Patent ID: 8364293

Claim:
A system for providing statistical analysis for golf performance of a user comprising: a portable input device operable for capturing shot data, including GPS data, during the golf play of a golfer, the device being further operable to transmit the shot data to a computer for reviewing the shot data and analysis of the shot data through a graphical user interface viewable on a display; the computer further including software operable for providing statistical analysis of the shot data; wherein the user provides inputs and coordinates of a series of corresponding starting points and user defined distance and direction target areas, wherein the target area is a location in a fairway, in a rough or on a green, and recordation of actual shot locations from those starting points during the golf play via the device; and wherein the statistical analysis includes outputs having detailed diagrammatic representations of golf performance analytics, including scattergraph diagrams having information relating to the directionality of any shot to be uniformly and consistently oriented to provide a zeroed-out orientation for each shot, thereby assisting the user/golfer with identification and understanding of errors and trends related to shot misdirection and the corresponding causes related thereto.