ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,860, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SkyHawke Technologies LLC (Ridgeland, Miss.).
"Coaching aid for golf" was invented by Matthew P. Doherty (North Palm Beach, Fla.), James F. Doherty III (Raleigh, N.C.) and William G. Moore (Raleigh, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods providing statistical analytics of golf performance for coaching including text, tabular, graphic, and image-based outputs that include trends information for the golfer, all based upon actual golf play on course situations, wherein the golfer inputs shot data during play, without interrupting the flow of the game, and uploads the shot data for a...