Patent ID: 7766737

Claim:
A tangible computer readable storage medium including a set of instructions executable by a processor, the set of instructions operable to analyze the performance of a golfer by: determining a number of greens hit in regulation by the golfer during at least one round of golf; determining a number of long game strokes taken by the golfer during the at least one round of golf; determining one of at least a golf course rating difference and a slope rating difference for the course on which the at least one round of golf is played; calculating a long game efficiency index of the golfer by dividing the determined number of long game strokes by the determined number of greens hit in regulation; and determining a long game handicap of the golfer based at least in part upon the calculated long game efficiency index, a known relationship between long game handicap versus long game efficiency index, and one of at least the golf course rating difference and the slope rating difference.