Patent ID: 6881154

Claim:
A device for practicing golf comprising: a base having a border and an upper surface bounded by the border, a portion of the upper surface providing a playing surface upon which a person using the device stands while striking a golf ball that rests relative to the playing surface; an elongate enclosure for catching a golf ball that is struck, the enclosure formed of a membrane and comprising an open end and a closed end with side walls therebetween, a lower portion of the enclosure extending from the closed end to the base; a resilient, elongate first support fixed at each end to the sides of the base to define an arcuate perimeter overlying the base, the first support supporting the upper portion of the open end of the enclosure, wherein the ends of the resilient elongate first support are fixed to the sides of the base intermediate opposite ends of said sides; a second support adapted to support the closed end of the enclosure forward of the base wherein, in use, the second support applies a tension to the enclosure between the closed end and open end to cause the first support to resiliently flex forwardly such that the perimeter is inclined forwardly with respect to the base whereby the first support and the membrane are able to deflect when the golf ball strikes the membrane to thereby absorb kinetic energy of the golf ball.