Precise fit golf club fitting system and golf shaft selection methods and apparatus

A computer software controlled system for precisely fitting a golfer to a selected stiffness of a golf shaft and to a selected flex choice of a golf shaft comprising:

• a) first electronic means for testing, recording and storing a golfer's club head swing speeds a plurality of times;
• b) second electronic means for determining, recording and storing for analysis a predetermined plurality of reliable club head swing speeds;
• c) third electronic means for providing a plurality of predetermined club head swing speeds ranges, one for each shaft stiffness value;
• d) fourth electronic means for selecting said stiffness of a golf shaft to fit said golfer by comparing the tested and recorded plurality of reliable swing speeds to said plurality of predetermined club head swing speeds ranges and selecting a shaft stiffness based upon a comparative speed range for said shaft stiffness value;
• e) fifth electronic means for selecting a preferred flex choice for said selected shaft stiffness by providing means for testing a plurality of golf shafts of the same selected stiffness value and having different flex choices, and by providing means for recording and storing a plurality of open or closed at impact angle/degrees values for each of said plurality of golf shafts as they are tested;
• f) sixth electronic means for determining by predetermined analysis which set of said recorded angle/degrees values for each shaft tested is closest to zero degrees, and for determining which set of said values wherein the average value is closest to zero degrees;
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• g) seventh electronic means for selecting the golf shaft flex choice for said golfer based upon that set forth in step f) above.