Abstract: The present invention provides a golf putting game apparatus for improving a player's putting skills. The golf putting game apparatus allows the player to practice putting accurately and to practice putting the ball with the correct amount of force. A scoring method for measuring the player's relative proficiency is provided. The golf putting game apparatus comprises a scoring template with opposite front and rear edges for arrangement on a putting surface such as a suitable carpet material, a putting green, or other surface suitable for putting. The scoring template includes hole marking means for marking on the putting surface a circular zone which represents a hole on a golf green, holed-out zone marking means for marking on the putting surface an elongate holed-out zone extending from the circular zone to the rear edge of the template, and scoring zone marking means for marking on the putting surface a pattern of spaced apart lines.

Abstract: An elongated rod or stick of porous material with one end pointed and tufted to engage under finger or toe nails for cleaning same. The porous material is impregnated with agents such as suitable soaps, detergents, germicides and the like actuated when the tufted tip is wetted with water. Materials such as orange wood, balsa, paper and the like may be used to form the stick and the tufted end thereon.