Method of playing golf

• US 20040242345A1
• Filed: 03/23/2004
• Published: 12/02/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bradley Emalfarb
• Original Assignee: Bradley Emalfarb
• Inventors: Emalfarb, Bradley
• Granted Patent: US 7,244,193 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 473/371
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/0003 Golf balls
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/0074 Two piece balls, i.e. cover and core
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/0075 Three piece balls, i.e. cover, intermediate layer and core

Abstract

A method of playing golf including the steps of: obtaining a golf ball having a first state wherein the golf ball has a first performance characteristic and a second state resulting from immersion of the golf ball in water for a time period greater than two days and less than one hundred eighty days in which the golf ball has a second performance characteristic that is different than the first performance characteristic; striking the golf ball into an accumulation of water using a golf club; and allowing the golf ball to remain immersed in the accumulation of water for more than two days so that the golf ball is caused by the water to be changed from the first state into the second state in a time period less than one hundred eighty days.

Claims

1. A method of playing golf, said method comprising the steps of:

obtaining a golf ball having a first state wherein the golf ball has a first performance characteristic and a second state resulting from immersion of the golf ball in water for a time period greater than two days and less than one hundred eighty days in which the golf ball has a second performance characteristic that is different than the first performance characteristic;

striking the golf ball into an accumulation of water using a golf club; and

allowing the golf ball to remain immersed in the accumulation of water for more than two days so that the golf ball is caused by the water to be changed from the first state into the second state in a time period less than one hundred eighty days.

2. The golf ball according to claim 1 wherein the time period is greater than two days and less than thirty days.

3. The golf ball according to claim 1 wherein the golf ball has a shape, size and hardness and the step of allowing the golf ball to remain immersed in the accumulation of water comprises allowing the golf ball to remain immersed so that at least one of the shape, size and hardness of the golf ball is changed as the golf ball is changed from the first state into the second state to the point that a user can detect a change from the first state into the second state by striking the golf ball.

4. A method of playing golf comprising the steps of:

obtaining a golf ball having a first state wherein the golf ball has a first performance characteristic;

placing the golf ball into an accumulation of water; and

causing the golf ball to remain immersed in the accumulation of water and to change into a second state after a period of no less than two days and no more than one hundred eighty days in which second state the golf ball has a second performance characteristic that is detectably different than the first performance characteristic.

5. The method of playing golf according to claim 4 further comprising the step of removing the golf ball from the accumulation of water after at least two days and determining that the golf ball has changed into the second state.

6. The method of playing golf according to claim 5 wherein the step of determining that the golf ball has changed into the second state comprises striking the golf ball with a golf club and observing the performance characteristics of the golf ball.

7. The method of playing golf according to claim 4 wherein the step of placing the golf ball into an accumulation of water comprises striking the golf ball into the accumulation of water using a golf club.