GB2163660A

GB2163660A - Golf course

Info

Publication number: GB2163660A
Application number: GB08520056A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Hajime Yamazaki
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1984-08-27
Filing date: 1985-08-09
Publication date: 1986-03-05
Also published as: KR860001923A; AU4618385A; GB8520056D0; JPS6156676A

Abstract

A golf course comprises a plurality of holes (A,B) each having at each of its two ends a tee (3,4) and a green (1,2), so that the course can be played in one direction or the reverse direction. <IMAGE>

Description

SPECIFICATION Golf course This invention relates to golf courses.

More specifically, the invention relates to a novel and improved golf course comprising a plurality of contiguous holes each of which includes two opposing greens and two opposing teeing grounds (tees) at the opposite ends thereof so that players can play in both one and the opposite directions to thereby utilize the ground of the golf course effectively and economically.

Golf, as played on a golf course, is of course, a bail game in which the players start the play at the teeing ground, try to place the ball into the cup in the green in a minimum number of strokes, and compete with each other by their numbers of strokes. Disposed between the teeing ground and green are a trimmed level lawn (fairway), and hazards which may include a higher lawn (rough), sand filled holes (bunkers), and ponds. Furthermore, shrubs are set in addition to existing natural trees on the golf course to impart variety to the golf course, make the play more difficult, give strategy to the golf course and give pleasure to the players' eyes.

Existing golf courses are designed for making golfers play a game or round of eighteenholes as one unit. However, in order to play one eighteen-hole round, it can take four or five consecutive hours and thus, golf play is conveniently started with a first half round involving nine holes, and ended with the next or last half round involving the same number of holes. Therefore, golf usually consists of a multiple of nine holes (eighteen holes, twentyseven holes or thrity-six holes, for example).

For the reasons mentioned above, the holes are assigned ordinal numbers from first to ninth or from tenth to eighteenth, so that the golf play starts with the first hole and ends at the ninth hole or starts with the tenth hole and ends at the eighteenth hole.

When a golf course consisting of eighteen holes is constructed, about 1 000,000 m2 of ground and a time period of about one and a half years are generally required, and the entire area of the golf course where players actually play is turfed and provided with fairways and hazards including roughs, bunkers, ponds and so on. Thus, when the golf course has been constructed, it is most difficult to alter the arrangement of the course by a substantial extent, the origianl appearance of the golf course remains unchanged semi-permanently, and a large area of the golf course ground is not effectively and economically utilized.

With the particular characteristics inherent in golf courses as mentioned hereinabove in mind, the inventor has endeavoured to effectively and economically utilize the vast area of the golf course ground to reach the present invention.

When the nine holes as one unit in the existing golf course are considered, it is seen that the teeing ground of the second hole is positioned adjacent to the green on the first hole, the teeing ground on the third hole is positioned adjacent to the green on the second hole, and, in the same jmanner, the teeing grounds on the succeeding holes are positioned adjacent to the greens on their respectively preceding holes. This arrangement continues up to the ninth hole. Thus, because of the inherent rule for golf playing by which the play starts by driving the ball from the teeing ground and ends by placing the ball into the hole cup in the green, the playing order and proceeding direction cannot be changed in any way.The existing golf course for playing in accordance with the present rule is so designed that the play proceeds from the teeing ground to the green in a single direction on each of the holes and thus, the fairway and hazards including the rough, bunkers and pond is designed to take effect only in the single direction.

The present invention attempts to completely change the conventional fixed way for using the golf course by providing two opposing greens and two opposing teeing grounds on each of the holes at the opposite ends of the hole. By the provision of two opposing greens and teeing grounds on each hole, different from the conventional playing way in which the play proceeds in the single direction, the play can be performed in the two opposite directions so that the fairways and hazards including the rough, bunkers and ponds can be used from the two opposite directions.

According to the present invention, there has been provided a golf course comprising a plurality of holes each of which is provided with two opposing greens and teeing grounds so that play can be performed in the two opposite directions.

The above and other objects and attendant advantages of the present invention will be more readily apparent to those skilled in the art from a reading of the following detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawing which shows one preferred embodiment of the present invention for illustration purpose only, but not for limiting the scope of the same in any way.

The sole figure of the accompanying drawing is a fragmentary plan view of the preferred embodiment of the golf course constructed in accordance with the principle of the present invention.

Referring to the sole figure of the accompanying drawing which shows a portion of the golf course according to the present invention which comprises a plurality of holes, only two contiguous holes A and B are shown. The hole A generally includes a first green 1 positioned adjacent to one end thereof, a second green 2 positioned adjacent to the other end of the hole in opposing relationship to the first green 1 thereof, a first teeing ground 3 positioned adjacent to the first green 1 and a second teeing ground 4 positioned adjacent to the second green 2. Reference numerals 5 and 6 denote a fairway and a rough, respectively.

Bunkers 7 are positioned in suitable positions between the two greens 1 and 2.

The hole B is contiguous to the hole A in end-to-end relationship and similarly includes a first green 1' adjacent to one end thereof contiguous to the other end of the hole A, a second green 2' positioned adjacent to the other end of the hole B in opposing relationship to the first green 1', a first teeing ground 3' positioned adjacent to the first green 1' and a second teeing ground 4' positioned adjacent to the second green 2'. Reference numerals 5', 6' and 7' denote a fairway, a rough and bunkers, respectively. The golf course is so designed that the play proceeds from the second green 2 on the hole A to the first teeing ground 3' on the hole B or from the second green 1' on the hole B to the second teeing ground 4 on the hole A.

Although not shown, seven more contiguous holes having the same arrangement as that of the holes A and B are provided, following the hole B in end-to-end relationship to provide the golf course having nine holes.

As mentioned hereinabove, according to the present invention, since each of the holes is provided with two opposing greens and two opposing teeing grounds at the opposite ends of the hole, respectively, players can play in reciprocation or the two opposite directions and thus, the players can enjoy the play using the golf course from one direction to the other direction and vice versa depending upon season and environmental conditions. And when one of the first and second greens is designed as the creeping bent green and the other of the first and second greens is designed as the Korai green on each hole, the direction of play is determined depending upon whether the Korai green or creeping bent green is employed.

Thus, according to the present invention, since players can play in reciprocation or the two opposite directions on each of the holes of the inventive golf course, the golf course presents various different strategies in playing and a pleasant appearance to the players and can eliminate non-strategies inherent in the conventional golf courses comprising holes arranged in two side-by-side rows. Furthermore, the maintenance of the inventive golf course is more convenient over than the conventional two-side-by-side hole row type golf courses and each of the holes adds its particular value to the golf course. Thus, as compared with the conventional golf courses, the inventive golf course can utilize the ground more efficiently and economically.

While the invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to the preferrred embodiment thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A golf course comprising a plurality of holes each of which is provided with two opposed greens and two oppqsed tees, so that play can be performed in two opposite directions.

2. A golf course comprising nine holes as defined in Claim 1, at least a plurality of said holes being contiguous and effectively providing the attributes of an eighteen-hole course.

3. A golf course, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawing.

4. The features herein described, or their equivalents, in any patentably novel selection.