Patent ID: 8657699

Claim:
A golf accessory comprising: a device having at least one substantially rigid elongated portion and having at least two areas along the length of the device corresponding respectively to at least two preselected conditions by which a gimme status of a golf putt is to be determined, wherein when a first end of the device is located adjacent a golf hole and the device is extended toward a ball to be putted a first of the at least two preselected areas extends from the first end of the device to an opposed second end of the device and defines a maximum length that is associated with a first of the at least two preselected conditions, and a second of the at least two preselected areas extends from the first end of the device toward the second end of the device and defines a length shorter than the first of the at least two preselected areas and that is associated with a second of the at least two preselected conditions, wherein the two preselected conditions relate to a golf event format being played, a likely score that would be attained if the putt were to be successful, or a stroke played that resulted in a present position of the ball to be putted, and wherein a gimme is awarded when the ball to be putted meets one of the at least two conditions and is within the length of the area associated with said condition that is met.