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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2000
Donald C. Wood, Temecula, CA (US);
Todd D. Harman, Long Beach, CA (US);
Roger Cleveland Golf Company, Inc., Cypress, CA (US);
Abstract
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.