Electronically traceable golf club incorporating a programmable transponder

A cavity back golf club registration and tracking system comprising:

• the golf club provided with a head portion having a recessed area defined by a perimeter;
• a non-metallic onlay inside the recessed area;
• a programmable transponder located between the onlay and the surface of the recessed area, the transponder programmed with identification indicia, the transponder transmitting a signal corresponding to the identification indicia;
• a plurality of sensing stations, each located proximate a tee on a golf course, the sensing stations being a transmitted signal reader wherein each of the sensing stations communicates with a computer, whereby the signal corresponding to the identification indicia transmitted by the transponder is read at each sensing station and the identification indicia is entered into the computer;
• whereby each of the sensing stations may record the presence of a particular golf club having specific identification indicia at a specific sensing station at a specific tee on the golf course.