manner.
The rules of golf can be applied. They can be varied as necessary. For example, hitting a net 12 can be ;
considered the equivalent of hitting out of bounds as on a ~5 conventional golf course and can attract a penalty, for example half a shot. In all other regards, the normal xules of golf applyO
The topography of the land upon which the course is built need not be changed. It is certainly not essential that the land be flat and, indeed, it is considered an advantage that the golf course would resemble a conventional golf course in following the lie of the land.
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The fairways may, for example, be about 60 feet wide and each fairway area 10 about 600 yards long, An 18 hole course is shown bu-t a 9 hole course is equally feasible.
Claims (8)
1. A compact golf course comprising a plurality of fairway areas arranged side by side on a rectangular area of land:
nets to delimit each fairway area;
tees formed on the fairway areas;
greens formed on the fairway areas; and openings in the net to allow access between a green of one fairway area and a tee on the subsequent fairway area.
nets to delimit each fairway area;
tees formed on the fairway areas;
greens formed on the fairway areas; and openings in the net to allow access between a green of one fairway area and a tee on the subsequent fairway area.
2. A compact golf course as claimed in claim 1 in which there are two fairways arranged end-to-end on each fairway area:
a net between the two end-to-end fairways, a tee at one end of each fairway; and a green at the other end of each fairway.
a net between the two end-to-end fairways, a tee at one end of each fairway; and a green at the other end of each fairway.
3. A compact golf course as claimed in claim 1 having a net at the end of each fairway area.
4. A compact golf course as claimed in claim 1 in which the net is supported on posts.
5. A compact golf course as claimed in claim 4 in which there are lights arranged on the posts.
6. A compact golf course as claimed in claim 1 with a hole in each green of about 5" in diameter.
7. A compact golf course as claimed in claim 1 in which there are distance markers on the netting to allow a player to measure distance to the green.
8. A compact golf course as claimed in claim 1 in which the tees are marked with positioning marks for the feet of a player and to guide the club-head on back-swing and follow through.
Priority Applications (3)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA 2047054 CA2047054A1 (en) | 1991-07-15 | 1991-07-15 | Golf course |
| PCT/CA1992/000297 WO1993001871A1 (en) | 1991-07-15 | 1992-07-08 | Golf course |
| AU23008/92A AU2300892A (en) | 1991-07-15 | 1992-07-08 | Golf course |
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA 2047054 CA2047054A1 (en) | 1991-07-15 | 1991-07-15 | Golf course |
Publications (1)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| CA2047054A1 true CA2047054A1 (en) | 1993-01-16 |
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Family Applications (1)
| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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| CA 2047054 Abandoned CA2047054A1 (en) | 1991-07-15 | 1991-07-15 | Golf course |
Country Status (3)
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| AU (1) | AU2300892A (en) |
| CA (1) | CA2047054A1 (en) |
| WO (1) | WO1993001871A1 (en) |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| GB2271936B (en) * | 1992-10-24 | 1995-11-29 | Speedgolf Ltd | Speedgolf |
| GB2293111A (en) * | 1994-09-16 | 1996-03-20 | Louis William Long | Golf game |
| US5490671A (en) * | 1995-04-26 | 1996-02-13 | Picard; Roy W. | Target gold course and game |
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| US4225136A (en) * | 1978-05-18 | 1980-09-30 | Monte Beam | Condensed golf playing area with chance selected starting locations |
| DE69017696T2 (en) * | 1989-09-06 | 1995-10-26 | Waggle Pty Ltd | Golf-like game facility. |
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1991
- 1991-07-15 CA CA 2047054 patent/CA2047054A1/en not_active Abandoned
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1992
- 1992-07-08 AU AU23008/92A patent/AU2300892A/en not_active Abandoned
- 1992-07-08 WO PCT/CA1992/000297 patent/WO1993001871A1/en active Application Filing
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| AU2300892A (en) | 1993-02-23 |
| WO1993001871A1 (en) | 1993-02-04 |
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