Golf training apparatus

Abstract

The disclosure relates to golfing equipment and, more particularly, to golf training equipment. In some examples, a golf training apparatus includes two standoffs coupled at a first end to a head. The head may resemble the bottom of a golf hole. Further, each of the two standoffs is coupled at a second end to a corresponding first rail. The standoffs are configured to distance the head from the first rails by a predetermined distance. In addition, each of the first rails are coupled to a first end of a corresponding second rail. Furthermore, each of the second rails are coupled at their second end to an end of a corresponding third rail. The head, standoffs, and first rails form an opening to a landing area defined by the first rails, second rails, and third rails.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A golf training apparatus, comprising:
 a head;   a first plurality of rails;   a second plurality of rails;   a third plurality of rails; and   a plurality of standoffs coupled at a first end to the head and at a second end to the first plurality of rails, wherein:
 the plurality of standoffs are configured to distance the head from the first plurality of rails by a predetermined amount; 
 the first plurality of rails are coupled to the second plurality of rails; and 
 the second plurality of rails are coupled to the third plurality of rails. 
   
     
     
         2 . The golf training apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the first plurality of rails are of a first color;   the second plurality of rails are of a second color; and   the third plurality of rails are of a third color, wherein the first color, the second color, and the third color differ from each other.   
     
     
         3 . The golf training apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of standoffs, the first plurality of rails, and the head are configured to form an opening through which a golf ball can pass. 
     
     
         4 . The golf training apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein the first plurality of rails, the second plurality of rails, and the third plurality of rails form a landing area through which the golf ball passes, the opening being to the landing area. 
     
     
         5 . The golf training apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the head is circularly shaped. 
     
     
         6 . The golf training apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of rails have a length the same as a diameter of the head. 
     
     
         7 . The golf training apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein each of the first plurality of rails comprise a locking pin, wherein the locking pin protrudes through an opening at an end of a corresponding one of the second plurality of rails. 
     
     
         8 . The golf training apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein each of the second plurality of rails comprise a locking pin, wherein the locking pin protrudes through an opening at an end of a corresponding one of the third plurality of rails. 
     
     
         9 . The golf training apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein each of the third plurality of rails comprise a marker that is positioned a predetermined distance from an endline of the head that extends perpendicular to the third plurality of rails. 
     
     
         10 . The golf training apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the first plurality of rails comprise two first rails that are spaced apart by a distance and define a first zone;   the second plurality of rails comprise two second rails that are spaced apart by the distance and define a second zone; and   the third plurality of rails comprise two third rails that are spaced apart by the distance and define a third zone.   
     
     
         11 . A golf training apparatus, comprising:
 a circularly shaped head;   a first plurality of rails;   a second plurality of rails;   a third plurality of rails; and   a plurality of standoffs coupled at a first end to the circularly shaped head and at a second end to the first plurality of rails, wherein:
 the first plurality of rails are coupled to the second plurality of rails; 
 the second plurality of rails are coupled to the third plurality of rails; and 
 the plurality of standoffs, the first plurality of rails, and the circularly shaped head are configured to form an opening through which a golf ball can pass. 
   
     
     
         12 . The golf training apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the first plurality of rails are configured to form a landing area through which the golf ball passes, the opening being to the landing area. 
     
     
         13 . The golf training apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the plurality of standoffs are configured to distance the circularly shaped head from the first plurality of rails by a predetermined amount. 
     
     
         14 . The golf training apparatus of  claim 13 , wherein the predetermined amount is in a range from 1.7 inches to 3 inches, inclusively. 
     
     
         15 . The golf training apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the circularly shaped head has a diameter in a range of 4 inches to 5 inches, inclusively. 
     
     
         16 . The golf training apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the circularly shaped head has a diameter the same as a length of the first plurality of rails. 
     
     
         17 . The golf training apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the second plurality of rails have a length in a range of 4 inches to 12 inches, inclusively. 
     
     
         18 . The golf training apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the third plurality of rails comprise a marker that is distanced 12 inches from an endline of the circularly shaped head that extends perpendicular to the third plurality of rails. 
     
     
         19 . A golf training apparatus, comprising:
 a head;   six rails comprising a first rail, a second rail, a third rail, a fourth rail, a fifth rail, and a sixth rail;   a first standoff; and   a second standoff opposite the first standoff, wherein:
 each of the first standoff and the second standoff are coupled at a first end to the head; 
 the first standoff is coupled at a second end to the first rail, and the second standoff is coupled at the second end to the second rail; 
 the first rail is coupled to the third rail, and the second rail is coupled to the fourth rail; 
 the third rail is coupled to the fifth rail, and the fourth rail is coupled to the sixth rail; 
 the first rail, the third rail, and the fifth rail are configured to define a first side of a landing area; and 
 the second rail, the fourth rail, and the sixth rail are configured to define a second side opposite the first side of the landing area. 
   
     
     
         20 . The golf training apparatus of  claim 19 , wherein the first standoff, the second standoff, the first rail, the second rail, and the head are configured to form an opening to the landing area.