Games using tangible projectile – Golf – Projectile addressing surface and target – or distance marker
Patent
1998-04-22
1999-11-30
Graham, Mark S.
Games using tangible projectile
Golf
Projectile addressing surface and target, or distance marker
A63B 6936
Patent
active
059933224
ABSTRACT:
A golf driving range for use with floating balls including a water reservoir having a front edge, a rear edge, and two side edges; a plurality of practice tees along the front edge; a plurality of island greens in the reservoir; a pump system adjacent an edge of the reservoir to pump water onto the surface of water in the reservoir, the pump system including a pump, a water inlet conduit extending into the reservoir, and at least one water outlet conduit extending toward the reservoir; and a ball retriever adjacent an edge of the reservoir on the opposite side of the reservoir from the pump system, the water outlet conduit being positioned to project water substantially parallel to the surface of water in the conduit and generally in the direction of the ball retriever, whereby balls floating in the reservoir float toward, and are retrieved by, the ball retriever.
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