ABSTRACT
In a golf event, there are two kinds of strokes, swing and putting. In particular, the putting stroke accounts for 40 50% during a golf rounding both novice and elite golfers. There are lots of variables to affect the control of ball movement during golf putting. Likewise, the grip force is one of the important variables. However, there is not much quantitative evidence from published literatures at each putting phase (Delay, 1997; Gwyn, 1993). To quantify the grip force, a wireless putting grip sensor system was developed and used to putts by elite (handicap 2) and novice (handicap 25) golfers (Tack, 2006; Kim, 2006). The results of the data indicated that there was a significant difference in the variation in grip force between two groups. But the system has some limitations such as constraint of hands from co-axial cable, sweat and uncomfortable feeling. In this paper,
we improved these limitations. The measurement and sensor board was re-designed through the change of micro-processor and wireless communication method and glove. The newly developed system has a light weight, long-term measurement, and more comfort during putting experiment.
