The suitability of a microcomputer for use as a product evaluation technique in golf activity classes.

Abstract

In areas of the country where inclement weather may play a significant role in the scheduling of Physical Education activities, the Mitsubishi Golf Trainer, model GL - 500, may be used as an alternative and objective test device in an indoor golf skills testing situation as a viable method of product evaluation or full swing skills assessment. This study shows that "clubhead speed," one of the golf swing parameters measured by the microcomputer, significantly relates to outdoor golf range skills testing on a reliable and repeatable basis. The findings of this study are based on the full swing golf skills of beginning golf students measured during the Fall, 1984 semester in Physical Education golf activity classes at North Carolina State University.