Device and method for fitting golf clubs for use in sand
CA 2312554 A1 · Owner: Wood, Donald C. · Inventors: Wood, Donald C.; Harman, Todd D.
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A method of determining a bounce fitting for a golf club for use in sand for a particular golfer by determining, the relative hardness of golf course bunker sand in which the tests are conducted, having a golfer hit a golf ball from that sand thereby forming a divot measuring the length, of the divot, determining the relative depth of the divot and correlating the divot length, divot depth and sand hardness to determine a desired bounce fitting. The divot length is measured with a device for designating a certain location from which a golf ball is to be hit and for measuring the length of a divot caused by hitting a golf ball from that location.
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- Filed June 27, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 27, 2020.
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