Systems and methods for golf ball selection

A system for selecting a golf ball, comprising a computing device comprising a memory and a processor executing software, the software comprising:

• a ballistics data receiving software module configured to receive ballistics data for a plurality of golf balls and for a plurality of launch conditions;
• a material data software module configured to receive material measurement data for each of the plurality of golf balls;
• a data structure generation software module configured to generate a data structure for each of the plurality of golf balls based on the ballistics data and measurement data;
• an indexing software module configured to index the data structures relative to each other;
• an interactive feedback module configured to solicit and receive measured launch monitor data from a launch monitor and preferences specific to an individual user;
• a modelling software module configured to generate a unique performance model based on the launch monitor data and preferences specific to the individual user, the generated performance model comprising a plurality of dynamically generated and linked, multi-stage prediction models each being specific to the individual user sand each predictive of approximate flight when striking a ball with one of a plurality of golf clubs and performance characteristics generated based on measured swing characteristics of the individual user swinging each of the plurality of golf clubs collected from the measured launch monitor data;
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• a selection software module configured to select one of the plurality of golf balls based on the index and the unique performance model and to provide identification of the selected golf ball to the individual user.