ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,317, issued on Oct. 14, 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.), William G. Moore (Raleigh, N.C.) and Richard L. Root (Ridgeland, Miss.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for golf analysis including a tag coupled to a golf club providing statistical analytics 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,...