Golf game

Claim 1

A board game in which a player plays a simulated golf game, the board game comprising: a playing board having a golf course representation thereon; a plurality of golf hole representations located in different areas of the golf course representation on the playing board; a golf tee location representation on the board associated with each golf hole representation; a golf cup location representation on the board associated with each golf hole representation and spaced from the corresponding golf tee location representation; a prescribed number of spaces marked on the playing board between the golf tee location representation and the golf cup location representation of each golf hole representation for depicting an incremental path of travel through each golf hole representation; a movable playing piece for representing the player's position on the golf course representation; and a player-operated device for determining the number of increments of advancement of the playing piece along the path of travel of a golf hole representation in response to an operation of the player-operated device by the player whose position is represented by that playing piece, the player-operated device comprising a pair of scoring stands for placement upon a playing surface in laterally spaced-apart relationship, each scoring stand including a base; and a plurality of scoring columns extending along each scoring stand upwardly from the base thereof and located longitudinally along each scoring stand for defining a corresponding plurality of scoring zones within a scoring field extending along the playing surface between the scoring columns on the pair of scoring stands; each scoring stand having a finite lateral width and including a stepped configuration wherein each subsequent consecutive scoring column, as viewed in the longitudinal direction away from the predetermined position on the playing surface and toward the scoring field, extends upwardly one step further than the next previous scoring column to establish a plurality of consecutive steps of finite width; and scoring indicia placed on each step for identifying the score corresponding to each scoring column; the laterally spaced-apart relationship being such that a ball is capable of being rolled between the scoring stands, in a longitudinal direction, from a predetermined position on the playing surface located away from the scoring field, in response to operation of the device by the player, to come to rest in one of the scoring zones, whereby the score corresponding to said one of the scoring zones determines the number of increments of advancement of the player's playing piece for that operation of the player-operated device.