Launch Monitors

Launch Monitor technology is a valuable diagnostic tool utilized while club fitting. Launch monitors can assist with fitting drivers, fairways, utility clubs, irons, and wedges. Launch monitors allow for more precise diagnostics and help discover the yardage gaps between each club in your bag.

Titleist Performance Monitor

Through years of player testing and ball flight research, Titleist has developed a proprietary launch monitor named the Titleist Performance Monitor, or TPM. The TPM is a camera based system that precisely measures golf ball variables such as ball speed, launch angle, side angle, back spin, and side spin as well as club data such as club head speed, path, angle of attack, and impact in relation to the center of the clubface. The TPM is featured at the Titleist Performance Institute, Titleist FittingWorks Tour Van, as well as a very limited number of FittingWorks Centers around the country.

Other Monitor Systems

There are other launch monitors in the marketplace that offer fitting professionals data regarding ball flight and some club data. The two most highly developed technologies are either camera or radar ­based.

Camera Based Systems

Camera based systems use high speed cameras to take a picture of the golf ball just after impact and measure fitting variables such as ball speed, launch angle and spin predicting both carry and total distance. Camera based systems are easy to set up and use, and are the most widely used in the market place.

Radar Based Systems

Radar based systems emit radar pulses that create a radar field down range. As the golf ball travels down range and through the radar field, it bounces impulses back to the monitor and measures the ball’s speed, launch angle, spin, and carry distance. Some radar based systems collect club data such as club head speed, path and angle of attack.