Golf Tee Recommendation Using Real-Time Course and Player Data

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing golf tee recommendation systems fail to provide accurate and transferable recommendations due to non-inclusion of specific golf courses, neglecting dynamic environmental conditions, and varying obstacles, leading to golfer dissatisfaction and inefficiency.

Innovation Solution

A system and method utilizing a host terminal and optimizing apparatus that consider golfer-specific information and real-time golf course data, including static and dynamic conditions, to recommend optimal starting tees based on course features and user preferences.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If multiple starting tees are provided to accommodate different skill levels, then golfers of varying abilities can play the course, but golfers have difficulty selecting the appropriate tee and may choose sub-optimal tees leading to dissatisfaction

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccommodation of different skill levelsVSAvoiddifficulty in selecting appropriate tee

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system collects real-time data about course conditions (moisture, wind, temperature) and golfer performance, then provides feedback through the mobile device to recommend optimal tee selections. This feedback loop enables golfers to make informed decisions rather than guessing, resolving the contradiction between providing multiple adaptive options and making selection easy.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system allows golfers to independently assess their own skill level and receive personalized tee recommendations without requiring instruction from professionals or complex manual assessment. The automated system serves itself by collecting data, analyzing conditions, and providing recommendations, making the selection process easy while maintaining adaptability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Device complexity

If existing tee recommendation systems use static data and standard course configurations, then calculations can be simplified, but the systems fail to account for dynamic environmental conditions and course variations leading to inaccurate recommendations

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesimplicity of calculation systemVSAvoidaccuracy of tee recommendations

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system transitions from static course data to dynamic real-time measurements by incorporating sensors that continuously monitor environmental conditions (moisture, wind, temperature). This dynamic approach maintains reasonable complexity while dramatically improving recommendation accuracy by accounting for changing course conditions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system is designed to work with multiple course configurations and environmental conditions through a unified platform that collects and processes data across different courses, weather conditions, and skill levels. This universal approach improves precision without proportionally increasing complexity by using the same core technology across diverse scenarios.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Productivity

If a golfer selects a tee based on perceived skill level without accurate assessment, then the golfer may play faster through the course, but the golfer experiences exhaustion or frustration due to inappropriate difficulty level

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvespeed of playVSAvoidgolfer satisfaction and endurance

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary assessment of golfer skill level and course conditions before play begins, recommending the optimal tee selection in advance. This preliminary action prevents mismatch between golfer ability and course difficulty, ensuring both appropriate challenge level and sustained enjoyment throughout the round.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system adjusts tee recommendations based on multiple parameters including golfer skill level, environmental conditions, and course characteristics. By dynamically changing the recommended tee parameter based on these factors, the system optimizes both play speed and golfer satisfaction, preventing exhaustion from overly difficult tees or frustration from overly easy tees.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS12515114B2Systems and methods for determining an optimal tee on a golf course for a golfer

Publication Date: 2026.01.06 US GOLF ASSOC

AI summary

A system and associated method for recommending to a user an optimal starting tee for one or more golf course holes of a golf course, including a host terminal including an application including program(s) of instruction embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium and executable by a processor to configure the application and a user interface configured to receive instructions from the user requesting a recommendation of the optimal starting tee for the user from a plurality of designated starting tees for the one or more golf course holes and to present the recommendation to the user, and an apparatus including program(s) of instruction embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium and executable by a processor to configure the apparatus and a determination module configured to determine the optimal starting tee for the user from the plurality of designated starting tees based on golf course information and user information.