JP3150229U - Golf course yardage book - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a yardage book for confirming information on a golf course in which all holes of a golf course are collected into one book. SOLUTION: The golf course hole layout is expressed with satellite images and aerial photographs, and the contour map of the altitude topographic map, distance scale, hazard boundary line, cart road and the next hole guide are displayed in an easy-to-read manner, with a blank space. In addition, the player's necessary information such as direction, pin placement map, green information, course facility information, etc. is comprehensively described on one sheet. The player can easily identify the current position realistically from the actual landscape, and can easily estimate the topography and the height difference from the contour line information. By displaying the distance scale auxiliary line, the distance can be estimated easily. Hazard information makes it easy to determine goals, and at the same time, comprehensively describes information that players need, such as heading, pin placement map, green information, hole explanation, course facility information, and next hole guidance. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention displays the golf course hole layout on a single seat as a satellite image or aerial photograph, and overlays the contour lines of the same scale altitude topographic map. Furthermore, distance scale from tee ground and green, OB and penalty Hazard boundary lines, cart roads, toilets, shops, lightning shelters and other course facility locations, etc. are overlaid and displayed in the margin, scale display, direction, pin placement map, green size, Information about the slope, steps, mound position, lawn eyes, rolling information of the ball, commentary on the hole, guidance on the way to the next hole, etc. It relates to a yardage book for providing golf course information in one book.

  Many yardage books, which are traditional course information booklets, represent the hall layout with illustrations and drawings, and the shapes and scales are not accurate, making it difficult to identify the player's current position. Therefore, it is not easy to estimate the distance from the point where the player is actually located to the target. Although some layouts are represented by aerial photographs, they have a positional relationship, but they are flat and do not know the overall topography, so it is impossible to estimate the height difference to the target point. In addition, although there are some sectional views showing the height difference, even if the height of a part of the hole can be understood, the height difference from a specific point to a specific target cannot be estimated. Alternatively, there are things that gradually darken the color of the terrain of the course from the high place to the low place along the contour line to express the gradient, but in this case the course layout itself is an illustration or figure, and it is a satellite image or aerial photograph Thus, it is difficult to specify the player's own position with reality, and it is not easy to estimate the distance to the target and the height difference. Some courses are displayed with aerial photographs and height indication lines, but this is necessary for players such as distance scales, pin placement diagrams, bearings, green information, golf course facility information, and guidance to the next hole. There is a lack of information. Thus, the conventional yardage book does not cover the information necessary for the player.

Japanese Patent Application No. 2002-217316 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 63-36314 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 63-153831 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. Sho 62-181976 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 62-136029 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 59-177831

In golf, you know where you are on the course while playing, and the distance from the position to the target, the height difference, the topography of the ball's fall point, the exact shape, direction, and green pin of the hole Knowing the position is an important point in making scores. Players should use it in consideration of the exact distance and height difference from the specified current position to the target point, the inclination and shape of the target point, the average flight distance of the club used, the wind direction and wind speed, the green pin position, etc. By selecting a golf club to be played and executing a shot, the player competes to hole out with a smaller number of hits, and play is required to be quick.
The conventional yardage book is inaccurate in the shape and scale of the layout map, the positional relationship is unspecified due to lack of reality, the terrain slope and elevation difference is unknown, distance determination information and orientation information, pin position information and green information, It has one of the disadvantages such as lack of information necessary for players such as guidance information to the hall and course facility information. It is required to overcome all these drawbacks and to easily confirm various information necessary for the player. It contributes to the improvement of the player's score, facilitates play, and enhances the play content.
In recent years, there has been an increase in so-called self-play, where players play alone without a caddy as a play assistant, and information on course strategies, directions to the next hole, and course facility information can be stored in one seat. There is a need for golf players and golf course operations to provide portable yardage books that can be more easily verified.

The present invention displays the golf course hole layout with satellite images and aerial photographs, and displays the same topographic contour map of the same scale on top of it. Distance scales, hazard information such as OB lines, and the like are also displayed in an easy-to-read manner by distinguishing the display colors. In addition, in the margin, hall capture necessary information such as direction, pin placement map, green information and course facility information are described, and these are comprehensively described in one sheet.
The player can easily identify the current position from actual vegetation and scenery around the artifact, and can easily estimate the height difference to the target point using the contour line information, and know the topography of the target point. it can. In addition, by displaying the distance scale from the tee ground and the green, the distance can be easily estimated. Hazard information makes it easy to determine targets, and at the same time, margin pin placement diagrams, orientation displays, hole commentary, green sizes, steps and undulations, mounds, lawn eyes, ball rolling, etc., course facility information To provide a portable yardage book in which all the holes are listed in one sheet and the sheets of each hole are combined into a booklet of about A6 size, for the convenience of the player, scoring up and playing progress It contributes to smoothness and contributes to the acquisition of PR and repeaters of the golf course, and aims to solve the above-mentioned problems.

