US 12,303,765 B2
Field rating and course adjusted strokes gained for global golf analysis
Kyle Cunningham-Rhoads, Durham, NC (US); Kevin Chroust, Chicago, IL (US); and Taylor Bechtold, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to STATS LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by STATS LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/656,546.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/166,830, filed on Mar. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0305365 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. A63B 71/06 (2006.01); A63B 24/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 71/0616 (2013.01) [A63B 24/0021 (2013.01); A63B 24/0062 (2013.01); A63B 71/0669 (2013.01); A63B 2024/0056 (2013.01); A63B 2024/0068 (2013.01); A63B 2220/17 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
recording, by a computing system, tracking data corresponding to one or more motions of a plurality of players or one or more objects via at least one of: one or more cameras or one or more radio frequency identification (RFID) tags for a plurality of holes for a plurality of golf tournaments, wherein the tracking data comprises a distance of each of the plurality of holes and a par associated with each of the plurality of holes;
utilizing, by the computing system, a clustering algorithm to cluster the plurality of holes into a plurality of hole clusters based on a hole type corresponding to each of the plurality of holes;
analyzing, by the computing system, the tracking data for each of the plurality of holes and the corresponding hole type to generate a strokes gained metric for each of the hole type;
adjusting, by the computing system, the strokes gained metric for each hole type based on a field of strength metric associated with each of the plurality of golf tournaments, the field of strength metric representing a strength of a player field in a corresponding golf tournament; and
generating, by the computing system, a ranking of the plurality of players based on the adjusted strokes gained metric.