METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATING AND ALIGNING GOLF CLUB SHAFT SPINE

摘要

The preferred orientation, or planar oscillation plane, of a golf club shaft is located by measuring the oscillation of the shaft when a horizontal impulse is applied and from those measurements determining an orientation in which the oscillation would be substantially planar. In a preferred embodiment an iterative process is used to converge on the preferred orientation. The location of the preferred orientation may be marked on the shaft and used to assemble a golf club with the planar oscillation plane in a predetermined orientation. The assembly of the golf club can be done manually-e.g., in a refitting situation-or automatically-e.g., in a new club manufacturing setting.