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Golf club fitting apparatus

  • US 5,976,031 A
  • Filed: 10/09/1997
  • Issued: 11/02/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/09/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Apparatus for fitting a golf club to a golfer, the apparatus comprising:

  • a first plurality of tubular golf club shafts, each of the shafts comprising means adjacent a lower end thereof to releasably attach one of a second plurality of golf club heads thereto;

    a third plurality of removably insertable cylindrical extension plugs, each plug respectively comprising a smaller diameter portion and a larger diameter portion, the smaller diameter portion of a predetermined one of the plugs snugly fitting into the upper end of a predetermined one of the shafts, the larger diameter portion of the predetermined one of the plugs having the same outer shaft diameter as that tubular shaft into which it fits, whereby the effective length of the predetermined one of the shafts is extended by the insertion thereinto of the predetermined one of the plugs; and

    a fourth plurality of grips each grip comprising a respective elastomeric tube having one open end one closed end, and a longitudinal slit extending from the respective open end to a point adjacent the respective closed end a predetermined one of the grips having an inner diameter equal to the outer shaft diameter of the predetermined one of the shafts, whereby the predetermined one of the grips is adapted to be removably disposed about the predetermined shaft.

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