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Method of matching golfer with golf ball, golf club, or style of play

  • US 4,375,887 A
  • Filed: 05/09/1979
  • Issued: 03/08/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/29/1975
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for analyzing a golfer for matching said golfer to a particular golf ball, golf club, or style of play comprising the steps of:

  • (a) measuring a golfer'"'"'s launch conditions when a selected golf ball is hit by said golfer using a selected club and his normal style of play, said launch conditions including;

    (i) the initial velocity of said selected golf ball when hit by said golfer;

    (ii) the initial spin velocity imparted to said selected golf ball; and

    (iii) the launch angle of said selected golf ball;

    (b) comparing the golfer'"'"'s measured launch conditions to predetermined recorded sets of data which interrelate initial velocity, initial spin velocity, and launch angle to carry distance at a plurality of values of each of these parameters for each of a plurality of different golf balls, each of said golf balls, including said selected golf ball, having different aerodynamic properties;

    (c) matching said golfer to a particular golf club, a style of play, or a golf ball from among the plurality of different golf balls in accordance with desirable performance noted from the comparison of said golfer'"'"'s measured launch conditions to the conditions recorded in said predetermined recorded sets of data.

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