Patent Document ID: 9227129
Application ID: 13329022
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for selecting a piece of golf equipment, the method comprising steps of: (i) monitoring, using a launch monitor, an impact between (a) a first golf ball and a first golf club, wherein the impact of the first golf club imparts a first trajectory to the first golf ball, and (b) a second golf ball and a second golf club, wherein the impact of the second golf club imparts a second trajectory to the second golf ball; (ii) measuring one or more magnitude parameters and one or more offline parameters of the first trajectory and the second trajectory; (iii) establishing, for each of the first trajectory and the second trajectory, (a) a trajectory magnitude factor based upon the one or more magnitude parameters and (b) a trajectory offline factor based upon the one or more offline parameters; (iv) determining, via a processor in communication with the launch monitor, a striking ability rating for each of the first trajectory and the second trajectory, based upon a difference between the trajectory magnitude factor and the trajectory offline factor; and (v) selecting (a) if the striking ability rating for the second trajectory is less than the striking ability rating for the first trajectory, a piece of golf equipment from a group consisting of the first golf ball and the first golf club, and (b) if the striking ability rating for the second trajectory is not less than the striking ability rating for the first trajectory, a piece of golf equipment from a group consisting of the second golf ball and the second golf club.