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US 6,743,110 B2Granted
Golf course and method of play
OwnerLex E. Frazierinventor
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A golf course is laid out for play in a front round and a back round, with each round being played on a sequence of eleven holes spaced apart along a course that traverses natural rough environs. The holes are integrated into the existing natural rough environs thereby forming playable green areas adjoining out-of-play rough areas. Each hole includes a green located within an out-of-play boundary line, and the distance between the approximate center of the green and its out-of-play boundary line is fractionally proportional to the spacing distance that separates the green in play from the preceding green. All play is single stroke from green-to-green (hole-to-hole). The spacing distance from one green playing area to the next is limited to a predetermined distance that is calculated to allow it to be spanned in a single stroke by a beginning player.
A golf course laid out for play in rounds of one or more, each round including a sequence of holes spaced apart along the course and each hole including a green playing area bounded by an out-of-play boundary line, characterized in that the out-of-play boundary line follows a meandering path around the green playing area, the spacing distance of the out-of-play boundary line from the approximate center of the green playing area being equal to a predetermined fraction in the range of from about 0.10 to about 0.20 of the spacing distance from the approximate center of the green playing area of a selected hole in the playing sequence to the approximate center of the green playing area of the immediately preceding hole in the playing sequence.
A golf course laid out for play in rounds of one or more, each round including a sequence of holes spaced apart along the course and each hole including a green playing area, each green playing area being disposed within an out-of-play boundary line, characterized in that the distance between the approximate center of the green playing area and the surrounding out-of-play boundary line of a selected hole in the sequence is equal to a predetermined fraction in the range of from about 0.10 to about 0.20 of the hole-to-hole spacing distance between the center of the selected hole and the center of the preceding hole in the sequence, whereby the size of the playing green area for each hole is commensurate with the driving distance to the hole.
A golf course laid out for play in rounds of one or more traversing a site that includes rough environs, each round including a sequence of holes spaced apart along the course wherein the holes are integrated into the rough environs thereby forming playable green areas adjoining out-of-play rough areas, characterized in that each playing green area is disposed within an out-of-play boundary line separating playable green area from out-of-play rough area, wherein the hole-to-hole spacing between adjacent holes in the sequence is limited to a predetermined stroke distance and the area of playing green enclosed by the out-of-play boundary line is equal to a predetermined fraction in the range of from about 0.10 to about 0.20 of the stroke distance to allow the playing green area of each hole to be scored in a single stroke from the immediately preceding hole in the sequence.
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