System for and method of golf performance recordation and analysis

• US 7,010,550 B2
• Filed: 01/09/2004
• Issued: 03/07/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Martin B. Tarlie
• Original Assignee: Martin B. Tarlie
• Inventors: Tarlie, Martin B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mofiz, Apu M.
• Application Number:
  US10/753,532
• Publication Number:
  US 20040162125A1
• Time in Patent Office: 788 Days
• Field of Search: 707/101, 707/102, 707/104.1, 434/252, 473/131, 473/407, 700/91, 700/92, 701/203, 715/848
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0691 Maps, e.g. yardage maps or electronic maps
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/32 Golf
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/13 Relative positions
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/20 Distances or displacements
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0616 Means for conducting or scheduling competition, league, tournaments or rankings
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0669 Score-keepers or score display devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0038 Sports
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

A system for and method of golf performance recordation and analysis are provided. In accordance with the present invention, a user records hole-level and shot-level performance data for rounds of golf played by one or more players in a data acquisition component and uploads the performance data to a centralized database. The stored information can later be retrieved from the database by the user for visualization and analysis.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of analyzing golf performance, said method comprising:

providing a database that is organized for recording player golf performance data, wherein the database is implemented to include a category for shot skill events and include skill subcategories for the events;

receiving golf performance and score data into the database for multiple rounds of golf played by a particular golf player to record that player'"'"'s personal past performance in the shot skill event category and skill subcategories;

applying statistical analysis to the golf player'"'"'s recorded data to generate one or more performance statistics from the golf player'"'"'s recorded data;

providing an interface with which the golf player can interact to request computerized assistance with improving the golf player'"'"'s game;

in response to the golf player interacting with the interface, displaying information that identifies a particular improvement for that golf player and displays how many shots per round the golf player'"'"'s score will be improved in order to provide a tool to golfers for evaluating relative improvements in a player'"'"'s personal game that can be made by achieving different improvements, wherein the improvement in the number of shots is generated in accordance with one or more performance statistics.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the performance statistic is a fairways hit percentage.

3. The method according to claim 1 wherein the performance statistic is a greens hit percentage.

4. The method according to claim 1 wherein the performance statistic is a percentage of shots from a given distance range that end up within a specified distance from a hole.

5. The method according to claim 4 wherein a portion of the performance and score data is used with one or more of the performance statistics and the particular improvement to calculate the improvement in number of saved shots per round that will be achieved when that particular improvement is attained by the golf player.