GB2053006A - Golf board game - Google Patents

Abstract

A board bearing a diagrammatic representation of a golf course, in which different types of terrain are shown as irregular shapes of different colours, is divided into squares provided with holes for counters. The distance a counter is to be moved is derived from two dice in accordance with an election which each player makes, prior to rolling the dice, as to the golf club which would be most appropriate. Cards are provided for penalties and for each of the different types of terrain, and are entitled Bunker, Drive, Fairway, Rough, Putting, Golf Bag and Score Cards. <IMAGE>

Description

SPECIFICATION Board game based on golf The invention relates to an indoor recreation based on the game of golf.

Many indoor recreations, combining chance and mental skill, have been devised. The most popular of these require sufficient skill to retain the interest of the players; preferably they should make provision for handicapping consistently successful players or giving an advantage to less successful ones, in order that players of varying ability may have an approximately equal chance of winning. It is often appropriate to model the indoor recreation upon some outdoor field game or sport, and to use apparatus simulating in some degree that used in the outdoor game.

According to the invention, therefore, there is provided an indoor recreation comprising a game simulating golf, played with apparatus which includes a board sheet or the like to represent a golf course, counters, and cards, or the equivalent, bearing instructions in respect of the shots played or to be played by the players, and adapted for use in combination with random selection devices, such as dice.

In one embodiment of the invention, described by way of example; the game is played on a board of stout cardboard, approximately 24 ins. X 30 ins., hinged across its length to enable it to be folded for storage. One face of the board is finished in any convenient decorative manner; the other face bears a diagrammatic representation of a golf course, the whole area, except for one corner representing the club house, being divided into approximately 10,000 squares by a series of evenly-spaced intersecting lines. Each square is preferably provided with a central hole into which a playing counter may be located.

The board is divided into areas of irregular shape representing different types of terrain, coloured as follows:- "fairway", green; "greens", grey; "bunkers", yellow; "rough (grade 1)", dark green; "rough (grade 2)", brown; "water", blue; "trees", dark olive green.

The other apparatus for the game consists of eight counters (one for each of up to eight players), two dice (one red, one blue), Bunker Cards, Drive Cards, Fairway and Rough Cards, Putting Cards, Golf Bag Cards and Score Cards.

To allow for the situation in which two or more playing counters are required to occupy one square of the playing board, each counter is preferably provided with a depression in its upper surface in which a further counter may locate.

An embodiment of the invention is hereinafter described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1 shows the playing board, and Figures 2 and 3 are enlarged views of the areas marked "A" and "B" on Fig. 1.

Figs. 2 and 3 are shaded according to the Heraldic convention to represent areas of different colour.

The board 10 is marked in representation of an 1 8 hole golf course. Referring to Figs. 2 and 3 each tee is represented by a white square 11 bearing an arrow indicating the direction of the corresponding hole; the latter is a square 1 2 marked by a small red flag. Although not shown, each white square 11 and the corresponding square 1 2 are marked with one of the numbers between 1 and 1 8. The board is also marked in representation of "fairways" 13, "greens" 14, "bunkers" 15, "rough (grade 1)" 16, "rough (grade 2)" 17, "water" 18, and "trees" 19.

Each "hole" is played separately, and the object is for each player to move his counter from the "tee" to the corresponding "hole" in the minimum number of throws of the dice; the player who does this in the least number of throws wins that "hole". The winner of the game is either the player who completes the course with the least number of throws, or the player who wins the largest number of "holes". Either method of scoring may be chosen.

The two dice are always thrown together, except when a counter has reached a "green" 1 4.

Before each throw a player must state which "club" he intends to use, and in which direction he intends to move his counter. The counters may only be moved parallel to the edges of the board. The direction of play is from "tee" to "hole", but before each throw a player may state his intention of moving his counter a certain number of squares, less than eight, at right angles to the direction of play. Only one such "corner" may be turned in each move. The distance a counter moves is determined by a number uppermost on the red dice and by the "club" chosen by the player for that throw; reference to the Golf Bag Card will then indicate that the "ball" has travelled a certain distance. For example, if a "driver" is chosen and 5 is thrown on the red dice, the Golf Bag Card will indicate 260 (yards).Each square on the board represents 10 yards, so in this case the counter would be moved 26 squares.

