Patent Application
20250073559
The present invention relates to a par 4 golf system, and more specifically, to a par 4 golf system which is capable of allowing golfers to play in 72 strokes by hitting a ball with a driver on every hole, attracting continuous visits from the golfers by making the game more interesting and providing the feel of a normal 18-hole course game at a lower cost on much less land than a normal 18-hole course would require.
In the sport of golf, a par refers to the standard number of strokes needed to complete a hole in a golf course from the start of a tee ground to the completion of the hole. Depending on the length of the course, the par is divided into a par 5 (long hole, par five), a par 4 (middle hole, par four), and a par 3 (short hole, par three).
Par 3 golf courses are small-scale facilities for short game practice and are widely placed around urban areas. Par 3 golf courses have the following disadvantages.
First, the par 3 golf courses do not meet the interests of golfers because it is not possible to use a driver due to the smaller size of the golf course.
Second, since the layouts of every hole's tee box and hole's green are the same as each other, it does not meet the interests of the golfers, which makes it highly likely that they will not visit the same par 3 golf course again after visiting it once or twice.
An object of the present invention is to provide a par 4 golf system which is capable of allowing golfers to play in 72 strokes by hitting a ball with a driver on every hole, attracting continuous visits from the golfers by making the game more interesting, and providing the feel of a normal 18-hole course game at a lower cost on much less land than a normal 18-hole course would require.
To achieve the above objects, according to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a par 4 golf system applied to golf links having a par 3 golf course, including: a green configured to play golf on a golf course; and a screen tee box located on one side of the green, and provided in every hole for allowing golfers to perform tee off with a wood driver, wherein the screen tee box is configured to determine a desired driver distance with a red tee, a white tee or a blue tee for women, beginners or a single golfer.
The par 4 golf system may further include four tee boxes, first to fourth, located outside the screen tee box with different attributes, wherein the system is configured for the golfer to be assigned one of the first to fourth tee boxes based on the results of their first shot made in the screen tee box. From the first driver shot from the screen tee box, a pre-programmed program will calculate the pitch, distance and direction of the hit by the golfer with the wood driver, and assign the golfer to one of the four tee boxes.
The program may be automatically executed by a system controller.
The first tee box may be a means for a golfer who, when hitting a ball with a wood driver from the screen tee box, causes the ball to enter an OB or a hazard or for a golfer who, when attempting a driver shot, causes the ball to place in the fairway at a sufficient distance, the second tee box may be a means for a golfer who, when hitting a ball with the wood driver from the screen tee box, causes the ball to enter a fairway sand trap, the third tee box may be a means for a golfer who, when hitting a ball with the wood driver from the screen tee box, causes the ball enter a rough, the fourth tee box may be a means for a golfer who, when hitting a ball with the wood driver from the screen tee box, does not secure enough distance by the ball hit by him or her. After the golfer hits a second shot toward the green from the tee box determined by the program of the system controller, each hole may be finished.
The system may be programmed to give a predetermined penalty point to a golfer who, when hitting a ball with the wood driver from the screen tee box, causes the ball hit by him or her to enter the OB or hazard, and as the golfer who receives the penalty point hits a third or fourth shot toward the green from the tee box determined by the program of the system controller, and each hole may be finished.
According to the present invention, it is capable of allowing golfers to play in 72 strokes by hitting a ball with a driver every hole, attracting continuous visits from golfers by allowing golfers to play on the same golf course without losing interest, and providing the feel of a normal 18-hole course game at low cost and on much less land than an 18-hole golf course would normally require.
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that they can be easily practiced by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. However, since the description of the present invention is only an embodiment for structural or functional description, the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited by the embodiments described in the present disclosure.
For example, since the embodiments may be changed and have various forms, it should be understood that the scope of the present invention includes equivalents capable of realizing the technical idea.
In addition, the objects or effects presented in the present invention do not mean that a specific embodiment should include all of them or only such effects, therefore it should be understood that the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.
In the present specification, the embodiments are provided to make the disclosure of the present invention complete, and to completely inform those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains of the scope of the invention. In addition, the present invention is only defined by the scope of the claims.
Thus, in some embodiments, well-known components, well-known operations and well-known techniques will not be described in detail in order to avoid obscuring the interpretation of the present invention.
Meanwhile, the meaning of the terms described in the present invention is not limited to the lexical meaning, and should be understood as follows.
