Patent ID: 7070511

Claim:
A golf practice mat including the combination of: a platform; a golf mat including a playing surface bounded by an outer peripheral edge on a resilient carrier pad having a load bearing face surface for support by said platform, said mat having a sufficiently large playing surface to both support a golfer for address of a golf ball and provide a contiguous outer peripheral margin containing spaced apart areas of said playing surface each containing a golf tee mounting aperture; a golf mat retainer carried by said platform to index said golf mat into a position to both support a golfer for address of a golf ball and locate each selected one of the spaced apart areas of said playing surface and the associated golf tee mounting aperture thereof at a predetermined golf ball hitting location above said platform, said golf mat retainer comprising edge segments conforming to and disbursed in a confronting relation about said outer peripheral edge of said golf mat for forming stationary extensions to said playing surface; and a golf ball tee including a flexible golf tee shank permeating said associated selected golf tee mounting aperture for retention by said golf mat to support a golf ball atop said golf ball tee within said selected one of the spaced apart areas of said playing surface at the predetermined golf ball hitting location for impact with a golf club.