Golf club fitting system and method
a fitting system and golf club technology, applied in the field of golf clubs, can solve the problem that the fitting method does not enable a shorter golfer the same distance potential with any of his clubs
Inactive Publication Date: 2016-05-19
SANFORD DAVID ALLEN
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The present invention is about a measurement apparatus and a method for determining the length of a golf club for a user. The technical effects of this invention include the ability to provide a fitted club recommendation to a specific small golfer that may enable them to have a similar distance potential as a larger golfer, and the use of a line and golf ball designation markers on a horizontal and vertical surface to accurately measure the size of the golfer's swing.
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Unfortunately and perhaps more importantly, the same is true for every single full swing club.
A shaft or club length determined using this traditional fitting method does not enable a shorter golfer the same distance potential with any of his clubs.
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[0026]The following detailed description is one of the best currently contemplated modes of carrying out exemplary embodiments of the invention. The description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, but is made merely for the purpose of illustrating the general principles of the invention, since the scope of the invention is best defined by the appended claims.
[0027]The length of the radius of a golf swing at the moment of impact is used to characterize the size of the swing. When two golfers swing a club of the same length, the taller golfer will have a bigger swing radius. Measuring a swing radius is difficult because the head of a golf club does not follow a circular path but rather a spiraling path with many nuances.
[0028]This swing radius is defined in FIG. 13 at impact as the radius of a circle determined by three points on the swing arc, the club head at the moment of impact 60, at a point just before impact 61 and at a point just after impact 62. The center 63 of the circl...
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A golf club fitting method and apparatus is provided. The method of the present invention improves the distance potential of a second user's golf swing. A Full Swing Radius is measured of a first user. The first user is taller than the second user. The first second uses a golf club that provides the same Full Swing Radius as that of the first user. Since the first user is taller than the second user, the second user will be fitted with a longer club of specific length, giving each of the first and second user the same distance potential for their golf swing.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to golf clubs and, more particularly, to a golf club fitting system and method.[0002]Golf is a precision club and ball sport in which competing players (or golfers) use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course using as few strokes as possible. A standard method for fitting a golfer at a local golf shop is to measure the overall height and standing wrist height. The wrist height is traditionally the dominant measurement that has been used by manufacturers to justify “fitting” most golfers with clubs of similar lengths. For example, a shorter individual will normally have shorter arms than a taller individual, and may therefore have a similar wrist height compared to the taller individual.[0003]The result of this standard system is to prescribe the same or nearly the same club lengths for different sized golfers based primarily on the wrist height. With this method, the shorter golfer can never expect ...
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CPCA63B69/36A63B2220/20A63B2069/3602A63B2071/0694A63B60/42A63B69/3605
Inventor SANFORD, DAVID ALLEN
Owner SANFORD DAVID ALLEN