Greenspeed measurement device and method

A method of determining a numeric designation of a green's speed and testing the speed of a putting surface, said method comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing a greenspeed measuring device having an elongated shaft, said shaft having a release end and a handle end opposite said release end, said shaft including a bottom side surface and a top side surface, a ball rolling channel extending from said release end toward said handle end, said channel being defined in said top side surface, a notch defined in said top side surface adjacent said channel, and a handle attached to said shaft at said handle end;
• (b) Placing a first golf ball in said notch and slowly raising said handle end away from the putting surface while maintaining said release end in contact with the putting surface until said golf ball moves out of said notch into said channel and rolls down said channel toward said release end and onto the putting surface;
• (c) Repeating step (b) at least two more times;
• (d) Measuring the average distance that said golf balls rolled on the putting surface from the point at which said release end was in contact with the putting surface;
• (e) Repeating the above steps (b)-(d) from the general area which the first said golf ball came to rest so that a second set of golf balls is caused to roll generally in the opposite direction on the putting surface;
• (f) Measuring an average distance of the second set of golf balls and calculating the average distance said balls rolled in each direction;
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• (g) Utilizing said handle end of said greenspeed measuring device to strike a ball on a green to simulate at least one putt to a selected target on the putting surface.

A greenspeed measuring device for quick and accurate measurement of the speed at which a golf ball will roll over a putting surface, said greenspeed measuring device comprising:

• an elongated shaft defining a longitudinal axis therethrough, said shaft having a release end and a handle end opposite said release end;
• a ball rolling channel defined parallel to said longitudinal axis and extending from said release end toward said handle end;
• a ball holding notch, wherein at least a portion of said notch is radially displaced from said longitudinal axis, said notch being adjacent said channel;
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• means for gripping said handle and of said elongated shaft, said means for gripping including a putter head.

A greenspeed measuring device for quick and accurate measurement of the speed at which a golf ball will roll over a putting surface, said greenspeed measuring device comprising:

• an elongated shaft defining a longitudinal axis therethrough, said shaft having a release end and a handle end opposite said release end, a bottom side surface and a top side surface, and wherein said bottom side surface defines a tapered surface at said release end;
• a generally V-shaped ball rolling channel defined parallel to said longitudinal axis and extending from said release end toward said handle end;
• a ball holding notch adjacent said channel, wherein at least a portion of said notch is radially displaced from said longitudinal axis, wherein said ball holding notch is generally correspondingly shaped to receive a round golf ball;
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• a heel-toe weighted putter head mounted to said elongated shaft at said handle end to facilitate one-step gripping and raising of said handle end of said device.

A method of determining a numeric designation of a green's speed and testing the speed of a putting surface, said method comprising the steps of:

• (a) Providing a greenspeed measuring device having an elongated shaft, said shaft having a release end and a handle end opposite said release end, said shaft including a bottom side surface and a top side surface, a ball rolling channel extending from said release end toward said handle end, said channel being defined in said top side surface, a notch defined in said top side surface adjacent said channel, and a handle attached to said shaft at said handle end;
• (b) Placing a first golf ball in said notch and slowly raising said handle end away from the putting surface while maintaining said release end in contact with the putting surface until said golf ball moves out of said notch into said channel and rolls down said channel toward said release end and onto the putting surface;
• (c) Repeating step (b) at least two more times;
• (d) Measuring the average distance that said golf balls rolled on the putting surface from the point at which said release end was in contact with the putting surface;
• (e) Repeating the above steps (b)-(d) from the general area which the first said golf ball came to rest so that a second set of golf balls is caused to roll generally in the opposite direction on the putting surface;
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• (f) Measuring an average distance of the second set of golf balls and calculating the average distance said balls rolled in each direction, wherein said target includes an existing hole location or a prospective hole location, and wherein said handle end includes a heel-toe weighted putter head.