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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2016
Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd., Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Kousuke Okazaki, Kobe, JP;
Masahiko Ueda, Kobe, JP;
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Kobe-Shi, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a fitting apparatus for selecting a golf club suited to a golfer, including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a measurement value obtained by measuring a swing action of a test club by the golfer, with a measurement device; a calculation unit configured to calculate a first swing index and a second swing index related to the swing action, based on the measurement value; a determination unit configured to determine an optimal swingability index, which is a swingability index of the golf club suited to the golfer, according to a magnitude of the first swing index, and determine an optimal stiffness index representing stiffness of a shaft suited to the golfer, according to a magnitude of the second swing index; and a selection unit configured to select at least one of a golf club and a shaft matching the optimal swingability index and the optimal stiffness index.