ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,738, issued on Oct. 14.
"System for analyzing golf club selection, swing characteristics, and golf course playability" was invented by David Matthew Bryson (Chattanooga, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for golf analysis with a passive data collection device inserted and affixed inside the interior shaft of each of a set of golf clubs, and an active data receiving device in wireless communication. The data receiving device polls the data collection device for data inclusive of geographic coordinates corresponding to points along a golf course, and golf club selection at said points, analyzes the data relative to prestore...