Reconfigurable Golf Green With Movable Sections

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional golf courses require large areas, leading to long playing times, limited spectator accessibility, high construction and maintenance costs, and environmental impact, especially in urban areas where land is scarce.

Innovation Solution

A reconfigurable golf system featuring movable golf green sections and a reconfigurable hole with adjustable diameters, allowing for multiple configurations of a single green area, reducing the need for extensive landscaping and maintenance, and enabling easier adaptation for players of different skill levels.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a standard 18-hole golf course is designed to provide multiple playing configurations, then the area occupied and construction cost increase significantly, but the playing time and spectator accessibility worsen due to the need to walk long distances

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvegolf green configuration varietyVSAvoidgolf course area

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSArea of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The golf green is divided into multiple movable sections that can be independently positioned to create different green configurations. This segmentation allows a single green area to provide variety equivalent to multiple holes without requiring multiple separate locations, thus reducing the total area needed while maintaining adaptability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The golf green sections are made movable rather than fixed, allowing the green position and configuration to be dynamically changed during play. This dynamic reconfiguration enables multiple playing scenarios in a compact area, eliminating the need for long walks between fixed holes

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Adaptability or versatility

If a large 18-hole golf course is constructed to accommodate multiple holes, then the land area increases, but the playing efficiency decreases due to longer playing times required to complete each hole

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenumber of different holesVSAvoidplaying time per round

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The movable green sections enable rapid reconfiguration between different hole configurations without requiring players to physically relocate or wait for extensive setup changes. This dynamic capability allows multiple holes to be played sequentially in a compact area, significantly reducing the time loss associated with traveling between fixed holes

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

A single green area serves multiple functions by being reconfigurable into different hole configurations. This multi-functionality allows the same physical space to accommodate various playing scenarios, effectively providing multiple holes without the time penalty of traveling between them

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Area of stationary object

If a traditional golf course is designed with fixed holes spread over large area, then the construction cost is high, but the spectator experience deteriorates due to limited viewing positions and need to move around

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvegolf course areaVSAvoidspectator viewing accessibility

Core Design Contradiction:

Area of stationary objectVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The movable green sections allow the playing area to be reconfigured within a compact footprint, creating a more centralized layout that improves spectator accessibility. Spectators can remain in one location while still having views of different hole configurations, eliminating the need to travel around a large fixed course

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

4Adaptability or versatility

If a large area is allocated for an 18-hole golf course, then the initial construction and ongoing maintenance costs increase, but the environmental impact worsens due to irrigation requirements and landscaping disturbance

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvegolf course capacityVSAvoidenvironmental impact

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

Dividing the green into movable sections allows for a compact, efficient use of land that minimizes the total area requiring irrigation and maintenance. This segmented design reduces the environmental footprint while maintaining the capacity to provide multiple playing configurations

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The ability to change green configurations through parameter changes (positioning different sections) allows a small area to provide the functional equivalent of a large course, thereby reducing irrigation requirements, landscaping disturbance, and ongoing maintenance while preserving golf course capacity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS11273350B2Golf system

Publication Date: 2022.03.15 CHAPPELL HENRY

AI summary

A golf system comprising a reconfigurable golf green having a hole for receiving a golf ball, wherein the reconfigurable golf green includes a plurality of movable golf green sections (e.g. wherein the movable golf green sections are provided in a reconfigurable array).