Distance indicating device for golf holes

Abstract

An assembly of distance indicating markers is provided for use on a standard gold course including a plurality of golf holes each having a green. The markers, in use, indicate two or more separate distances to the green for the golf holes for which the devices are used. The assembly includes a plurality of sets of two or more indicating markers of different colors. Each comprises a grass simulating mat adapted to be placed on the golf course in surrounding relation to a sprinkler head for a golf hole located at a specific distance from the green of the golf hole. The color of the marker is matched to the distance to the green so that the golfer can tell the distance to the green by the color. Like colors of each set of indicating devices indicate the same relative distance to the respective green.

What is claimed:  
     
         1 . A distance indicating device for a golf course for providing an indication of relative distances on the course, the device comprising: 
 a mat of a distinctive color assigned to indicate the distance between an area on the golf course at which the mat is placed and a further area on the golf course, said mat including an opening therein for enabling the mat to be placed in at least partially surrounding relation to a sprinkler head located on the golf course at the indicated distance to the further area.    
     
     
         2 . A distance indicating device according to  claim 1  wherein said mat includes an upper grass simulating surface.  
     
     
         3 . A distance indicating device according to  claim 2  wherein said grass simulating surface includes artificial blades of grass.  
     
     
         4 . A distance indicating device according to  claim 2  wherein said mat is of a circular shape and said opening is centrally located therein.  
     
     
         5 . An assembly of indicating devices for a golf course having a plurality of golf holes of different lengths for providing an indication of different relative distances for at least the longer golf holes of the golf course, said assembly including at least three indicating devices for each said longer golf hole, each of said at least three devices being of a different color from the other of the at least three devices, said devices being adapted to be placed on the course in proximity to a sprinkler head on the golf course located at a specific distance to a predetermined area of the associated golf hole, each of said devices comprising a substantially planar, grass-simulating member and the color of each device of said at least three devices being assigned to indicate a specific distance between the device and the predetermined area of the associated golf course.  
     
     
         6 . An assembly according to  claim 5  wherein said member is of circular shape and includes a central opening therein which, in use, surrounds the sprinkler head.  
     
     
         7 . For use on a golf course including a plurality of golf holes each having a green, an assembly of distance indicating devices for, in use, indicating at least two separate distances to the green for the golf holes for which the devices are used, said assembly including a plurality of sets of at least two indicating devices of different colors, each of said devices comprising a grass simulating mat adapted to be placed on the golf course in surrounding relation to a sprinkler head for a golf hole of the golf course located at a specific distance from the green of the associated golf hole so as to indicate by the color of the device the distance to the green, like colors of each set of indicating devices indicating the same relative distance to the respective green.  
     
     
         8 . An assembly according to  claim 7  wherein each said mat is of a circular shape including a central opening therein adapted to fit around a sprinkler head.