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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2012
Nicholas Yontz, Portland, OR (US);
Nicholas A. Leech, Aloha, OR (US);
Nicholas Yontz, Portland, OR (US);
Nicholas A. Leech, Aloha, OR (US);
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
Methods for selecting golf balls based on environmental factors are provided. Such methods involve indicating a golfing environment and establishing one or more corresponding environmental factors. Such methods may include ascertaining one or more trajectory components that are dependent upon the environmental factors. One or more aspects of golf ball construction may pertinent to the environmental factors, or to the trajectory components, may then be determined. Upon identifying a plurality of golf balls and a selection criteria related to the golf ball construction aspects, a golf ball may be selected.