The Golf Bag Card, of which each player has a copy, is set out as follows:- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Driver 140 170 300 200 260 290 Spoon 100 130 150 150 190 220 3 iron 90 110 130 130 160 150 5 iron 80 90 100 100 120 140 7 iron 50 60 70 70 90 100 8 iron 30 40 50 50 60 70 9 iron 10 20 30 30 40 50 putter S.S. S.L. O.K. O.K. O.K. Holed (square (square short) long) The "clubs" that may be used on various parts of the course are restricted as follows:-- off "tees", any clubs; off "fairway", any "club" except "driver"; on "greens", "putter" only; in "bunkers", as directed on Bunker Cards; in "rough (grade 1)", 7 8 or 9 "iron"; in "rough (grade 2)", 9 "iron" only.When "driving" from particular "tees", in which the white square 11 has been marked with a asterisk, as shown in Fig. 2 the player has a further choice; he may "drive" as usual, stating his intended direction, or he may "drive" in the opposite direction to the direction of play. The latter will be longer, but less beset by obstacles such as "bunkers", "lakes" and "woods".

The blue dice adds an extra element of chance. If 2, 3, 4 or 5 is taken on the blue dice, no notice is taken of it, but if 1 is shaken, the move is first made normally and then, if "driving" off a "tee" a Drive Card is picked up and the move modified in conformity with the instruction on the back of the card. The Drive Cards, of which about ten are provided among the apparatus for the game, bear such instructions as "sliced 20 yards", "topped-lose 100 yards", "lost baliArive again", or "if on holes 3, 5, 6, 11, 13, 14, 1 6 or 17---out of bounds, drive again; if not, no action".

If 1 is thrown on the blue dice when a player's counter is on a "fairway", "rough" or in a "bunker", a Fairway and Rough Card is taken instead of a Drive Card, and the move is modified in conformity with the instructions on the back of the card. About 1 8 of these cards are provided among the apparatus for the game; they bear such instructions as "lifted head, missed ball; drive again counting extra shot", "slice 40 yards", miss hit, only 90 yards; if hit less than 90 yards, not applicable, "it landed on green, roll into nearest bunker; otherwise no action, or "lost ball"." If 6 is thrown on the blue dice, the player may ignore his previous statement of direction in which he intended to move, and may move his counter the number of squares given by the Golf Bag Card in any manner he desires; but he is still resticted to movements of not more than 8 squares across the direction of play.

Additional rules specify the type of play to be used on certain parts of the course. When a player's counter finishes in a "bunker", the player must pick up a Bunker Card and obey the instructions on its lower face when making his next move. The Bunker Cards, of which about 18 are provided among the apparatus for the game bear such instructions as "good lie; use 5, 7, 8 or 9 iron"; "moderate lie; use 7, 8 or 9 iron"; "bad lie, use 8 or 9 iron"; "failed to get out"; great shot; if next to green, ball holed, or if not, use any club except driver". When moving from a "bunker" one square must always be subtracted from the distance given by the Golf Bag Card.On the 18th hole there is a special "bunker" 1 SA which must be "played" with a 9 iron only; this instruction replaces the taking of a Bunker Card.

"Woods" may only be placed over when "driving" from a "tee"; otherwise they must be avoided. If a player should have to move his counter through a wood, his "ball" is considered lost; he must then play again from the same position on the board from which he last played, and suffer a penalty of 2 "strokes' '-that is, if a player drives from the "tee" into a "wood", his next throw will be his third. A counter may travel over a "stream" or "lake", but if it finishes its move in water the player is considered to have lost his "ball", and plays as for a "ball" lost in a wood. On certain parts of the course, red lines 20, bearing at intervals red triangles 21, are drawn to represent boundaries.If a player's counter crosses these lines his "ball" is considered "out of bounds". He must play the "shot" again, and suffer a penalty of two "strokes". If a player's counter moves onto the "fairway" of a "hole" other than the "hole" being played, the player must play his next "stroke" from that position and suffer a penalty of one "stroke".

