Patent ID: 8133124

Claim:
A system for enhancing a match play golf tournament played by a plurality of players each playing a predetermined number of matches on one of several teams, said system comprising: means for awarding match points to players wherein players get a score directly proportional to the number of holes ahead the player is at the end of each match or the number of holes won at the point where the player has an insurmountable lead over at least one opponent player plus the number of holes remaining in that match; and, means for adding up the number of match points each player accumulates for his or her team during the course of said tournament, wherein the winner of the tournament is the team and the players on said team with the greatest sum of match points, wherein each of said teams has a plurality of non-playing members, one of more of said non-playing members being remote from said tournament and further comprising means for designating a 2× player by a vote by said non-playing members and wherein said vote comprises transmitting, by one or more of said non-playing members remote from said tournament, a preference by one of a phone message, a text message, an e-mail, an web menu selection or a television menu selection, and wherein said tournament comprises at least one foursomes match, at least one four-ball match, and one individual match play match wherein said matches are played according to the relevant rules governing a Ryder Cup tournament except for at least one Ryder Cup rule related to scoring.