KR102347967B1 - Golf Course “Kaleidoscope” - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to the field of sports and in particular to the construction of sports and recreational facilities in the form of golf courses. The essence of the present invention is that in a golf course with a traditional number of holes including a set of determining factors - tees, greens, fairways and hazards, at least one tee is within a reference playing distance of up to at least two greens; It lies in the fact that it forms new holes that create a new route to play the course, meeting all established game standards by the The technical result of the present invention is based on the fact that, in the presence of the same number of elements as traditional, it is possible to create different full-length routes on a golf course, which contributes to significantly increasing the variability of the game and reducing construction costs. have.

Description

Golf Course “Kaleidoscope”

The present invention relates to the field of sports and in particular to the construction of sports and recreational facilities in the form of golf courses.

As with objects of any material, the design of a golf course can be characterized by a combination of crystalline components, ie, their shape, dimensions, relative position, and the like. A typical design of a golf course meets certain criteria and, in most cases, does not exceed 18, and occupies a large area including playing areas (holes) - from 20 to 100 hectares or more. Traditionally, an 18-hole golf course is divided into two parts of 9 holes each, thus allowing only 18 or 9 holes to be played by choice. Each hole is a teeing area - starting at the tee, ending at the green - the area with the shortest turf, the tee and the green being located within a reference playing distance from each other, the actual hole on the green, the recess into which the ball rolls. (hole-recess) is located. The area of the green is approximately 600 to 650 square meters, but there is no exact criterion for its dimensions. Also, the green is not a perfectly flat area. The undulations, known as brakes, are intentionally created to provide variation in rolling the ball. However, within the green there must be a location (about 1 meter in diameter) with limited undulation to allow placement of hole-recesses.

To determine the playing length of a hole, a conditional criterion "par", the number of strokes a golfer must complete an entire hole in a successful game, is used. The par is determined by the actual length from the tee to the center of the green and by the game difficulty of each hole. A hole must be less than 235 meters (257 yards) long for a par 3, a par 4 hole must be between 220 and 450 meters (241 to 492 yards), and a par 5 hole 415 meters (454 yards) long. is determined by the handicap system in such a way that it must be exceeded. In addition to the actual length in the definition of the "par" criterion, the game complexity of the hole is further taken into account: relief, presence of obstacles, wind direction. Thus, a hole having an actual length of 430 meters (470 yards) may be classified as either a "par 4" or a "par 5," depending on the game complexity of the hole.

The sum of the pars of all holes is the total par of the course (usually 70-72 for a reference course of 18 holes).

In addition to the tee and green, each hole has an area with fairways - mid-height grass, occupying most of the playing surface between the tee and the green. Both sides of the fairway are surrounded by higher turf, known as rough or semi-rough, which can make shots from these areas significantly more difficult. Various hazards, specially formed elements of the playing surface, are located in different positions in and around the hall, creating a challenge to the game. Artificially created objects, such as lakes, sand trap-bunkers, etc., and also natural objects in the background, such as trees, bushes, hills, etc., can be used as hazards.

A typical design of a golf course does not include holes parallel to each other on short spans, especially when they are opposed, as a ball, struck from the tee of one hole, could hit a player in a parallel hole. The intersection of the two holes is no longer allowed because, due to the presence of a hazard, players on the same hole cannot see the player playing on the cross hole. Such restrictions in terms of the construction of the golf course are introduced based on the safety conditions of the players.

Traditional golf courses are designed and built in such a way that they have one predefined route, stylized on so-called scorecards, indicating the hole number, its length and its corresponding par.

The player starts the game at hole number 1 and proceeds along sequentially numbered holes to hole number 18 (on a course with 18 holes) [Complete Encyclopedia. Golf. Moscow. AST Astrel. 2015. p.252-391 - www.dk.com].

A major drawback of the typical design of a golf course is that after some time the player playing the course from time to time knows fairly accurately how to strike, where the ball will land and how to avoid one or another hazard, regardless of ambient conditions, This means that the route progress can be predicted and decided in advance. A lack of will to challenge the course leads to a loss of attractiveness to the player and a desire to move to another golf course. For this reason, in each golf resort, typically several golf courses are built, thus significantly reducing the economic performance (profitability) of the golf club associated with the need to build and operate additional courses.

The tendency towards variability in the route of a golf course is a dominant trend in the design and construction of golf courses, which has been confirmed in a significant number of issued patents and registered applications in various countries, of which the most typical golf courses are prior art. and in the detailed description of the present application as a prototype.

According to patent US 3156470, a golf course is known, consisting of nine holes, according to which each green has two tees and one fairway, and is characterized by a variety of playability. . Thus, a 9-hole golf course has in fact 18 holes and two routes, ie it has low variability at the input of significant construction costs.

