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Reduced area, night playable golf course

  • US 5,265,875 A
  • Filed: 06/05/1992
  • Issued: 11/30/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/23/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A restricted area golf course permitting play over a plurality of different full size holes, including par 3, and par 4, and par 5 length holes, comprising:

  • an outdoor driving area;

    a driving tee generally facing said driving area;

    an outdoor playing area having a plurality of full length par 3 holes and a plurality of par 4 and par 5 holes each having its own fairway leading to its own putting green;

    each par 4 hole and each par 5 hole being shortened by elimination from each par 4 and par 5 hole of any driving tee and an adjacent area of from about 100 to 150 yards long that would normally precede the initial portion of the fairway of the respective hole;

    chart means comprising a first printed sheet for indicating to each player on the driving tee the layout of each par 4 or par 5 hole in said playing area, and a second transparent sheet showing said driving area and driving tee superimposed on the beginning of each said par 4 or par 5 hole printed on said first sheet;

    a generally horizontal net suspended above said driving area by spaced supports to divide the net into a plurality of generally rectangular, centrally sagged, ball catching net areas;

    a ball return conduit communicating with the sagged portion of each of said ball catching net areas;

    means responsive to movement of a ball through any said ball return conduit for indicating to the player the coordinates of the respective ball catching net area expressed in both distance from the driving tee and lateral displacement from the center line of said driving area, whereby the player can successively hit a drive for each par 4 and par 5 hole from said driving tee and receive a card indicating the coordinates of each such drive; and

    means on each par 4 and par 5 hole in said playing area for indicating the same coordinate locations as provided for said driving net areas, whereby the player may drop his ball successively on each par 4 and par 5 hole in said playing area at a location relative to the green indicated by the coordinates of his drive on the respective hole and finish playing the hole in the normal manner, including putting on said putting green for said hole.

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