Patent ID: 7056223

Claim:
A method of making golf clubs individually fitted according to a body size of a golfer, each golf club having a shaft and a clubhead attached to a bottom end of the shaft, each clubhead having a striking face and a sole, the striking face forming a loft angle with a vertical plane extending through the shaft and the sole forming a lie angle α with the shaft, the method comprising the steps of: producing a group of test clubs with the same loft and the same lie angle which are predetermined without reference to the golfer, the test clubs in the group having different grip heights above a floor; providing stencils on the group of test clubs to indicate the contact point on the club sole at impact with ground when swung by the golfer, with reference to a middle or zero position and showing in a half-integral or integral number of distance unit increments changes in grip height required for the contact point to coincide with the middle or zero position; measuring a distance between the golfer's wrist and the ground in a vertical direction and selecting one test club from the group of test clubs according to the measurement; causing the golfer to hit a few shots on a hitting board using said one test club, whereby the stencil on the selected test club shows a contact point or contact-line with the hitting board relative to the middle of the sole; taking a reading from the stencil on said one test club; referring to a chart to determine how long the club shaft should be, taking into consideration a correction determined from the stencil, and then cutting a shaft for a new club with the correct length to provide a new club with the same loft and lie angle as the one test club; and placing a grip on an upper end of the shaft.