Abstract: A system and method for guiding a party of people around a facility having a plurality of consecutively designated events to be visited by the party, each event having a front area port and an exit area port associated therewith, includes a system control center for transmitting information to and receiving information from the front area ports and exit area ports, a system for designating an event to be visited by the party and for subsequently designating a next event to be visited by the party, the next event bearing a designation other than the next consecutive designation compared with the designation of the event visited. The front area ports and the exit area ports are able to transmit information to and receive information from the system control center. The order in which the events are visited is determined by the system control center in response to information identifying the party and at least one of the events may be visited out of the consecutively designated order of the events.

Abstract: A computer based system for guiding golfers around a golf course enables the holes to be played in an order designated by the system according to the situation on the golf course when the players are ready to start playing a now hole. The holes are not necessarily played in the traditional numerical sequence. A player inserts a card into a port on a golf course and is instructed, for example, by instructions received on a video monitor, as to the hole which is most convenient for play to begin for his party. At the end of that hole, the card is inserted into a terminal adjacent to the green on which play has been completed, and instructions are provided as to the next hole to be played. The players in the party proceed to the designated tee, as instructed, and play the hole. The process is repeated to find the next hole to play, etc. The computer system keeps a record of holes played, so that each hole is played only once by the party.