Method and device for selecting a golf club

Abstract

This invention relates to an electronic hand-held golf-club selection device. The device includes a series of buttons bearing numbers and pictures of golf clubs, for inputting information into an electronic storage means in the device. Whenever a golfer plays a game of golf, he enters the distance that the ball is hit with each golf club. The device then averages the distance for each golf club and provides the golfer with details on how far he generally hits a golf ball with a particular golf club.

1 . A golf club selection device, the device including: 
 input means for inputting data on the distance that a golf ball is hit by a golf club;    storage means for storing data from the input means, the storage means being arranged to store a plurality of distances hit by different types of golf clubs;    a processor adapted to calculate an average distance hit by each type of golf club; and    a display for displaying the average distance calculated by the processor for a particular club.    
     
     
         2 . A device according to  claim 1  wherein types of golf clubs are golf clubs from a set of golf clubs.  
     
     
         3 . A device according to  claim 1  or  2  wherein the storage means is programmed to store a maximum number of distances for each golf club.  
     
     
         4 . A device according to  claim 3  wherein the storage means is programmed to discard the oldest distance stored after the maximum number of stored distances is reached, and when a new distance is inputted.  
     
     
         5 . A device according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the input means includes first input means for inputting the distance that a ball is hit by a golf club and second input means for inputting the type of golf club that hit the ball.  
     
     
         6 . A device according to  claim 5  wherein the first input means is a series of buttons with each button corresponding to one of the numerals 1 to 9 or 0.  
     
     
         7 . A device according to  claim 5  or  6  wherein the second input means is a series of buttons, with each button corresponding to a different golf club from a set of golf clubs.  
     
     
         8 . A device according to  claim 7  wherein the buttons corresponding to the second input means depict golf clubs.  
     
     
         9 . A device according to any one of the preceding claims which is mobile and hand-held.  
     
     
         10 . A method for selecting a golf club, the method including the steps of: 
 storing the distances hit by different types of golf clubs from a set of golf clubs in a hand-held electronic storage means;    calculating an average distance hit by each type of club; and    using the averages so calculated to select which club to use when playing a shot during a game of golf.    
     
     
         11 . A method according to  claim 9  wherein the averages are calculated by a processor associated with the storage means.  
     
     
         12 . A method according to  claim 10  wherein the storage means is programmed to discard the oldest distance stored for a particular golf club after the maximum number of stored distances is reached, and when a new distance is inputted.