GOLF SWING PRACTICE SYSTEM WITH VIRTUAL DIVOT GENERATION

摘要

A golf practice mat includes an impact sensor disposed in a vicinity bounding the location of where a golf ball would be placed for striking. The golf practice mat may also include, for example, a “crosshair” target imprint that is disposed on a golf club impact sensor portion of the practice surface and indicates the point/line of contact that the club face should hit the ground after the ball has been struck with the club head in a descending blow. A microcontroller receives and analyzes the output of the impact sensor and generates a display/output message that is coupled to a display that is, for example, embodied on the golf practice mat to provide user shot-related feedback. The display may indicate, for example, the user's golf club, the estimated distance the ball will travel depending upon the impact data analyzed, the club chosen by the user, input backswing data and/or a three-dimensional simulation of the resulting golf stroke.

主权项

1. A golf swing practice mat apparatus for use by a user practicing a golf swing with a golf club having a golf club head for generating feedback relating to the direction of a golf shot that would have resulted from the practice swing comprising:
a practice mat surface, for use by a user practicing a golf swing having an assumed golf ball position-related image embodied thereon to identify an assumed golf ball position; said practice mat also having an initial contact target image embodied thereon to provide a target for the club head to initially contact the practice mat to simulate striking the beginning of an area where a desirable divot would have been made on a golf course fairway after ball contact if an actual golf ball had been placed at said assumed golf ball position; a golf club head practice mat impact assembly operatively coupled to said practice mat surface to visually indicate points at which the club head initially made contact with the practice mat relative to said target to thereby provide feedback relating to the direction a golf ball, disposed at said assumed golf ball position, would have traveled if struck by the golf club head during the practice swing.