SYSTEM AND METHOD OF STORING AND COMMUNICATING THE LOCATION OF A PIN ON A GOLF COURSE

摘要

A system and method for storing and communicating the location of the pin on one or more greens on a golf course. The location of the golf pin is entered into a system and is uploaded for incorporation in a course map depicting the golf course being played by the golfer. The pin location information is used to measure distance from the location aware device to the pin location.

主权项

1. A method of storing and communicating topographical information to and from devices by means of an accessible network, the topographical information being the location of a pin on a green of a hole on a golf course, the method comprising:
selecting on a display screen, one or more greens of a plurality of greens of the golf course, for setting a pin position on the green; setting a position of the pin on one or more of the plurality of greens; storing the position of the pin on each of the one or more greens; uploading the position of the pin on each of the one or more greens to a central information processing site and database; and making available the locations of the one or more pins to a location aware device for determining a distance from the location aware device to the one or more pins.