Abstract: An automatic golf ball ranging system is provided for retrofitting existing passive golf ranges to include an electronic system for notifying golfers as to the distance between the impact of their golf ball on the range and the golfer's target. The automated golf ranging system includes a pod which is preferably self contained to include an independent power supply, one or more microphones for receiving the sound of a golf ball impacting the golf range, a processor for processing the sound made by the golf ball, and visual or audio indicators for providing feedback to the golfer. The processor performs modification, filtration and analysis of the amplitude of the ball impacting the golf range to estimate the distance between golf ball impact and target. In preferred embodiments, the processor filters out ambient background noise and the processor automatically adjusts itself to changing ambient sound levels.

Abstract: A game system and method of playing a game is disclosed. A game system includes a plurality of bases and a plurality of targets. Each base is configured to host a player sending a projectile. Each target is configured to receive and identify the projectile. The game system further includes a computer system having at least one local station at each of the bases, and which is connected to a central computer. Each local station is configured to a receive player information and wherein the central computer is configured to process scoring information based on the player information. The game system further includes a projectile identifying mechanism coupled to each target, each base, and to the computer system, and configured to associate each projectile with a player and track a game performance of the projectile for input as the scoring information.