Principle-based device and method for using an asymmetrical target zone to improve golf-putting skill
a technology of asymmetric target zone and asymmetric target, applied in the field of golf-putting skills improvement devices and methods, can solve the problems of old thinking that does not conform to the principles of good putting, and achieve the effect of improving the game of golfers
Inactive Publication Date: 2011-03-24
BIRDZONE
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"The present invention is a new kind of putting green that encourages good putting habits and provides a rough estimate of actual golf play. It achieves this by designing a target region that is precise in its placement and adheres to the rules of golf. The target region is formed by identifying a boundary and creating a boundary inside the target region. The target region can be a circular region or a region that is divided by a line through the cup. The putter is then placed within the target region and the game is played. The scoring system takes into account the distance and angle of the putter to the hole, as well as the slope and pitch of the surface. The final putt, called a \"superputt,\" is also assigned a point value that reflects its difficulty. The invention encourages good putting habits and provides a rough estimate of actual golf play."
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Traditionally, putting targets were designed by placing the cup at dead center to one or more concentric circles, but as will be demonstrated throughout the present discussion, this old way of thinking does not conform to the principles of good putting.
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[0036]Certain terminology is used herein for convenience only and is not to be taken as a limitation on the present invention. In the drawings, the same reference numerals and reference letters are employed for designating the same elements throughout the several figures. The following discussion describes in detail several embodiments of the invention and several variations on those embodiments. This discussion should not be construed as limiting the invention to those particular embodiments or variations. Persons skilled in the art will recognize numerous other embodiments and variations as well. For definition of the complete scope of the invention, reference is made to the appended claims.
[0037]The words “right”, “left”, “lower” and “upper” designate directions in the drawings to which reference is made. The words “two-o'clock,”“four-o'clock,”“six-o'clock,”“eight-o'clock,”“ten-o'clock” and “twelve o'clock” (and the identically meaning “2-o'clock,”“4-o'clock,”“6-o'clock,”“8-o'clo...
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Multiple variations on a novel device and method for improving golf-putting skills are disclosed. Specifically, the present invention relates to the construction and use of an asymmetrical golf-putting target zone that encourages users to direct putts to land within a specific two-putt range on the high-percentage side of the cup, where the high-percentage side is determined by the slope and pitch of the putting surface. The motivation for the asymmetry is disclosed, as are the principles for constructing, implementing, and using the asymmetrical zone. Specifically, the axis separating the asymmetrical subregions of the zone is placed either approximately perpendicular to, or approximately coincident upon, an ideal line of the ball's approach and is oriented such that the larger subregion is placed on the side of the cup with the higher elevation, or on the side of the cup further away from the putting location if the putting surface is flat.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to devices and methods for improving golf-putting skills, such as golf-putting practice greens, targets, games, and game procedures. Specifically, the present invention relates to a vastly improved golf-putting target and golf-putting green which, by virtue of its principled design, reinforces good putting habits. Also disclosed herein are one or more methods for using the device. The present invention provides, among other things, an improvement on a standard golf-practice putting green and golf-practice putting target that is designed around a principled method of analyzing different putting situations based on the topology of the putting surface.[0003]Obviously, in the game of golf the primary objective of putting is to get the ball into the cup. That said, most first putts taken from the green actually miss. What is needed then is some principled way of teaching putters how to putt towa...
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IPC IPC(8): A63B69/36
CPCA63B57/0056A63B2210/50A63B69/3691A63B69/3661A63B57/357A63B57/40
Inventor COVINO, THOMAS M.ROHN, WILLIAMBIONDO, DAMIAN
Owner BIRDZONE