ABSTRACT
Golf is an extremely popular sport discipline throughout the world and played by millions every year. The majority of golfers invest vast quantities of money on their equipment, choosing with great care from a wide range of products (Proctor, 2002). Based on the variability of human motion, it is reasonable to hypothesize that some golfers perform better with certain clubs, and that their swing characteristics can change depending on which club they use. One method that can provide an insight into the interaction of athletes and their equipment is biomechanical full-body modeling. This approach has been used to analyze some aspects of the golf swing (Nesbit et al., 1994; Tsunoda et al., 2004; Nesbit, 2005), however only two previous studies (McGuan, 1996; Kenny et al., 2006) have addressed how changes in mechanical club parameters affect the player.