As a prototype of the present invention, the technical solution according to International Application No. WO 2001026743 is chosen. A design of a golf course has been patented, in which the traditional number of holes, 18 holes, and a set of determining factors - tees, greens, fairways and hazards are located. According to the characteristic part of the solution, each of the holes has several sets of tees and different waves located at different positions. Thus, games from different tees introduce some variety, but in principle the routes remain predetermined, ie the order of playing holes and entering the green is always the same. Moreover, if each hole is provided with a set of tees having a par of 3 to 5, the area of the golf course and, consequently, the cost of construction are significantly increased.

It is an object of the present invention to increase the number of golf course routes in the presence of the same set of elements and, ultimately, to increase the variability of the game.

A set of determining factors - in a golf course with a traditional number of holes including tees, greens, fairways and hazards, at least one tee is within a reference playing distance of at least two greens, thereby forming a new hole; Due to the fact that it thus creates a new route to play the course, which meets all established game criteria, the application task is achieved.

The technical result of the present invention is the fact that, in the presence of a traditional number of identical elements, it is possible to create different full-length routes on a golf course, thus contributing to significantly increasing the variability of the game and reducing construction costs. is in

1 , 2 and 3 of the drawings that accompany the detailed description, schematic images of the same 18-hole golf course with the same elements of a traditional set on which three routes are arranged are provided.

As an example of the practice of the present invention, a golf course designed and built in the Vsevolozhsk district of the Leningrad region, Russia was selected. A basic game route is shown in FIG. 1 , where positions 1, 2, 3 ... 18 indicate the tee of the 18-hole course and the corresponding greens are indicated by positions 1g, 2g, 3g ... 18g do. Here, the numbering of tees and greens for the remaining golf courses shown in the drawings ( FIGS. 2 and 3 ) corresponds to the numbering in FIG. 1 . According to a characterizing part of the claim, which states in the claimed subject matter that "at least one tee is within a reference playing distance of up to at least two greens", the number of such tees exceeds one, which is a game Let the number of routes be increased, especially up to three, which is shown in the figure as a thick solid line indicating the number of the corresponding route as a number enclosed in a circle. The one tee principle, which is within a reference distance of up to two greens, extends to all tees of the golf course described. This situation, in principle, causes the number of routes to be increased to more than three, ie to the number of routes shown in the drawings. A conditional image of each game route of the three game routes following the sequence of the route progression is introduced below.

Route 1 (Figure 1): 1-1 g, 2-2 g, 3-3 g, 4-4 g, 5-5 g, 6-6 g, 7-7 g, 8-8 g, 9-9 g, 10-10 g, 11-11 g , 12-12g, 13-13g, 14-14g, 15-15g, 16-16g, 17-17g, 18-18g.

A golf course scorecard corresponding to route 1.

Route 2 (Figure 2): 10-8 g, 9-7 g, 8-6 g, 7-5 g, 6-4 g, 4-3 g, 4-2 g, 3-1 g, 2-9 g, 10-11 g, 12-10 g , 11-12g, 12-13g, 14-12g, 13-17g, 17-15g, 16-14g, 15-18g.

A golf course scorecard corresponding to route 2.

Route 3 (Figure 3): 10-4 g, 5-8 g, 9-7 g, 8-6 g, 7-5 g, 6-4 g, 4-2 g, 3-1 g, 2-9 g, 10-11 g, 12-10 g , 11-12g, 13-14g, 13-16g, 15-14g, 15-13g, 14-12g, 15-18g.

Golf course scorecard corresponding to route 3.

It should be noted that the tee is an intentionally constructed teeing area where the game starts in each playing area. A site may have multiple starting locations. An example is a tee, indicated by reference numeral 15, with three starting positions, or a tee 10, with two starting positions. It can be seen from the golf course score cards that at least one tee area is within at least one of a par 3, par 4 or par 5 reference playing distance from the at least three greens.

Claims (5)

a golf course and at least three scorecards,
The golf course includes a set of determining factors obtained by constructing the land forming the golf course,
The determinant set includes 18 tee areas, a corresponding number of greens, fairways and hazards,
at least one tee area is within at least one of a par 3, par 4 or par 5 reference playing distance from at least two of the greens;
the golf course comprises at least three predetermined golf course routes;
each said golf course route corresponds to a particular one of at least three different scorecards;
The playing zone comprises the following elements from the set of determining elements,
tee area;
green; and
a fairway optionally arranged between the tee area and the green;
each said predetermined golf course route is different from the other predetermined golf course routes;
The number of tee areas matches the number of greens, on a golf course. The golf course of claim 1 , wherein the hazards are selected from the group consisting of lakes, traps, bunkers, trees, bushes and hills. The golf course of claim 1 , wherein at least one tee area is within at least one of a par 3, par 4 or par 5 reference playing distance from at least three of the greens. delete delete

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