US 12,440,747 B1
Systems and methods for remote golf match play
Richard Lesniak, Payson, AZ (US)
Assigned to Big Game Sport of Arizona, LLC, Payson, AZ (US)
Filed by BIG GAME SPORT OF ARIZONA, LLC, Payson, AZ (US)
Filed on Oct. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/937,688.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/261,976, filed on Oct. 1, 2021.
Int. Cl. A63B 71/00 (2006.01); A63B 69/36 (2006.01); A63B 71/06 (2006.01); A63F 13/46 (2014.01); A63F 3/08 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 71/0669 (2013.01) [A63B 69/36 (2013.01); A63B 71/0616 (2013.01); A63F 13/46 (2014.09); A63B 2225/20 (2013.01); A63F 2003/088 (2013.01); A63F 2300/572 (2013.01); A63F 2300/8011 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of enabling remote head to head golf play, the method comprising:
while a first player is playing golf on a first golf course having a first eighteen holes and a second player is playing golf on a second golf course having a second eighteen holes:
for each first hole of the first eighteen holes of the first golf course:
using a processor and a hole rating calculation module, calculating a first course component of a first hole rating using a first hole par and a first predetermined percentage of a first course rating;
using the processor and the hole rating calculation module, calculating a first hole handicap component of the first hole using a first hole handicap rating value and a second predetermined percentage of the first course rating; and
for each second hole of the second eighteen holes of the second golf course:
using a processor and a hole rating calculation module, calculating a second course component of a second hole rating using a second hole par and a second predetermined percentage of a second course rating; and
using the processor and the hole rating calculation module, calculating a second hole handicap component of the second hole using a second hole handicap rating value and a second predetermined percentage of the second course rating; and
using the processor and a score receiving module, receiving a plurality of first hole scores from the first player and a plurality of second hole scores from tie second player via a first computer interface on a first computing device associated with the first player and via a second computer interface on a second computing device associated with the second player;
using the processor and a hole differential calculating module, calculating a first plurality of hole differential scores for the first player and calculating a second plurality of hole differential scores for the second player;
using the processor and a hole score sorting module, sorting each player's hole differential scores within a front nine holes and within a back nine holes using the hole rating from hardest to easiest;
using the processor and a hole delta calculating module, calculating a set of delta values between the first player's sorted hole differential scores and the second player's sorted hole differential scores; and
using the processor and a score reporting module and a predetermined delta threshold and the set of delta values, reporting to the first player and to the second player which won each hole, and which holes involved player ties using a third computer interface on the first computing device and a fourth computer interface on the second computing device, respectively.