Compact Golf Course

Abstract

A compact golf course which is formed of a series of holes which are formed by a plurality of hole groups. Each hole group includes a par three hole and a par four hole and a par five hole. Each par three hole has its own putting green with the par four hole and par five hole of each said hole group sharing a separate putting green. The direction of play of each par three hole is in substantial alignment with the direction of play of the par four hole of its hole group. The direction of play of the aligned par three hole and par four hole of each hole group is located substantially parallel to the direction of play of the par five hole within the hole group.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A compact golf course comprising: 
 a series of holes formed by a plurality of hole groups, each said hole group including a par three hole, a par four hole and a par five hole, said par three hole having a first direction of play, said par four hole having a second direction of play, said second direction of play being in substantial alignment with said first direction of play, said par five hole having a third direction of play, both said first direction of play and said second direction of play being substantially parallel to said third direction of play; and    each said par three hole having its own putting green, each said par four hole sharing a putting green with a said par five hole.    
     
     
         2 . The compact golf course as defined in  claim 1  wherein: 
 each said par three hole and each said par four hole and each said par five hole having a separate teeing area.  
 
     
     
         3 . The compact golf course as defined in  claim 1  wherein: 
 said series of holes being divided into a front nine and a back nine, said front nine comprises said hole numbers  1 ,  2 ,  3 ,  4 ,  5 ,  6 ,  7 ,  8  and  9 , said back nine comprises said holes numbers  10 ,  11 ,  12 ,  13 ,  14 ,  15 ,  16 ,  17  and eighteen.  
 
     
     
         4 . The compact golf course as defined in  claim 3  wherein: 
 said hole number  1 , which is a said par three hole, and said hole number  2 , which is a said par four hole, share a common fairway with said hole number  10 , which is a par five hole.  
 
     
     
         5 . The compact golf course as defined in  claim 4  wherein: 
 said hole number  3 , which is a said par five hole, sharing a common fairway with said hole number  11 , which is a said par three hole, and said hole number  12 , which is a said par four hole.  
 
     
     
         6 . The compact golf course as defined in  claim 5  wherein: 
 said hole number  4 , which is a said par three hole, and said hole number  5 , which is a said par four hole, share a common fairway with said hole number  13 , which is a said par five hole.  
 
     
     
         7 . The compact golf course as defined in  claim 6  wherein: 
 said hole number  6 , which is a said par five hole, share a common fairway with said hole number  14 , which is a said par three hole, and said hole number  15 , which is a said par four hole.  
 
     
     
         8 . The compact golf course as defined in  claim 7  wherein: 
 said hole number  7 , which is a said par three hole, and said hole number  8 , which is a par four hole, share a common fairway with said hole number  16 , which is a said par five hole.  
 
     
     
         9 . The compact golf course as defined in  claim 8  wherein: 
 said hole number  9 , which is a said par five hole, share a common fairway with said hole number  17 , which is a said par three hole and said hole number  18 , which is a said par four hole.