Method for matching a golfer with a particular golf club style
First Claim
1. A method for matching a test golfer with a particular golf club selected from a group of golf clubs having a plurality of styles, comprising:
- measuring a plurality of performance parameters while each golfer in a group of previously fitted golfers swings a golf club, to produce a data set that includes the measured performance parameters for all of the golfers in the group of previously fitted golfers;
recording the golf club style previously fitted for each golfer in the group of previously fitted golfers;
classifying the group of previously fitted golfers into subgroups based on their measured performance parameters, wherein golfers classified in the same subgroup were previously fitted with the same club style and golfers classified in different subgroups were previously fitted with different club styles;
measuring a plurality of performance parameters while a test golfer being fitted swings a golf club, to produce a set of measured performance parameters for such test golfer;
correlating the set of measured performance parameters for the test golfer with the data set that includes the measured performance parameters for all of the golfers in the group of previously fitted golfers, to determine which subgroup of golfers provides the highest correlation, wherein the step of correlating comprises performing a statistical cluster analysis of the data set produced in the step of measuring with the golf club styles recorded in the step of recording for the previously fitted golfers; and
selecting for the test golfer the particular golf club from the group of golf clubs that is associated with the subgroup of golfers providing the highest correlation in the step of correlating.
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for matching a test golfer with a particular golf club selected from a group of golf clubs having a plurality of styles. The method utilizes data set derived in an initial procedure in which the club style preferences for each of a large number of pre-test golfers is recorded and correlated with a set of performance parameters for the golf swings of such pre-test golfers. This data enables the pre-test golfers to be classified into subgroups, in which golfers within the same subgroup generally prefer the same club style and golfers in different subgroups generally prefer different club styles. After this data set has been established, the test golfer takes a golf swing with a golf club, while performance parameters for the swing are measured. Based on the measured performance parameters and the previously established data set, the test golfer is classified according to swing type, and the optimum golf club is then selected from the plurality of styles of golf clubs.
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1. A method for matching a test golfer with a particular golf club selected from a group of golf clubs having a plurality of styles, comprising:
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measuring a plurality of performance parameters while each golfer in a group of previously fitted golfers swings a golf club, to produce a data set that includes the measured performance parameters for all of the golfers in the group of previously fitted golfers; recording the golf club style previously fitted for each golfer in the group of previously fitted golfers; classifying the group of previously fitted golfers into subgroups based on their measured performance parameters, wherein golfers classified in the same subgroup were previously fitted with the same club style and golfers classified in different subgroups were previously fitted with different club styles; measuring a plurality of performance parameters while a test golfer being fitted swings a golf club, to produce a set of measured performance parameters for such test golfer; correlating the set of measured performance parameters for the test golfer with the data set that includes the measured performance parameters for all of the golfers in the group of previously fitted golfers, to determine which subgroup of golfers provides the highest correlation, wherein the step of correlating comprises performing a statistical cluster analysis of the data set produced in the step of measuring with the golf club styles recorded in the step of recording for the previously fitted golfers; and selecting for the test golfer the particular golf club from the group of golf clubs that is associated with the subgroup of golfers providing the highest correlation in the step of correlating. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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