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Golf club

Golf club description/claims

This invention relates to a golf club and more particularly, but not exclusively, to a putter.

It is known to provide golf clubs which are formed inter alia from a club head and a shaft in which the shaft is secured in a bore in the club head by, for example, adhesive. It will be appreciated that this method of securing the shaft to the club suffers from the disadvantage that total reliance is placed upon the adhesive joint in securing the club head to the shaft and this method is applied not only to a putter but also to other clubs including woods and irons.

It is also known to provide putters having different shapes of club head such as a simple blade shape to a T-shaped head in plan view to attempt to provide a putter which is easier to use to allow the golfer to be more accurate when executing a putting stroke.

The object of the present invention is to provide a golf club in which the disadvantage set out above in the second paragraph is alleviated. Alternatively, the object of the invention is to provide an improved design of putter which facilitates the execution by a golfer of a more accurate putting stroke.

According to one aspect of the invention, a golf club comprises a club head having a bore formed therethrough extending from the base of the club head to the upper surface thereof, a socket adapted to be inserted into the bore in the club head and a shaft adapted to be inserted into a bore formed in the socket, wherein the socket is adapted to be inserted upwardly into the end of the bore in the base of the club head and positively retained in said bore against movement out of the top of the bore.

Preferably, the bore in the club head is provided with a reduced diameter portion forming a lip against which a corresponding lip on the socket engages to restrict upward movement of the socket towards and out of the upper end of the bore in the club head and positively locate the socket in desired position in said bore.

Preferably, also, at least part of the bore in the club head is tapered outwardly from the end at or adjacent to the upper surface towards the end of the bore at or adjacent to the base of the club head and the socket is of a complementary shape to allow upward insertion thereof into the said bore from the base of the club head.

At least part of the bore in the club head is, preferably, non-circular in section and at least part of the socket has a complementary non-circular shape in section.

Preferably, the longitudinal axis of the bore in the socket in which the shaft is inserted is disposed at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the socket.

Preferably, also, the socket is formed of a material which degrades at a faster rate than the material from which the club head and/or the shaft are formed.

The socket is, preferably, formed of a plastics material.

According to another aspect of the invention, a golf club in the form of a putter for putting a golf ball into a golf hole comprises a club head having a shaft secured thereto wherein the width of the club head is at least a major portion of the diameter of the golf hole and the ratio of the club head width to the depth of the club head is in the range of 1.0 to 1.0 down to 1.0 to 0.5.

Preferably, the width of the club head is equal to or greater than the diameter of a golf hole and the depth of the club head is equal to or greater than the radius of a golf hole.

Preferably, also, the rear end of the club head is at least partially arcuate in shape in plan view.

The rear end of the club head, preferably, has a weighting assembly secured thereto.

Preferably, the weighting assembly is releasably secured to the club head.

Preferably, also, the weighting assembly is arcuate in shape.

The weighting assembly of arcuate shape, preferably, has a radius which is equal to or substantially equal to the radius of a golf hole.

Preferably, the club head comprises a housing block, a carcass connected thereto and the weighting assembly releasably connected to the carcass.

Preferably, also, a club face is connected to the housing block and the club face may be releasably connected to the housing block.

An insert is, preferably, connected to the side of the club face remote from the carcass.

Preferably, the insert is releasably connected to the club face.

Preferably, also, the upper surface of the club head is provided with a central guide line extending perpendicularly to the plane of the club face.

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