Abstract: An electronic recurve bow includes an electronic control riser having a body configured to be held in a hand of a user, wherein the body includes a power supply configured to provide operating power, a user input configured to receive a user selection of a draw weight for the bow, a controller configured to receive the user selection of the draw weight from the user input and configured to output electronic control signals in response to the user selection of the draw weight, and a pair of electronically controlled laminated electroactive polymer limbs coupled to the electronic control riser, wherein each limb comprises a base material and an electronically controllable material, wherein the electronically controllable material comprises a material having a variable stiffness in response to the output electronic control signals.

Abstract: A method of playing a game on a conventional golf hole having a tee region, a fairway region, a green region and a target includes loosing an arrow having an aerodynamic arrow head with a bow from the tee region or fairway region towards the green region until the arrow reaches a predetermined distance from the target, determining a number of times the arrow is loosed on the golfhole until the arrow lands within the predetermined distance from the target, and determining a score for the golf hole in response to the number of times the arrow is loosed on the golf hole and an approximate distance between the arrow and the target.

Abstract: An aerodynamic safety arrow for a modified golf game to be played with a bow upon a conventional golf course includes a shaft, wherein a spine associated with the shaft is appropriate for a pull weight associated with the bow, and a safety arrowhead disposed upon the shaft, wherein the safety arrowhead comprises a blunt front-end region and a concave rear-end region, wherein the blunt front-end region comprises a radius of curvature less than about 20 mm, and wherein the concave rear-end region is coupled to the shaft, wherein the shaft and safety arrow head weigh less than about 45 g.