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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7549930 | Putting practice ball and device A golf putting practice device and ball is provided, wherein the ball has a flat end and a friction face which allow the putting practice ball to slide across the level putting surface of the putting practice device. The specific coefficient of friction provided by ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7416493 | Golf training apparatus A training golf ball apparatus designed to imitate the realistic feel, weight, acoustic and flight characteristic of a real (regulation standard) golf ball, to allow a golfer to practice the sport in a realistic way safely at home, includes mechanized flights concea... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7291071 | Compact golf facility and a method of playing a golf game A method of playing a golf-type game at the facility comprises placing a ball at one of the starting points, hitting the ball toward the appropriate target, and determining the surface type on which further play continues or determining the score based upon where th... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7264557 | Golf putter with concave cylindrical or spherical striking surface A golf putter having a shaft and a putting head connected to the shaft, where the putting head has a first contact surface, a rear wall, a top surface, and a sole. The first contact surface has a concave, partially-spherical face. In a version of the invention, the ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7192360 | Golf practice device A golf practice device that can be utilized for both practice as well as playing of one or more games. The golf practice device includes a base member adapted to be conformable and removably fixable to a ground surface, preferably utilizing securing elements include... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7166037 | Golf training apparatus A training golf ball apparatus designed to imitate the realistic feel, weight, acoustic and flight characteristic of a real (regulation standard) golf ball, to allow a golfer to practice the sport in a realistic way safely at home, includes a mechanized shuttlecock;... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7137901 | Compact golf facility and a method of playing a golf game A method of playing a golf-type game at the facility comprises placing a ball at one of the starting points, hitting the ball toward the appropriate target, and determining the surface type on which further play continues or determining the score based upon where th... | 11/21/2006 |
| 6974390 | Golf practice system A golf practice and exercise system having a practice ball and a target assembly, using either a conventional or practice golf club. The practice ball is any generally spherical shape made of a flexible material and having an internal pressure of approximately atmos... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6916250 | Environmentally simulated golf game An indoor miniature golf game is provided with a plurality of environmentally realistic simulated fairways and greens with an optional plurality of tee off positions. Sequential visual activity segments with intermediate target areas are provided on the fairways bet... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6575842 | Putting and chipping training kit A kit containing all the materials necessary to assemble a putting and chipping training unit that may be used in total darkness since a putting cup, golf balls, and direction labels for a golf club head are all equipped with phosphoric markings that glow... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6217458 | Golf game with a three dimensional target A golf game with a three dimensional target that utilizes hook and loop material. The game includes a club, a ball, a mat, and a three dimensional target. The ball and the three dimensional target have a hook and loop material (commonly referred to as Vel... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6004219 | Golf game for swimming pools A golf game is played with a standard golf club in and around a swimming pool having a surrounding deck. The game contains a floating green made of a sheet of floating foam having a cross-sectional area of at least about 10 square feet with an upper surfa... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5848940 | Playground A playground golf course with an artificial turf, the greens of which are formed by disposing a thin resilient urethane foam layer below the artificial turf so as to reduce golf ball bounce and hence roll on the artificial turf. Greens are formed by dispo... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5824728 | Iron-ferrite-filled polymer-based composite material and method of making the same A curable, polymer-based composite material consists essentially of a first volume of a curable polymeric component such as a styrene butadiene copolymer and a second volume of iron ferrite particles. The composite material may be a sports article formed ... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5636844 | Simulated golf game A simulated golf game including a substantially reduced size course in which each "hole" (10) and its respective tee marker (40) is separated from each other by a minimum of about fifty (50') feet and a maximum of about one hundred and fifty (150') feet f... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5538253 | Floor game for VELCRO-receptive balls and VELCRO bearing disks A miniature golf game that utilizes hook and loop material commonly referred to as VELCRO to capture a ball rolled onto a green. The game includes a miniature green that has a simulated hole covered with VELCRO material. The VELCRO material can either be ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5401027 | Golf game A lawn game is provided in which plastic golf balls are struck with plastic golf clubs at a target. Surrounding the target is a plurality of rings of varying size. Each ring is made up of a flexible length of tubing having opposite ends. The opposite ends... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5269526 | Golf game apparatus An indoor golf game including a hole layout area enclosed by netting and a substantially planar rigid or solid rebound surface. A ball is hit from a tee in the hole layout area towards the rebound surface so as to rebound towards a hole in the green area ... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5213330 | Golf course, golf balls and method of play Presented is a golf course having a single fairway of conventional length common to at least three putting greens and cups, the course having a Tee area designated for use in connection with the three putting greens and cups, and a set of balls that are c... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5020802 | Golf training device and method A golf training device and method giving instantaneous feedback of the quality of the shot. Two opposite, substantially parallel walls are provided between which the golfer stands with his club and a light-weight training ball. Each wall is marked with a ... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4989876 | Practice golf club and system This invention discloses a system for improving ones golf game by using a practice club with a very small head to hit practice balls that are light weight and preferably are very small in diameter. The novel practice golf club has a head or ball-hitting s... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4889341 | Golf swing analyzer A golf swing analyzer is disclosed having, in combination, a teeing area with a teeing mat, foot planting mat and ball tee, a rigid, upstanding target board placed a short distance from the teeting area and rebound board disposed horizontally in front of ... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4776596 | Golf ball having braking wing A plastic golf ball including conventional dimples and a shuttlecock braking device. The ball may be hit into a target basket or onto a target mat marked with concentric circles.... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4660834 | Short golf course and golf ball The combination of (a) a multi-hole short golf course, playable with conventional golf clubs, with the length of the holes from tee to green varying from about 60 yards to about 195 yards and with a cup on each green having a diameter of about 8 to 10 inc... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4577867 | Short flight golf ball and game Short flight golf is played with a ball 10 having a spherical foam body 11 approximately the size of a regulation golf ball for hitting with regulation golf clubs. Foam body 11 is formed of reticulated resinous veins 12 and includes a central core 15 that... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4531742 | Golf game apparatus A golf game utilizing a series of incrementally weighted balls with a normal set of golf clubs such that the incremental changes in weight of the balls compensates for the varying changes in angle of the heads of their corresponding golf clubs to yield ap... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4413827 | Scaled-down golf course game A scaled-down golf course includes a plurality of golf holes, each hole including a first area designated as a driving tee, a second area provided as a putting surface and a fairway area located between the first and second areas. The course is adapted to... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4260157 | Golf game equipment A golf game playable in an area of reduced size but closely simulating regulation golf using an enlarged ball having a scuff-resistant outer shell and a single dual faced golf club. The golf club has a head defining a first blade or ball striking surface ... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4244576 | Golf practice apparatus A golf practice apparatus for pitching, chipping and putting includes a pitching mat, a chipping-putting mat, a putting green mat and a lighter-than-regulation-weight golf ball. The golf ball includes a plurality of strips of hook-like projections extendi... | 01/13/1981 |
| 3999764 | Golf course A golf course is laid out around a central core with the individual golf holes extending radially from the core. The core comprises a plurality of substantially rigid vertical panels, topped by panels of wire mesh or the like. Mirror images of the holes a... | 12/28/1976 |
