Golf hazard training methods and apparatus
OwnerDavid A. Robertsinventor
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Abstract
A portable golf training apparatus for enhancing a player's skills relating to overcoming a golf course hazard includes a substantially flexible base and at least first and second regions formed on an upper surface of, and supported by, the base. The first region has a first cross-sectional thickness and the second region has a second cross-sectional thickness. An opening is formed in at least one of the first and second regions, the opening being adapted to receive a ball with which the golf training apparatus is used. The player, shooting the ball from an area outside of the golf training apparatus, is assigned a prescribed point value as a function of a location on the golf training apparatus on which the ball lands.
Claims20
A portable golf training apparatus for enhancing a player's skills relating to overcoming a golf course hazard, the apparatus comprising:
- a substantially flexible base;
- at least first and second regions formed on an upper surface of, and supported by, the base, the first region having a first cross-sectional thickness and the second region having a second cross-sectional thickness;
- and
- an opening formed in at least one of the first and second regions, the opening being adapted to receive a ball with which the golf training apparatus is used;
- wherein the player, shooting the ball from an area outside of the golf training apparatus, is assigned a prescribed point value as a function of a location on the golf training apparatus on which the ball lands.
A portable golf hazard apparatus for use in conjunction with a golf training apparatus for enhancing a player's skills relating to overcoming a golf course hazard, the golf hazard apparatus comprising:
- a substantially rigid base having an opening therein for receiving a container adapted to hold a material simulating a sand trap;
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- at least a first base support attached to a bottom surface of the base, the first base support comprising a height adjustment mechanism for controlling an angle of an upper surface of the base relative to a surface upon which the portable golf hazard apparatus is placed.
A method of play for a golf training game, the method comprising:
- providing a portable golf training apparatus, the golf training apparatus including:
- a flexible base;
- at least first and second regions formed on an upper surface of, and supported by, the base, the first region having a first cross-sectional thickness and the second region having a second cross-sectional thickness;
- and an opening formed in at least one of the first and second regions, the opening being adapted to receive a golf ball;
- placing said portable golf training apparatus at a prescribed distance from a player of said golf training game;
- shooting the golf ball by the player of said golf training game, from an area at the prescribed distance from the portable golf training apparatus in a direction toward said portable golf training apparatus;
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- assigning a prescribed point value to the player as a function of a location on the golf training apparatus on which the golf ball lands.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.