Golf green repair device method and apparatus
AssigneeGreenfix Golf, Inc.
InventorsTerry G. Wiens, Richard D. Edwards
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Abstract
A golf green repair tool with a depth limiting feature that has an earth engagement surface that has a forward slant to reposition the raised portion around a crater to the center region of the crater. A prong portion is adapted to be thrusted toward the center region of the crater and the repair tool is adapted to do minimal damage to the turf mat and provides a desirable method to repair craters left by impacting golf balls by properly repositioning of the displaced portions.
Claims5
A method of repairing an indentation, comprising a perimeter region, a center region, a surrounding green planar region, of a golf green comprising the steps of:
- a) positioning a golf green repair tool comprising a prong portion, and an earth engaging surface, to the perimeter region of the indentation,
- b) aligning the prong portion of the golf green repair tool at an angle towards the center region of the indentation,
- c) penetrating the perimeter region of the indentation with the prong portion towards the center region of the indentation and engaging the earth engaging surface into a portion of the perimeter region substantially spanning sufficient surface area between lateral edge locations of the earth engaging surface to bias the perimeter region of the indention towards the center region of the indentation,
- d) linearly thrusting the golf green repair tool towards the center region of the indentation whereby the earth engaging surface is slanted forward toward the direction of thrust as angularly measured from the earth engaging surface forward to a line parallel to the direction of thrust, and the earth engaging surface repositions the perimeter portion of the indentation downwardly and radially inwardly of the indentation to an upper surface orientation closer to the surrounding planar green region.
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