Games using tangible projectile – Golf – Projectile addressing surface and target – or distance marker
Patent
1997-12-31
2000-01-18
Graham, Mark S.
Games using tangible projectile
Golf
Projectile addressing surface and target, or distance marker
473174, 473180, A63B 6936
Patent
active
060153520
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for practicing chip shots in the game of golf includes a base member that is secured to the ground by a stake. A pair of reels are rotatably mounted on the base member and an elongate flexible cord is wound about each reel. A preselected amount of each cord is unwound from its reel and extended at a preselected angle relative to the base member to a remote target area defined by an annular ring of predetermined diameter. A hook is secured to the free end of each cord, and the hook is detachably connected to an upright stake positioned within the preselected target area. Chip shots are practiced by hitting a special, light weight ball along a path of travel denoted by the cords. In a preferred method, the special ball is placed in the vicinity of a preselected target area and hit toward the base member along a first path of travel denoted by a cord means. After the special ball arrives in the vicinity of the base member, the next series of shots is directed from the base member to the next remote target along a path of travel denoted by a second cord means. Such sequence of shots simulates play on a fairway having a dogleg defined by the angular relation of the target members with respect to the base member and the length of each cord. A relatively small space is required because the special ball does not travel far when struck. Handles on the reel members facilitate rewinding the cords when the practice session has ended.
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D'Ambra John T.
Leopold Douglas
D.J. Damapold, Inc.
Graham Mark S.
Hotaling John M.
Smith Ronald E.
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