Rangefinding instrument and method for automatically determining and providing user specific suggestions for golfing applications

摘要

A rangefinding instrument and method for automatically determining and providing user specific suggestions for golfing applications wherein a user enters at least one club type and associated representative user range for the at least one club type to a data store associated with a rangefinding instrument. The instrument determines a range to a selected point on a golf course and extrapolates and displays a suggested club type appropriate to the determined range from the stored data. Other factors, such as the course terrain, weather and/or soil conditions may be analyzed to provide an alternative suggested club type for the same determined distance.