Golf putting practice apparatus

A golf ball putting practice range apparatus comprising:

• a shooting area upon which a golfer stands when putting a golf ball;
• a putting surface immediately downstream of the shooting area across which the golfer hits the ball;
• means defining at least one golf ball target hole at the downrange end of the putting range selectively movable in a straight line transversely of the longitudinal axis of the putting surface;
• means for selectively moving the golf ball target hole defining means for selectively repositioning the golf ball target hole transversely of the longitudinal axis of the putting surface;
• and,
• golf ball return means extending from beneath the golf ball target hole defining means to the top surface of the shooting area for returning golf balls to the top surface of the shooting area.

A golf ball putting practice range apparatus having a selectively contourable putting surface comprising:

• a plurality of planar sections disposed in adjacent edge-to edge juxtaposition;
• hinge means interconnecting the juxtaposed edges of the planar actions so that the planar sections can move realtive to each other about their edge-to-edge interface;
• and,
• contour changing means associated with one of the planar sections for selectively tilting this one section about the longitudinal axis of the putting surface, or about the transverse axis of the putting surface, or concurrently about both the transverse axis and longitudinal axis of the putting surface, wherein the other planar sections tilt at an angle to the horizontal in response to the movement of the one section associated with the contour changing means about either the longitudinal axis of the putting surface, or the transverse axis of the putting surface, or concurrently about both the transverse axis and longitudinal axis of the putting surface.