Patent ID: 8398508

Claim:
A method for predicting a golfer's ball striking performance, the method comprising: determining a plurality of pre-impact swing properties for the golfer using at least one CMOS camera, the CMOS imaging system having a sensor array with at least one megapixel in size, wherein the CMOS imaging system forms a region of interest operating at a frame rate of 1000 to 4000 frames per second prior to the golf club entering the field of view and then forms subsequent regions of interest as the golf club travels through the field of view; inputting a plurality of golf club properties for a first golf club head of a first golf club, the plurality of golf ball properties for a first golf ball, and the plurality of pre-impact swing properties into a rigid body code, wherein the plurality of golf ball properties comprises the mass of the first golf ball, the moment of inertia of the first golf ball and the radius of the first golf ball; generating a plurality of ball launch parameters from the rigid body code; inputting into a trajectory code a plurality of ball launch parameters, a plurality of first atmospheric conditions and a plurality of lift and drag properties for the first golf ball; and generating a predicted performance from the trajectory code of the first golf ball if struck with the first golf club by the golfer under the plurality of first atmospheric conditions, wherein predicting the performance comprises at least one of predicting the trajectory shape, the trajectory apex, the dispersion of the golf ball, the flight distance of the golf ball and the roll distance of the golf ball.