Patent ID: 6998965

Claim:
A golf range system comprising: a target, said target having a top surface and at least one golf ball receiver, said golf ball receiver configured to have a first opening at said top surface of said target and a second opening, said target further comprising a target reader/transmitter, said target reader/transmitter further comprising an entry portion, a guide portion, an exit portion, and where said second opening of said golf ball receiver is configured to allow operable connection to said entry portion, a first RFID reader configured such that a golf ball, upon entering said entry portion, will follow said guide portion past said first RFID reader in a readable manner and then exit via said exit portion, a GPS receiver operably connected to said reader/transmitter such that data from said GPS receiver is transmittable to a server, and where said target reader/transmitter is operable for communication with at least one server, said target being movable; a second RFID reader configured to read golf ball RFID tags and extract golf ball IDs thereby and further configured to be in operable communications with at least one server; a server operable for communication with said at least one target reader/transmitter and said second RFID reader and configured to make at least one calculation regarding golf ball and player data using data received by said server from at least one of: said target reader/transmitter; or, said second RFID reader, said server further comprising a database; said database configured to retrievably hold golf ball IDs in associated with one of: other golf ball IDs; or, at least one player ID, and further configured to hold data sent by said target reader/transmitter and said second RFID reader, and store said calculated golf ball and player data, in a manner retrievable by one of: a player ID; or, a golf ball ID.