| 摘要 |
Systems, methods, and apparatus to facilitate the production and presentation of strokes gained golf statistics. Some systems include mobile devices for the collection of essential shot data necessary for producing strokes gained statistics during play. The device travels with a golfer, measures and records distance-to-hole automatically using GPS and/or laser and/or radio technology, in combination with one of various lie-type classifications (tee, fairway, rough, sand, green, recovery, penalty, hazards, etc.) before and after a golf shot as selected by the golfer using human judgement. The device transfers essential shot data to a remote database and receives and displays calculated strokes gained results. |
| 主权项 |
1. A mobile device to record, display, and transmit essential shot data and strokes gained statistics, comprising:
GPS, laser, or radar to automatically determine distance-to-hole while playing a hole in a game of golf; a display screen to view, select and record essential shot data for one or more golf shots; a user interface to input, select, edit, confirm and transmit said essential shot data for one or more shots, said essential shot data comprising the combination of at least all five of the following:
distance-to-hole of the ball at rest before said golfer performs said one shot, thereby establishing pre-shot distance-to-hole data for said one shot, and;distance-to-hole of said ball at rest after said golfer performs said one shot, thereby establishing post-shot distance-to-hole data for said one shot, and;lie type of said ball before said golfer performs said one shot, said lie type determined by human judgment, said lie type selected from a group of specific classifications including but not limited to: tee, fairway, rough, sand, and green, thereby establishing pre-shot lie type data for said one shot, and;lie type of said ball after said golfer performs said one shot, said lie type determined by human judgment, said lie type selected from a group of specific classifications including but not limited to: tee, fairway, rough, sand, green, and in-cup, thereby establishing post-shot lie type data for said one shot, and;identity of said golfer performing said shot, thereby establishing golfer identification data for said one shot;additional classifications of said lie type including one or more of: native area, recovery, different types of rough, short-sided shots, penalty type, and divot; wherein said display screen includes display of strokes gained information derived from said essential shot data for one or more shots while playing said game of golf, said strokes gained information including one or more of: maps of golf holes with strokes gained benchmarks; strokes gained benchmarks; strokes gained tables, graphs, and diagrams; strokes gained comparisons with other golfers; strokes gained statistics; strokes gained course difficulty ratings; strokes gained difficulty ratings for different lie types; targets representing different strokes gained benchmarks; strokes gained ratings for zones on a golf course; a transmitter to upload said essential shot data to a database. |
