ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,379, issued on Sept. 2.

"Electronic conversion, consolidation and coordination of tour player documents, scoring, ruling and notification functions" was invented by Arthur Long IV (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Arthur Long III (Knoxville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic system of consolidated golfer information documents includes: a portable player handheld device including a display, a process, and a computer readable storage medium; computer operable instructions implemented on the portable handheld player device, the computer operable instructions configured to consolidate a plurality of the player competition documents...