Patent ID: 7908907

Claim:
A method of matching the skills of a golfer with the performance characteristics of a golf ball brand comprising the steps of: (a) determining an actual performance profile of the golfer using a golf club and golf ball brand used by the golfer by measuring flight characteristics of the golf ball, including distance, ball speed, spin rate and launch angle of a plurality of golf balls actually hit by the golfer and entering the golfer's performance data derived therefrom into a computer database; (b) selecting a group of golf ball brands; (e) determining a coefficient of restitution (COR) by measuring flight characteristics of each of the golf ball brands upon being hit by a hitting block simulating a golf club and entering a calculated COR for each of the golf ball brands into the computer database; (f) determining actual flight characteristics and actual flight consistency of each of the golf ball brands including launch angle, spin rate, ball speed, carry distance, total distance, and offline accuracy when shot from an air cannon and entering the flight data into the computer database; (g) comparing the COR, actual flight characteristics, and consistency of the golf ball brand used by the golfer in step (a) with all of the performance data of the golf ball brands in step (b); (h) establishing a weighted scale of relative importance to the golfer between distance and accuracy (offline performance) based on step (a); (i) determining an ordered group of golf ball brands established in step (g) based upon the weighted scale established in step (h).