System and method for improving golf skills

Abstract

Systems and methods for improving golf skills and related features are provided. A user may be identified and may hit a golf ball at the kiosk. The distance the golf ball travels may be determined at the kiosk. The kiosk may be a standalone kiosk, or a network-enabled kiosk that may communicate with one or more other kiosks at the same location and/or other locations, one or more local servers (e.g., an administrative server) and/or one or more remote servers (e.g., a web server). The determined distance may be used to simulate various games such as darts, poker, or other games. The determined distance may be also used to assess a skill rating of the user. The assessed skill rating may be stored. The stored skill rating may be retrieved via a website, at the standalone kiosk, or at the one or more other kiosks.

1 . A system for improving golf skills, comprising:
 a first kiosk comprising:
 a first golf ball holder; 
 at least one first golf ball distance determining device configured to determine the distance a golf ball travels when struck from the first golf ball holder; 
 one or more first processors configured to determine a first skills rating based on the determined distance; and 
 a first display configured to display the first skills rating.