Golf aid including virtual caddy

An electronic golf aid system for assisting a user with selecting a golf club for a golf shot, the electronic golf aid system comprising:

• an electronic display screen configured to display images to the user;
• a user interface device configured to receive user selections from the user;
• a club data sensor configured to detect club data for golf clubs in a set of available golf clubs;
• a wireless communications device configured to communicatively connect to a remote data storage device;
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• a system processor communicatively connected to the electronic display screen, the user interface device, the club data sensor, and the wireless communications device, the system processor being programmed to:
• receive, via the wireless communications device, location data indicative of a real-time user location of the user;
• determine a current hole of the user on a golf course based on the real-time user location of the user;
• receive, from the club data sensor, the club data for the golf clubs in the set of available golf clubs;
• select, using the current hole, the club data, and the real-time user location of the user on the golf course, first and second golf clubs from the set of available golf clubs;
• receive, via the wireless communications device from the remote data storage device, respective club statistics for the first and second golf clubs;
• receive, via the user interface device, a user-selected degree of risk for the user for the golf shot;
• adjust a weighting parameter in an optimization routine based on the user-selected degree of risk for the user;
• determine, for the golf shot by the user on the current hole using the respective club statistics and the optimization routine with the adjusted weighting parameter, a first risk-weighted optimization score for the first golf club and a second risk-weighted optimization score for the second golf club;
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• direct the electronic display screen to display to the user an indication to use the second golf club for the golf shot responsive to a determination that the second risk-weighted optimization score is higher than the first risk-weighted optimization score.