Patent ID: 7241227
Filing Date: 2007-07-10
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A playing field for a golf-like, short-hole, pitch-and-chip target game, said field comprising: an elongated course of predetermined length and width; at least one sand trap having a predetermined size and having a central portion; at least one lie location at one end of said course from which a golf ball is to be aimed so as to land in said central portion of said trap located a predetermined distance from said lie; at least one divider means for dividing said sand trip into at least a first division having a first scoring value and a second division having a second scoring value and wherein said first division is in said central portion and said second division surrounds said first division; said sand trap being located a predetermined distance from said lie so that a chip or pitch of said ball from said lie can land in said sand trap; the composition of said sand in sand trap being such that a ball that is struck by said club from said lie falls essentially dead upon striking said sand said divider being of a flexible, edging material comprised of a flexible polyethylene having a hollow-bead top portion and a substantially vertical bottom portion depending from said hollow-bead top, said bottom portion being adapted to extend into the sand of said trap.