Golf clubhead for putting or chipping the golfball
US6045453A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 1, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 4, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 1, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63B53/0458
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
The new golf putter/chipper clubhead of this invention, which is generally hammer shaped both in plan view and in cross section, provides for an easily accomplished true pendulum swing by concentrating the mass of the club at the very perimeter of the arc of the pendulum, on-line with the direction of swing. The concentration of clubhead mass, being very low and directly behind the ball striking area of the clubhead makes it much easier to get very solid ball contact. A single club using this clubhead design can be used either right or left handed, even though there is but one ball striking face. The unique design enables contrasts in color, and/or texture, and/or reflective angle to be used to graphically alien the clubhead before and during the stroke. By optimizing the clubhead weight, as described in this invention, regulating the length of chips and/or putts essentially becomes an exercise in simply regulating the length of the backswing. A clubhead of this invention's design is effective for conventional shaft length putters or chippers as well as for long shafted putters or chippers because the principles required for making good shots are the same for either, and the many a…
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