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US 4,726,589 AGranted
Golf course
OwnerPeter D. Grigasinventor
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Abstract
A compact golf course is divided into a plurality of sections by intersecting covered passageways which enable the golfer to transmit common fairways between greens and tees disposed around the perimeter of the course, with balls falling within the interior of the course being collected by the sections and transported to covered hitting areas accessible by the passageways.
Claims8
A golf course which comprises:
- a plurality of perimeter areas spaced from each other to form an enclosed configuration, the areas including green regions each bearing a number for indicating a predetermined numbered golf course hole and tee regions each bearing a number for playing to a particular green region;
- at least one passageway having a top and sides which are impervious to golf balls and being of size sufficient to allow passage of a golfer therethrough, disposed across the configuration so that balls hit from each of the green regions may transit the golf course above and over said passageways and dividing an area within the configuration into a plurality of sections each bordered in part by one of the passageways, each of the sections having a surface downwardly-sloping toward a ball-receiving means;
- a plurality of hitting areas disposed within the configuration, the hitting areas being accessible by a golfer from an adjacent passageway;
- ball transport means disposed between the ball-receiving means and a hitting area, to transport a golf ball falling on the downwardly-sloping surface of the section.
1 more element
A golf course which comprises:
- a playing field having a perimeter and being divided into sections having downwardly-sloping surfaces, the surfaces of the sections sloping downwardly toward a ball-receiving means such that a golf ball deposited on the downwardly-sloping surface rolls into the ball-receiving means;
- a first group of said sections including hitting areas for hitting golf balls into other sections, the hitting areas being elevated with respect to the sloping surface of the section, and a second group of said sections including putting green areas for putting the balls into holes;
- an array of channels, the channels being of a size which is sufficient to permit the passage of golfers and having a top and sides which are impervious to golf balls, said channels being disposed so that balls may be hit from section to section across the top of at least one of the channels;
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- ball transport means to move a ball deposited in the ball-receiving means to a selected hitting area.
2 more elements
A golf course for playing with conventional golf clubs, comprising:
- a playing field having a perimeter of predetermined configuration and divided into a plurality of sections into which a teed golf ball must fall, each such section having a downwardly-sloping surface adapted to direct a golf ball falling on said downwardly-sloping surface to a ball-receiving means;
- a plurality of covered passageway means extending across the playing field and permitting access to each of said sections;
- at least one passageway crossing at least one other passageway;
- a plurality of golf putting greens including putting cups disposed within a first group of sections which are spaced apart in relation to each other;
- a plurality of tee areas spaced from each other within a second group of sections;
- a hitting area disposed in a plurality of the sections;
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- ball transport means for transporting balls which are collected by the ball-receiving means of the sections to the hitting areas.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.