It will be understood that when a component is referred to as being “connected to” another component, it may be directly connected or coupled to the other component, but another intervening component may be present therebetween. In contrast, when a component is referred to as being “directly connected to” another component, there is no intervening component present. Meanwhile, other expressions that describe the relationship between components, such as “between—” and “immediately between—” or “neighboring to—” and “directly neighboring to—,” should be interpreted similarly.
As used herein, the singular forms “a,” “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms such as “comprise” or “have,” etc. when used herein, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components or combinations thereof, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.
Unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains.
It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the description of the embodiments, the same reference numerals are denoted to the same components, and the same reference numerals will not be described in some cases.
Referring to these drawings, a par 4 golf system 100 according to the present embodiment is capable of allowing golfers to play in 72 strokes by hitting a ball with a driver every hole, attracting continuous visits from the golfers by leading the golfers to play a game with interest, and providing the feel of a normal 18-hole course game at low cost.
The par 4 golf system 100 according to the present embodiment, which may provide the above-described effects, is applied to golf links having a par 3 golf course, and may include: a screen tee box 120 provided on a green 110 for playing golf on a par 4 golf course; and first to fourth tee boxes 130-160.
The screen tee box 120 is disposed on one side of the green 110, and provided in every hole for allowing golfers to perform tee off with a wood driver.
This screen tee box 120 is configured to determine a desired driver distance with a red tee, a white tee or a blue tee for women, beginners or a single golfer.
For reference, the wood driver is a club mainly used in golf round tee shots (the first ball hit by the golfer) and has a role of sending the ball farther. There are many different types of wood driver, but recently, No. 1 to No. 5 wood drivers are the most widely used, and among them, the No. 1 wood driver is normally used most.
The first to fourth tee boxes 130-160 are disposed outside the screen tee box 120, and represent positions with different attributes.
The first tee box 130 is a means for a golfer who, when hitting a ball with a wood driver from the screen tee box 120, causes the ball to enter an OB or a hazard or for a golfer who, when attempting a driver shot, causes the ball to place in the fairway at a sufficient distance. There is no obstacle. For reference, the OB or hazard is a concept including all sections on the course, where the golfer cannot normally play golf, such as trees, lakes, deep grass, forests, other holes and the like.
The second tee box 140 is a means for a golfer who, when hitting a ball with the wood driver from the screen tee box 120, causes the ball to enter a fairway sand trap. The golfer has to hit the ball in the sand.
The third tee box 150 is a means for a golfer who, when hitting a ball with the wood driver from the screen tee box 120, causes the ball enter a rough. The golfer has to hit the ball in the rough and pass the water.
The fourth tee box 160 is a means for a golfer who, when hitting a ball with the wood driver from the screen tee box 120, does not secure enough distance by the ball hit by him or her. It is the farthest and the golfer has to pass the water and obstacles.
Meanwhile, it may be configured for the golfer to select any one of the first to fourth tee boxes 130-160 on a screen with a program pre-programed and installed therein according to a pitch, distance, or direction of the ball hit by the golfer with the wood driver from the screen tee box 120, and the program may be automatically executed by a system controller 180.
In addition, as the golfer hits a second shot toward the green 110 from the tee box determined by the program of the system controller 180, each hole may be finished.
At this time, the system may be programmed to give a predetermined penalty point to a golfer who, when hitting a ball with the wood driver from the screen tee box 120, causes the ball hit by him or her to enter the OB or hazard. The penalty point may be 1 or 2 points.
As the golfer who receives the above-described penalty point hits a third or fourth shot toward the green 110 from the tee box determined by the program of the system controller 180, each hole may be finished.
The system controller 180 that performs these series of roles may include a central processing unit (CPU) 181, a memory 182, and a support circuit 183.
In the present embodiment, the central processing unit 181 may be one of a variety of computer processors that can be applied industrially to control the program which allows the golfer to select any one of the first to fourth tee boxes 130-160 on the screen with a program pre-programed and installed therein according to the pitch, distance, or direction of the ball hit by the golfer with the wood driver from the screen tee box 120.
The memory 182 is connected to the central processing unit 181. The memory 182 may be installed locally or remotely as a computer-readable recording medium, and may be at least one or more readily available memories such as a random access memory (RAM), ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, or any other digital storage form.
The support circuit 183 is coupled with the central processing unit 181 to support typical operations of the processor. This support circuit 183 may include a cache, power supply, clock circuit, input/output circuit, subsystem and the like.
In the present embodiment, the system controller 180 controls the program which allows the golfer to select any one of the first to fourth tee boxes 130-160 on the screen with a program pre-programed and installed therein according to the pitch, distance, or direction of the ball hit by the golfer with the wood driver from the screen tee box 120. These series of control processes, etc. may be stored in the memory 182. Typically, software routines may be stored in the memory 182. The software routines may also be stored or executed by other central processing units (not shown).
