Installation for the game and the practicing of golf

An installation for the game and the practicing of golf, said installation comprising:

• at least one means defining a tee area and at least one means defining a green having a periphery and provided with a hole having an axis;
• a device for recovering balls located on said green and in the vicinity of said green;
• means for returning recovered balls to said tee area;
• said ball recovering device comprising a rake extending radially from said axis of said hole in a direction substantially parallel to the surface of said green, said rake being mounted at an inner end thereof to be rotatable about an axis coincident with said axis of said hole so as to pass over the entire area of said green as said rake rotates, said rake having a lower edge at a distance from said surface of said green which is less than the diameter of a ball used in said game of golf, and said rake having at least partly a cross section in the shape of a triangle having an apex pointing upwardly, said rake thus defining a tube;
• a rolling track adjacent said green;
• at least one rolling member carried by said rake in the vicinity of a radially outer end thereof and rollingly bearing on said rolling track;
• means for driving said rake for rotation about said axis thereof over said surface of said green;
• and
• means for receiving balls shifted by said rake.