Patent ID: 6062991
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A scoring and management system for one or more golf courses, each golf course including one or more golf holes, the system comprising:a central computing device, including a processor and storage medium;a plurality of remote terminals geographically dispersed and fixedly positioned about a golf course, each remote terminal includinga) a manual input device for selectively entering one or more golf scores of a completed hole and information, wherein each manual input device is integral with an associated remote terminal,b) means for receiving information from the central computing device, andc) means for displaying information received from the central computing device; andmeans for transferring golf scores and information between the remote terminals and the central computing device in real time, wherein information is from the group consisting of advertisement, weather, service, emergency, personal message, course layout and topology, rule of play, gaming, and security information.