COMPACT GOLF FACILITY AND METHOD FOR ELIMINATING HANDICAP SCORING

摘要

A compact golf facility and golf playing method include a driving range (24) and a golf course (19) comprising a plurality of holes that each includes a plurality of teeing areas (1-3), a target green (4), and a plurality of target cups (5) within the target green (4). The various teeing areas (1-3) are positioned at significantly different distances from the target green (4) and various target cups (5) are spaced about the target green (4) to provide multiple teeing areas (1-3) and target cup (5) combinations with associated different trajectories over various terrain to accomodate a wide range of skill levels among players. Players can therefore directly compare their actual scores on each hole, and over the entire course, without adjusting those scores by a handicap figure. The driving range (24) includes two drive teeing areas (25-28) that are displaced at opposite ends of a common target area a sufficient distance apart to assure that a ball driven from one drive/teeing area (25-28) cannot reach the drive/teeing area (25-28) at the opposite end of the target area. This driving range (24) uses half the width of a conventional driving range containing only a single drive/teeing area and only slightly longer length to accomodate a comparable number of players simultaneously.