Golf game device, golf game server, and golf game system

A golf game system having a plurality of golf game devices and a golf game server, the golf game server being connected to the plurality of golf game devices via a network, the golf game device comprising:

• a field simulating a green;
• a plurality of cups provided in the field;
• a ball-in-cup detecting section which detects that a ball has entered the cup;
• a cup designating section which designates, to a player, a target cup to be aimed at from among the plurality of cups;
• a putting position designating section which designates, to the player, a putting position on the field from where the player hits a ball;
• a control section operable, in response to the player hitting a ball set at the putting position, to determine whether the hit ball has entered the target cup, on the basis of a detection signal from the ball-in-cup detecting section, and control the progress of a golf game on the basis of the determination result, to thereby determine game result information including a game score of the player;
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• a transmitting section which transmits the game result information of the player to the golf game server via the network;
• the golf game server comprising:
• a receiving section which receives the game result information of the player transmitted from the golf game device via the network;
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• a storage section which stores the received game result information in association with the player.