Golf green repair apparatus and method
CA 2255237 A1 · Owner: Wiens, Terry Grant · Inventors: Wiens, Terry Grant
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A method and apparatus to repair dents formed by a golf ball impacting the surface of a golf green. A restoring tool is mounted to the top of the handle of a putter, and this tool comprises a base member and a ground penetrating portion which is formed as a pair of tines and which is rotatably mounted to move from a stowed position flush against the base, to an operating position where it extends at right angles to the base. The putter is inverted so that the end of the handle can be positioned against the raised edge of the dent. The tines (outwardly extending) are moved to penetrate into the soil at a location outwardly of the raised edge of the dent and the, compression surface of the …
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- Filed December 8, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 8, 2018.
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