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A monitoring device, which indicates the position a golfer must be on the golf course in order to complete the course in a specified period of time. The progress monitor operates on the basis of its electronic memory being loaded with parameters governing the amount of time to be allocated, or appor

A monitoring device, which indicates the position a golfer must be on the golf course in order to complete the course in a specified period of time. The progress monitor operates on the basis of its electronic memory being loaded with parameters governing the amount of time to be allocated, or apportioned, to any number of different facets of play, or to any number of different holes or to the course as a whole. Such parameters may be fixed amounts of time or percentages of some other factor, such as the total time for the round. Based on these parameters, the progress monitor uses either a continuously moving display or a series of displayed notices on a panel such as an LCD screen, or as a graphic display, or a spoken message to show a golfer where he or she should be on the course at any point in time if the golfer is to complete the round within the designated target time. The progress monitor provides for the golfer to nominate any hole as the starting point. The progress monitor also allows the golfer at any time to indicate the actual position they have reached on the golf course. Given such an indication, the progress monitor automatically recalibrates the progress monitor so that the display correctly shows the increased or decreased rate at which the golfer must move to still complete the round in the target time.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A device for monitoring progress of golf play comprising:a dial having eighteen uniform segments corresponding to holes of a round of golf;means for setting a desired duration period for said round of golf;means for entering a desired duration for at least one facet of pl

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A device for monitoring progress of golf play comprising:a dial having eighteen uniform segments corresponding to holes of a round of golf;means for setting a desired duration period for said round of golf;means for entering a desired duration for at least one facet of play;a first rotating hand indicating a position on one of said segments corresponding to a position at one of said holes a golfer should be at, at a given time, in order to complete said round of golf in said desired duration period;means for rotating said first rotating hand at varying speeds determined by said desired duration period for said round of golf and said desired duration period for said at least one independent facet of play on each of said holes, said first rotating hand rotating one complete revolution in said desired duration period for a round of golf;said segments comprising markings corresponding to said at least one independent facet of play, wherein said first rotating hand crosses said markings in said desired duration for said at least one independent facet of play; andmeans for starting and stopping said rotating means.