Anthony D Roderick

US Patent:

55992382, Feb 4, 1997

Filed:

Dec 27, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/578909

Inventors:

Anthony G. Roderick - Scituate RI

International Classification:

A63B 6936

US Classification:

473147

Abstract:

A golf practice device includes a tethered practice ball which enables the user to practice full-swing golf shots in an area as small as 25-30 feet in length and which when hit properly immediately returns the practice ball toward the user for re-hitting. The golf practice device includes a low resilient urethane foam practice ball, generally of the size of a conventional golf ball, which is attached to an elastic cord. The elastic cord is attached to a swivel element which is, in turn, attached to a non-elastic cord. The non-elastic cord is attached to a bag which is weighted down with a removable weight element, such as sand, pennies or the like. In use, the weighted bag weighs the golf practice device down, the elastic cord functions to return the ball, and the swivel element permits relative rotation of the elastic and non-elastic cords.