Topgolf International, Inc.

Justin Dean Pendleton

Brian David Burdette

Gabriel Heath Denk

Theodore Yuchiang Cheng

Brian Lee Roderman

Mark Joseph Semsak

Clinton Scott Lovejoy

Frances Meng Wang

Andrew David Macaulay

William Kevin Miner

David Christopher Singer

Clifton Frederick Geisler

Scott Michael Thibeault

Michael Ryan Petri

Kenneth John Buras, Jr

A system includes: a golf range; targets on the golf range; a building including golf bays including golf ball dispensers, each including a receptacle, a passageway, a gateway, and a display device embedded in the golf ball dispenser; at least one golf ball sensor; one or more computers communicatively coupled with the at least one golf ball sensor and the golf ball dispensers, the one or more computers being configured to track a golf ball in flight on the golf range, identify where the golf ball lands on the golf range, identify the golf bay from which the golf ball was hit, and present information, regarding the golf ball hit from the golf bay, on the display device of the golf ball dispenser associated with the golf bay, the information being in accordance with where the golf ball lands on the golf range.

Golf ball dispenser with embedded display device, separate front waterfall panel and/or blower assembly

Golf ball dispenser

Systems and apparatus for receiving golf balls include an apparatus including: a body having an ingress and an egress for golf balls passing through the body, wherein each of the golf balls includes a radio frequency identification tag; at least one antenna of a radio frequency identification reader, the at least one antenna arranged with respect to the body to receive information from the golf balls for identification of the golf balls; and multiple protrusions located within the body, the multiple protrusions being positioned with respect to each other in a Galton configuration that both (i) impedes the golf balls from passing through the body without being read by the radio frequency identification reader, and (ii) allows the golf balls to pass through the body without jamming therein.

Galton configuration in golf ball receiving apparatus and systems

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The Colony, TX, United States of America

Justin Dean Pendleton