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US 5,496,033 AGranted
Indoor golf facility
OwnerMichael A. Thompsoninventor
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Abstract
An indoor golf facility comprises an air supported ultraviolet light translucent canopy overlying an undulating natural grass playing surface. A plurality of curtains are suspended from the canopy and are arranged in an array defining a plurality of fairways, each of which is divergent from a tee portion to a green portion.
Claims1
An indoor golf facility comprising
- an undulating natural grass playing surface,
- an air pressure differential supported enclosure of ultraviolet light translucent material enclosing said playing surface, the light translucent material of said enclosure extending over all portions of said playing surface and downwardly to close proximate relation to said playing surface along the periphery thereof, and
- a plurality of curtains suspended from said enclosure and arranged in an array that demarks a plurality of conventional golf playing areas comprising tees, fairways and greens, respectively;
- each of said golf playing areas being of generally triangular configuration with the tee thereof at an apex and the green at an opposite side of each triangular playing area whereby each fairway is divergent from the tee to the green of each playing area, said curtains extending downwardly from close proximity to said enclosure and having undulating bottom edges, respectively, complementary to the undulations of said playing surface and in close proximate relation thereto so as to preclude passage of a golf ball from one playing area to an adjacent playing area.
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