FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0005] The invention relates to the game of golf. Specifically a golf hole cup device used in golf practice greens, making it possible to install practice greens on any hard surface, both portable or permanently installed greens, for use indoors and/or year-round use out doors.

BACKGROUND

[0006] Golf is a game where the ball is hit any number of times to achieve the ending result of a golf ball resting within the limits of a cup hole. This event is known in the rules of golf as a “holed” stroke. The player must record the number of strokes it takes from the teeing ground, “through the green” until the ball is holed. The abilities and skills necessary for any golfer to minimize the number of strokes, and therefore become a better skilled player is the quest of any serious player. Advancing the skills of a player takes many hours of practice and playing to achieve the necessary skills to “lower one's score.”

[0007] It is common for an individual to spend many hours in practice to attempt to achieve lower scores and therefore become a “better player.” The most often used method is putting and chipping on a practice green. Either at a local golf club or practice facility, many hours are spent in the quest to advance one's skills. At times practice facilities have less than ad equate practice areas or it is more feasible for one to practice at home or when time for practice is limited, using whatever device or method and wherever convenient. It is very popular for a golfer to use portable devices to practice and it is the dream of most golfers to have unlimited access to a practice green that is accessible. Yet having a private practice green creates additional problems. Having the right surface to practice on is vitally important and necessary to achieve proper, realistic practice that will aide in increasing the golfers skill level. Many practice surfaces are poor renditions compared to playing on real greens at the local golf course.

[0008] Finally, if it were possible for a golfer to have a private practice green it still would need to be installed and maintained in such a fashion that practice would be valuable and their time well spent. If the golfer had the availability of a natural grass green, the ability to maintain it and the budget to keep it in the proper condition, their problem would be solved. The best solution is a private practice green that is affordable and accessible. Therefore synthetic greens have become popular because of their surface quality and low or no maintenance makes practice viable and affordable. The problem still remains as to how a green must be installed and a green certainly must Include one or several golf “holes.” The main feature of the present invention is it now makes the finest synthetic turf or carpeted surfaces more available to every golfer because they are easier to install and more affordable and require little or no maintenance compared to natural grass greens and the quality of the current turf products available have advanced in quality to properly simulate natural grass greens. The invention makes it possible for an individual to own their very own private practice green and because digging holes to create a golf hole is not required, the invention makes private practice golf greens versatile for use anywhere, indoors, outdoors, or as the seasons dictate. My invention also makes it possible for portability of any practice green and for areas of limited seasonal play, they become a year-round practice green because moving the green to any surface can easily be achieved. Our invention makes installing a practice green very easy due to the fact that holes do not need to be created. A practice green can be installed literally anywhere because creating a hole for the cup has been eliminated. My BentGreen cup invention makes it possible to practice anywhere a smooth hard surface is available because digging a hole or raising the surface is not necessary to simulate and create a golf cup. Previously, to create a golf cup in natural greens and synthetic turf or carpeted greens it was necessary to dig or create a hole in the sub-surface or raise up the green surface to create an ample space to install a golf cup to receive and hold a golf ball.

[0009] Synthetic greens sometimes utilize a foam or other type base material to raise the green surface to create an area for a cup hole.

[0010] Placing an in-ground cup was the only way to achieve the existence of a working golf cup.

SUMMARY

[0011] I have created the ability of any synthetic turf or carpeted golf green to be installed with the BentGreen Cup which meets standard cup size requirements while resting directly on a hard surface to create a golf hole that will receive and hold a golf ball, without raising the surface or utilizing a sub-surface void to create a “hole”.