On the "greens" 14, only a "putter" may be used; the blue dice is not used by players whose counters are on a green" 14. If the red dice shows 3, 4 or 5, the counter is moved to the square 1 2 marked by the red flag, and after one more throw the "ball" is considered "holed". If 1 or 2 is thrown, the player is considered to have "putted" either short or long; he must wait till his next throw and "putt" again as usual by shaking the red dice. If 6 is thrown, the "ball" is considered "holed" by that throw.

If 3, 4 or 5 is thrown, the player, instead of assuming his "ball" to be "sunk" in two "putts", may take a Putting Card. On the lower face of this card he will find such instructions as "Great shot, holed"; "stopped on the lip; down next putt"; "hit too hard; 2 more putts required"; or "crack under pressure, take 5 more putts". The Putting Cards, of which about 18 are provided among the apparatus for the game, offer the player the chance of reducing the number of "putts" he takes, at the risk of increasing the number. The player whose counter is furthest from the flag should "putt" first.It may happen that a player throws a number that allows him to move his counter directly, e.g. from a "fairway" 13, to the square 1 2 marked by the flag; in this case, no "putting" is required.

Each player has a score card, of which a number are provided among the apparatus for the game. The card is made of stout paper or thin card, folded centrally. The front face bears a plan of the "course" and the title "Queensbury Golf Course Score Card". Inside the card, information about each "hole" is shown; on the back of the card is a brief summary of the main rules of play.

The Score Card is used in applying a handicap to a too successful player. Inside the score card is written "S.S.S. 72". This indicates that the Standard Scratch Score for the course is 72 "strokes" (that is, throws of the red dice). A player who completes the course in 72 "strokes" has a handicap of zero; if, on average, he takes n "strokes" to complete the course, his handicap is n - 72. It is a rule that no player shall have a handicap greater than 24. If two players A and B, have different handicaps a and b, where a b, A's handicap is the difference, a- b.At certain "holes", A must substract one "stroke" from his score; how this is determined by the following table, which is printed inside the Score Card:-

U) U) a) a) a)a) = X s a) z a)a) = a) row a) bD Q, O a) 0a) k Q, a) . a) 0a) k g 0 H d o who U) O zo o r h m 90 a) o o Q e o d D O o o o O t d 9 O O Oa) S t ; S m H H = 2 = ; 2 U) U) 0:: 1 360 4 17 10 160 3 19 2 400 4 15 11 620 5 7 3 3 - 90 3 9 12 550 5 3 4 430 4 6 13 360 4 18 5 340 4 13 14 220 3 16 6 570 5 4 15 400 4 5 7 460 5 2 16 340 4 10 8 420 4 11 17 390 4 8 9 9 380 4 12 ~~ . 18 550 5 1 TOTAL 3450 37 TOTAL 3590 37 Each "hole" is assigned a stroke index. Wherever this is equal to or greater than 3/4(a- b), A must substract one "stroke" from his score for that "hole", thus giving him an advantage.

Claims (8)

1. Apparatus, for playing a game simulating golf, comprising a playing board marked in representation of a golf course, counters, and cards or the equivalent bearing instructions in respect of the shots played or to be played by the players, and adapted for use in combination with at least one random selection device.

2. Apparatus, according to Claim 1, in which the playing board is marked in representation of different types of terrain.

3. Apparatus, according to Claim 1 or Claim 2, in which the playing board is provided with a plurality of apertures in each of which a playing counter may be located.

4. Apparatus, according to any one of the preceding claims, comprising Bunker Cards, Drive Cards, Fairway and Rough Cards, and Putting Cards, adapted for use in conjunction with those parts of the playing board marked in representation, respectively, of bunkers, tees, fairways and rough, and greens.

5. Apparatus, according to any one of the preceding claims, comprising Golf Bag Cards and Score Cards.

6. Apparatus, according to Claim 5, in which the Score Cards are adapted for use in applying a handicap.

7. Apparatus, according to any one of the preceding claims, comprising two distinguishable dice as a random selection device.

8. Apparatus, for playing a game simulating golf, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.