Systems and Methods for Fitting Golfers with Golf Clubs
First Claim
1. A method for fitting a golfer with plural golf clubs, comprising:
- fitting a golfer with a driver based, at least in part, on launch monitor data generated during one or more golf club hitting sessions in which the golfer hits drivers having different combinations of loft angle and shaft flexibility characteristics, wherein the driver to which the golfer is fitted includes a first loft angle and a first shaft flexibility characteristic;
selecting plural initial candidate fairway wood clubs based, at least in part, on the first loft angle and the first shaft flexibility characteristic;
hitting golf balls using the plural initial candidate fairway wood clubs and collecting launch monitor data relating to the hits correlated to the initial fairway wood club used for the hit;
optionally, selecting one or more additional candidate fairway wood clubs based, at least in part, on the launch monitor data collected when the initial fairway wood clubs were hit, and hitting golf balls using the one or more additional candidate fairway wood clubs; and
providing a recommendation for a final first fairway wood club based, at least in part, on the launch monitor data collected when one or more of the initial or additional candidate fairway wood clubs were hit.
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Abstract
Golf club fitting systems and methods include: (a) receiving input data indicating a golfer'"'"'s driver loft angle and shaft flexibility characteristic; (b) determining initial candidate fairway wood clubs based on this data; and (c) identifying the initial candidate fairway wood clubs. Such systems and methods further may include: (d) receiving launch monitor data generated when the golfer hits balls using the initial candidate fairway wood clubs; (e) determining and identifying additional candidate fairway wood clubs for testing; (f) receiving launch monitor data generated when the golfer hits balls using the additional candidate fairway wood clubs; and (g) determining and identifying a recommendation for a final first fairway wood club based on the data. Other clubs in the fitted set also may be determined by these fitting systems and methods.
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84 Claims
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1. A method for fitting a golfer with plural golf clubs, comprising:
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fitting a golfer with a driver based, at least in part, on launch monitor data generated during one or more golf club hitting sessions in which the golfer hits drivers having different combinations of loft angle and shaft flexibility characteristics, wherein the driver to which the golfer is fitted includes a first loft angle and a first shaft flexibility characteristic; selecting plural initial candidate fairway wood clubs based, at least in part, on the first loft angle and the first shaft flexibility characteristic; hitting golf balls using the plural initial candidate fairway wood clubs and collecting launch monitor data relating to the hits correlated to the initial fairway wood club used for the hit; optionally, selecting one or more additional candidate fairway wood clubs based, at least in part, on the launch monitor data collected when the initial fairway wood clubs were hit, and hitting golf balls using the one or more additional candidate fairway wood clubs; and providing a recommendation for a final first fairway wood club based, at least in part, on the launch monitor data collected when one or more of the initial or additional candidate fairway wood clubs were hit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11-46. -46. (canceled)
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47. A computer-implemented method for fitting a golfer to plural golf clubs, comprising:
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receiving input data indicating a golfer'"'"'s driver loft angle and at least one driver shaft flexibility characteristic; determining plural initial candidate fairway wood clubs based, at least in part, on the driver loft angle and the driver shaft flexibility characteristic; and outputting data identifying the selected plural initial candidate fairway wood clubs. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83)
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84-97. -97. (canceled)
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