ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,396, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to PAR POINTS GOLF LLC (Salina, Kan.).
"System of and method for scoring golf" was invented by Brandon Ebert (Salina, Kan.), Kevin Quinley (Salina, Kan.) and Ryan Hannebaum (Prairie Village, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for and method of scoring a game of golf is provided. A stroke baseline, a points baseline, and a stroke count are utilized to calculate a hole score for each hole. The stroke baseline is typically derived from the par value for a hole, while the stroke count is typically the total strokes required to complete the hole, including any penalty strokes. Typically, th...