Golf Course Setup Optimization Using Tee and Pin Positions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current pace of play detection and monitoring strategies in golf courses do not provide efficient and accurate methods for optimizing the layout to achieve a desired pace of play, impacting efficiency, profitability, and golfer enjoyment.
Innovation Solution
A pace of play system that includes processing circuits to acquire tee and pin positions, estimate current pace of play, and generate new setups by adjusting tee or pin positions to achieve a desired pace based on play history, environmental conditions, and golfer profiles.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If current pace of play detection and monitoring strategies are used, then pace of play can be detected and monitored, but efficient and accurate optimization of course layout to achieve desired pace of play cannot be achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by continuously monitoring actual pace of play data from multiple sources (GPS trackers, mobile apps, sensors) and using this information to adjust and optimize course setups. The system compares predicted pace with actual pace and refines future predictions and recommendations based on this feedback loop, thereby improving both accuracy and optimization efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical/manual pace of play monitoring methods with electronic and computational systems. GPS trackers, mobile applications, and automated sensors substitute for manual timing and observation, while computational algorithms replace manual analysis with automated pace prediction and optimization recommendations, significantly improving efficiency and accuracy.
2Measurement precision
If manual monitoring methods are used, then implementation is simple, but accuracy and efficiency of pace of play optimization are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the pace of play monitoring and optimization function into multiple independent components: GPS tracking modules, mobile application interfaces, sensor networks, data processing algorithms, and recommendation engines. Each component handles a specific aspect of the overall system, making the complex system manageable and maintainable while achieving high accuracy through coordinated operation of specialized subsystems.
3Productivity
If course setup is optimized for fastest pace, then productivity increases, but other factors such as golfer enjoyment and course playability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts course setup recommendations based on multiple changing factors including weather conditions, golfer skill levels, group compositions, and real-time pace data. Rather than fixed optimizations, the system provides adaptive recommendations that balance pace improvement with maintaining course playability and golfer enjoyment, allowing the optimal setup to evolve with changing conditions.
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AI summary
A pace of play system for a golf course includes one or more processing circuits. The one or more processing circuits are configured to acquire one or more current or planned tee positions for one or more tees associated with one or more holes of the golf course, acquire one or more current or planned pin positions for one or more pins associated with the one or more holes, and estimate a current pace of play for a current setup of the golf course based on the one or more current or planned tee positions and the one or more current or planned pin positions.