Although it has been described that the processes according to the present invention are executed by the software routines, at least some of the processes according to the present invention may be performed by hardware. As such, the processes of the present invention may be implemented by software running on a computer system, hardware such as an integrated circuit, or a combination of software and hardware.
According to the present embodiment, which operates based on the structure described above, it is capable of allowing golfers to play in 72 strokes by hitting a ball with a driver every hole, attracting continuous visits from the golfers by leading the golfers to play a game with interest, and providing the feel of a normal 18-hole course game at low cost.
Referring to these drawings, a par 4 golf system 200 according to the present embodiment is also applied to golf links having the par 3 golf course, and may include: a screen tee box 220 provided on a green 110 for playing golf on a par 4 golf course; and first to fourth tee boxes 230-260.
The screen tee box 220 is disposed on one side of the green 110, and provided in every hole for allowing golfers to perform tee off with a wood driver. This screen tee box 220 is configured to determine a desired driver distance with a red tee, a white tee or a blue tee for women, beginners or a single golfer.
The first to fourth tee boxes 230-260 are disposed outside the screen tee box 220, and represent positions with different attributes.
The first tee box 230 is a means for a golfer who, when hitting a ball with a wood driver from the screen tee box 220, causes the ball to enter an OB or a hazard or for a golfer who, when attempting a driver shot, causes the ball to place in the fairway at a sufficient distance. There is no obstacle. For reference, the OB or hazard is a concept including all sections on the course, where the golfer cannot normally play golf, such as trees, lakes, deep grass, forests, other holes and the like.
The second tee box 240 is a means for a golfer who, when hitting a ball with the wood driver from the screen tee box 220, causes the ball to enter a fairway sand trap. The golfer has to hit the ball in the sand.
The third tee box 250 is a means for a golfer who, when hitting a ball with the wood driver from the screen tee box 220, causes the ball enter a rough. The golfer has to hit the ball in the rough and pass the water.
The fourth tee box 260 is a means for a golfer who, when hitting a ball with the wood driver from the screen tee box 220, does not secure enough distance by the ball hit by him or her. It is the farthest and the golfer has to pass the water and obstacles.
Meanwhile, it may be configured for the golfer to select any one of the first to fourth tee boxes 230-260 on a screen with a program pre-programed and installed therein according to a pitch, distance, or direction of the ball hit by the golfer with the wood driver from the screen tee box 220, and the program may be automatically executed by a system controller 280.
In addition, as the golfer hits a second shot toward the green 110 from the tee box determined by the program of the system controller 280, each hole may be finished.
At this time, the system may be programmed to give a predetermined penalty point to a golfer who, when hitting a ball with the wood driver from the screen tee box 220, causes the ball hit by him or her to enter the OB or hazard. The penalty point may be 1 or 2 points.
As the golfer who receives the above-described penalty point hits a third or fourth shot toward the green 110 from the tee box determined by the program of the system controller 280, each hole may be finished.
Meanwhile, in the present embodiment, the system controller 280 is connected to a mobile terminal 292 through wireless communication 291.
The mobile terminal 292 may be a smartphone of the golfer. When programmed information is immediately transmitted to the smartphone, the golfer may accurately identify his or her game, the progress, and batting order according to the penalty points in real time.
Even if the present embodiment is applied, it is capable of allowing golfers to play in 72 strokes by hitting a ball with a driver every hole, attracting continuous visits from the golfers by leading the golfers to play a game with interest, and providing the feel of a normal 18-hole course game at low cost, and on much less land than a normal 18-hole golf course would normally require.
As such, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and it is apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, these modifications and variations should be falling within the scope of the present invention.
The system of present invention is capable of allowing golfers to play in 72 strokes by hitting a ball with a driver every hole, attracting continuous visits from the golfers by leading the golfers to play a game with interest, and providing the feel of a normal 18-hole course game at low cost, and on much less land than a normal 18-hole course would normally require. Therefore, there is applicability in expanding the base of the golf industry.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-2022-0118220 | Sep 2022 | KR | national |
This Application is a National Stage Patent Application of PCT International Application No. PCT/KR2023/008814 (filed on Jun. 26, 2023), which claims priority to Korean Patent Application No. 10-2022-011822 (filed on Sep. 19, 2022), which are all hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/KR2023/008814 | 6/26/2023 | WO |
