Systems and methods for smart golf club gapping with atmospheric corrections

A system for estimating golf club performance parameters, the system including:

• processors;
• and
• a memory storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor among the processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a reference or home location input for a golfer;
• retrieving altitude and atmospheric data for the reference or home location from a geographical or meteorological data source;
• receiving an input specifying at least one golf club and a corresponding achieved carry distance for the golfer;
• receiving an input indicating a golfer's launch angle style and a ball spin style relative to a reference value;
• calculating adjusted launch angle and ball spin rate values for the specified golf club based on the launch angle style and ball spin style inputs;
• determining a ball speed value for the specified golf club by iteratively applying a ball flight model using the adjusted launch angle and ball spin rate values to match the achieved carry distance under the altitude and atmospheric data for the reference or home location;
• calculating a speed modification factor based on the determined ball speed value relative to reference ball speed values;
• calculating estimated launch parameters for other golf clubs in a set by applying the speed modification factor and launch parameter adjustments to reference values for the other golf clubs;
• and
• generating an output indicating the estimated launch parameters and carry distances for the set of golf clubs.

A machine-readable medium comprising instructions that, when read by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising, at least:

• receiving a reference or home location input for a golfer;
• retrieving altitude and atmospheric data for the reference or home location from a geographical database;
• receiving an input specifying at least one golf club and a corresponding achieved carry distance for the golfer;
• receiving an input indicating a golfer's launch angle style and a ball spin style relative to reference values;
• calculating adjusted launch angle and ball spin rate values for the specified golf club based on the launch angle style and ball spin style inputs;
• determining a ball speed value for the specified golf club by iteratively applying a ball flight model using the adjusted launch angle and ball spin rate values to match the achieved carry distance under the altitude and atmospheric data for the reference or home location;
• calculating a speed modification factor based on the determined ball speed value relative to reference ball speed values;
• calculating estimated launch parameters for other golf clubs in a set by applying the speed modification factor and launch parameter adjustments to reference values for the other golf clubs;
• and generating an output indicating the estimated launch parameters and carry distances for the set of golf clubs.