Method and golf ball for playing a golf game
OwnerDavid Edisoninventor
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Abstract
Golf balls comprising a plurality of markings, each relating to a different future action in a game of golf, the future action generally being the type of club to be used on a future shot. Methods of playing games of golf using the balls are also described herein. Once a shot has been played the marking on the golf ball that lies uppermost is used to determine the future action.
Claims26
A golf ball employed in a game of golf, to dictate a player action subsequent to a striking thereof, said golf ball comprising:
- a golf ball having an exterior surface, said exterior surface having a plurality of markings thereon;
- dividing lines are positioned upon said exterior surface of said golf ball as a separation between at least some of the markings which are located in areas on the exterior surface of the golf ball;
- each said marking related to a respective action, from a plurality of actions, which a player may be required to employ during said golf game;
- a contact of a said exterior surface of said golf ball coming to rest on a course surface, subsequent to a first striking of said ball by said player using a club, thereby positioning the plurality of markings at a particular orientation, said orientation dictating a respective said action from said plurality of actions, said player must employ prior to or during a subsequent striking of said golf ball by said player during said game;
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- said respective said action requiring a respective individual golf club, from a respective plurality of said golf clubs carried by each said player, which said player must employ for a future shot.
A method of playing a game of golf employing a golf ball having an exterior surface having a plurality of markings thereon where each said marking is related to a respective action from a plurality of actions which a player may be required to employ during said golf game, and where a contact of a said exterior surface of said golf ball coming to rest on a course surface subsequent to a first striking of said ball by said player using a club thereby positions the plurality of markings at a particular orientation dictating a respective said action from said plurality of actions which said player must employ prior to or during a subsequent striking of said golf ball by said player during said game, comprising the steps of:
- I) providing at least one said player with a said golf ball having a said plurality of markings on said exterior surface;
- ii) allowing the player playing to take a shot with the golf ball by striking it with a golf club;
- iii) when the golf ball has come to rest employing the said marking positioned in said orientation to determine a said future action to be taken by said player who took said shot with said golf ball, in the game of golf.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.