ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,606, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to ACUSHNET COMPANY (Fairhaven, Mass.).

"Metalwood golf club fitting system and method" was invented by Gregory D. Johnson (Valley Center, Calif.) and Brett C. Porath (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for generating a fitting recommendation for a golf club, the system including: a launch monitor including one or more sensors configured to capture ball flight characteristics; and a computing device communicatively coupled to the launch monitor, the computing device including: a processor, and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system ...