Patent ID: 7699715

Claim:
A golf practice device for simulating the response of natural turf when impacted by the head of a golf club during a golf swing, said device comprising; a base member adapted to support a carriage retraction assembly on each of longitudinal sides; a carriage tray positioned above said base member and having at least one sleeve on each of longitudinal sides to slidingly engage a carriage retraction assembly; a simulated turf surface on said carriage tray; a carriage retraction assembly supported on each of the longitudinal sides of said base member and being slidingly engaged with said at least one sleeve and having one or multiple forward compression springs extending forwardly of said at lease one sleeve on each longitudinal side for controlling sliding forward in the general direction of ball flight and retraction of said carriage tray and said simulated turf surface when said simulated surface is impacted by the head of a golf club striking a golf ball placed on said simulated turf surface.