Abstract: Aerial photographs are utilized to produce an image of images which illustrate the topography of golf holes from an overhead perspective. The images are digitized and each element is assigned to an array of x-y positions (cells) on the hole or green. This information is loaded into a computer database on a server. A comparable image is reproduced in a scoring booklet which shows prominent landmarks on the course. Each shot position is recorded on the scoring booklet by reference to the physical and illustrated landmarks. After a round, the golfer goes to a web site on the Internet and clicks on the corresponding positions on the image presented. These positions are used to calculate the distance and drift of each shot and stored in the server database where they can be compared, say, for example, to that golfer's and other golfers' previous rounds for that hole and club.

Abstract: Aerial photographs are utilized to produce an image of images which illustrate the topography of golf holes from an overhead perspective. The images are digitized and each element is assigned to an array of x-y positions (cells) on the hole or green. This information is loaded into a computer database on a server. A comparable image is reproduced in a scoring booklet which shows prominent landmarks on the course. Each shot position is recorded on the scoring booklet by reference to the physical and illustrated landmarks. After a round, the golfer goes to a web site on the Internet and clicks on the corresponding positions on the image presented. These positions are used to calculate the distance and drift of each shot and stored in the server database where they can be compared, say, for example, to that golfer's and other golfers' previous rounds for that hole and club.