Patent ID: 7811182

Claim:
A method for predicting a golfer's ball striking performance, the method comprising: providing a plurality of golf club head properties for a first golf club head of a first golf club; providing a plurality of golf ball properties for a first golf ball; 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 the plurality of golf club properties, the plurality of golf ball properties and the plurality of pre-impact swing properties into a rigid body code; generating a plurality of ball launch parameters from the rigid body code; providing a plurality of first atmospheric conditions; providing a plurality of lift and drag properties for the first golf ball; inputting the plurality of ball launch parameters, the plurality of first atmospheric conditions and the plurality of lift and drag properties into a trajectory code; 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 first atmospheric conditions.