Method and system permitting a user to play golf against a selected professional

Abstract

A method of playing golf in which a user can play against a professional golfer. A first professional (pro) golfer plays a round of golf at a selected golf course, which round is recorded. Later, which time is at least five days but may be a week, a month or more later, a plurality of amateurs play a round of golf at the selected golf course, which rounds re also recorded. The pro round and the amateur rounds are compared, and each of the amateurs is provided a plaque or other memorabilia comparing the scores of the amateurs to the professional.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A method of playing golf in which a user can play against a professional golfer, said method comprising:
 a first professional (pro) golfer playing a round of golf at a selected golf course;   recording the said round of golf to provide a first record of said first pro playing said selected golf course, said recording including recording the stroke score of said first pro golfer for said round of golf at said selected course;   storing said first pro first record;   sometime later, which time is at least five days but may be a week, a month or more later, a plurality of amateurs playing a round of golf at said selected golf course and recording said rounds of said amateurs, said recordings including at least the stroke score of each of said amateurs during their round;   comparing said stroke scores of each of said amateurs to the stroke score of said first pro first record; and   providing to each of said amateurs a plaque or other memorabilia showing said stroke score of said amateur and the stroke score of said first pro golfer for said round of golf.   
     
     
         2 . A method as in  claim 1  and further comprising recording said pro golfer playing a plurality of rounds of golf at said selected golf course a storing said recordings to provide a plurality of first pro records of rounds of golf at said selected golf course. 
     
     
         3 . A method as in  claim 2  wherein said comparing comprises selecting one of said plurality of said first pro records. 
     
     
         4 . A method as in  claim 3  wherein the one of said plurality of pro records is selected randomly from said plurality of first pro records. 
     
     
         5 . A method as in  claim 3  wherein said records include the weather conditions during each of said rounds and for each of said amateurs the one of said first pro records that is selected is the one in which the weather conditions are most similar to the weather conditions when said amateur plays the amateur round. 
     
     
         6 . A method as in  claim 1  wherein said recording comprises recording at least one round of golf at said selected golf course by each of a plurality of golf professionals and said comparing comprises selecting one of said plurality of golf pros and comparing the stroke score of a round played by said selected pro. 
     
     
         7 . A method as in  claim 6  and further comprising charging each of said amateurs for said comparison and paying said selected pro a portion of said charge. 
     
     
         8 . A method as in  claim 1  wherein said recordings includes a recording the shots made by said first pro during said round of golf and the shots made by each of said amateurs during their rounds and said comparing further includes comparing one or more of the shots made by said first pro to one or more of each of said amateurs. 
     
     
         9 . A method as in  claim 8  wherein an additional charge is made for said comparison of shots and a portion of said additional charge is paid to said selected pro. 
     
     
         10 . A method of promoting the playing of golf at a golf course, said method comprising:
 recording one or more rounds of golf played by each of one or more golf professionals (pros) as said golf course;   announcing a pro-am golf tournament inviting amateur golfers to play against said one or more professionals;   recording an amateur round of golf played by each said amateur golfers playing in said tournament, said amateur rounds of golf played at least five days later than said one or more rounds of golf played by said on or more golf pros;   comparing a selected pro round of golf played by one of said professionals to a selected amateur round of golf played by a selected one of said amateurs; and   providing a plaque or other memorabilia recording said comparison to said selected amateur.