This device allows the player to identify the current position more realistically and to reach the target point by checking the course layout of satellite images and aerial photographs together with the contour lines and distance auxiliary lines of the topographic map drawn on it. You can easily recognize the height difference, slope, and topography, and easily estimate the distance. Hazard information such as OB boundary lines can be used to easily determine targets that avoid dangerous zones, and the direction information can predict the wind in the hole from the wind direction wind speed on the playing day, and tends to extend in the southwest direction. Can be expected. In addition, a pin placement diagram showing the pin position on the day of play and green information, etc., can be confirmed simultaneously on one sheet, and the player can play with confidence, leading to an increase in score. Judgment of the situation before the shot and the time to search for the ball after the shot are also quick, and the play is quick. In addition, the indication of the direction position to the next hole around the green is a convenient place to put a club other than the putter used in the approach when going up to the green. It can be picked up in the shortest distance while facing, so it is efficient and saves time. In addition, the guide to the next hole is also described, and the entire 18-hole play is smooth without getting lost, which is also effective for course management.
Also, the direction position to the next hole is information that should be considered in putting because all the players walk in that direction after the hole out, so that the green turf is easy to face in that direction. Furthermore, information on course facilities such as toilets, shops, and thunder shelters in the course is indispensable information for the player and is intended for convenience.
This yardage book is useful not only for effective judgment information during play but also for formulating course strategies, simulations, and image training before play. Clubs and play results can also be recorded, and it is easier to verify the content of the play more realistically after play, improving course management and providing a useful resource for golf practice plans, and players re-challenge the course. It is motivated and beneficial not only for the players but also for the management of the course.

It is the top view which showed one Example of 1 sheet which described the information of 1 hole of the yardage book which concerns on this invention. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a yardage book according to the present invention.

  The golf course hole layout is displayed as a satellite image or aerial photograph on the seat shown in Fig. 1, and the same contour map of elevation topographic maps is superimposed on it. Further, distance scale from tee ground and green, hazard boundary of OB and penalty Lines, cart roads, toilets, stalls, places of course facilities such as thunder shelters, etc. are overlaid and displayed in the margin, yard scale display, heading, pin placement diagram, green size, slope, step, mound The information on the location, lawn eyes, the ball rolling information, the comment on the hole, the hole information such as the directions to the next hole, etc. is comprehensively posted. The yardage book of FIG. 2 for providing golf course information is created.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the sheet 1 of FIG. And 3, the handicap value of the hole. 4. Par value of the hole. 5a, Distance yards from back tee to green. 5b, Distance yards from regular tee to green. 5c, the distance yard numerical value from ladies tee to green is displayed as 6a, back tee position, 6b, regular tee position, 6c, ladies tee position. Then, the layout image of the hall of the satellite image or the aerial photograph is arranged so as to fit on a sheet of about A6 size. The contour line of the topographical map of 8a of the same scale is superimposed and displayed in brown, and the altitude meter value of the contour line of 8b is displayed in brown. Further, the distance display auxiliary line in increments of 50 yards from 9a and regularity is superimposed and displayed in red, and the distance yard value from 9b and regularity is described in red. 9a and 9b are changed to back tees or ladies tees depending on circumstances. Further, 10a, a distance display auxiliary line in increments of 50 yards from the center of the green is overlaid and displayed in blue, and 10b, a distance yard value from the center of the green is displayed in blue. In some cases, 10a and 10b are changed to the distance from the front edge of the green. 11, the auxiliary line of the hazard information is displayed by being overlaid with a dotted line, the OB boundary line is displayed in white, the one-pena boundary line is displayed in yellow, and the water hazard boundary line is displayed in light blue. 12. The cart road is displayed in gray. 13a, the direction guide arrow to the next hole, 13b, the next hole No. are displayed in orange. And in the margin of the hole layout, 14, the direction of the hole is displayed. 15a, green type. 15b, green enlarged view. 15c, Yard value of the vertical and horizontal size of green. 15d, information indicating green slope, step, mound, lawn, rolling ball, etc. 15e, direction position to the next hole. 16, Pin placement diagram, 17, Comment comment on the hall. 18. The location of the toilet, which is the course facility information, 19, the scaled yard scale of the hole layout of the sheet, and the above items are described together in one sheet.
In the present invention, as described above, one sheet of information on one hole of the golf course shown in FIG. 1 of the golf course is created for each hole, and all the holes of the golf course are collected. The booklet is a yardage book.

1 1 sheet of information on 1 hole of Yardage Book 2
3 Handicap value of the hole 4 Par value of the hole 5a Distance yard value from back tee to green 5b Distance yard value from regular tee to green 5c Distance yard value from ladies tee to green 6a Back tee position 6b Regular Position of tee 6c Position of ladies' tee Hall layout image 8a of satellite image and aerial photograph Brown contour line 8b of altitude topographic map Brown number 9a of contour line elevation meter Line 9b Red yard number 10a from distance from regularity Blue scale auxiliary line 10b in increments of 50 yards from green center Blue yard number 10b from distance from green center White dotted line 12 of OB boundary line Gray Display and cart road 13 The next hole arrow 13b orange orange directions to the next hole No.
14 Orientation indication 15a Green type 15b Green enlarged view 15c Yard numerical value 15e of green vertical and horizontal size 16e Orange indication of direction position to the next hole 16 Pin placement Fig. 17 Explanation of the hole 18 Toilet place 19 Scale scale display 20 of this sheet Perspective view of an embodiment of the yardage book of the present invention

Claims (1)

  The golf course hole layout is represented by aerial photographs and satellite photographs, and the same topographic contour map of the same scale is superimposed on it. Also, distance scale from tee ground and green, hazard boundaries such as OB and penalty, cart road The course facility information is displayed in an easy-to-read manner with different display colors. Further, the scale of the hole, orientation, pin placement, green size, slope, mound, grass, rolling ball, etc. Information, hole explanation comments, direction indication to the next hole, etc., to publish the hole information comprehensively on one sheet and provide course information that summarizes all the golf courses in one book Yardage book.

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