Wood-type golf club

Abstract

A wood-type golf club for providing a golf shot substantially free from hook or slice, the wood-type golf club having an oval-shaped club head rigidly connected to an elongated shaft. The club head has a centrally located top midpoint, basically above the center of gravity of the club head, and the shaft has a longitudinal center line defining a shaft axis. The shaft axis passes through the top midpoint of the club head, and not through the center of gravity, whereby, upon swinging the golf club to strike a golf ball, the shaft tends to stay in an intended plane of movement, and upon striking a golf ball at the striking face at a point in line with the top midpoint, the club head is substantially free of twisting movement around the shaft axis.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates generally to golf clubs, and more particularly to a wood-type golf club for providing a golf shot substantially free from hook or slice. [0002] There are three basic types of golf clubs used in the game of golf: wood-type, iron-type, and putters. A wood-type golf club typically has a thick oval-shaped wood head, or a similar head made of metal, and is generally used during a golf game when distance is more important than accuracy. For example, players generally use a wood-type golf club called a driver to tee off at the beginning of a hole. Fairway woods are another common wood-type golf club, and are used to hit long-distance shots on the fairway. While traditionally fabricated from wood material, it is now common for wood-type golf clubs to be fabricated from metal and other materials as well. An iron-type golf club typically has a thin shaped head made of metal, and is generally used when accuracy becomes more impor...

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Benefits of technology

[0008] The present invention provides a wood-type golf club for providing a golf shot substantially free from hook or slice. In one preferred embodiment of the present invention, the wood-type golf club comprises a shaped club head and an elongated shaft connected to the club head. The club head has a flattened striking face, spaced-apart side surfaces, spaced-apart top and bottom surfaces, and a top midpoint located on the top surface and substantially equidistant from the spaced-apart side surfaces. The shaft is connected to the club head at a first end of the shaft, the shaft extending to a second, spaced-apart end equipped with gripping means. The shaft is connected to the club head at the top midpoint of the club head. Because the shaft is connected at a centrally located top midpoint, when a player swings the wood-type golf club to strike a golf ball, the shaft tends to stay in its intended plane. In addition, upon striking a golf ball with the wood-type golf club with the striking face at a point in line with the top midpoint, the club head is substantially free of twisting movement around the shaft axis.

[0011] There are a number of advantages of the present invention. Foremost, the wood-type golf club provides a user with the means to hit a golf shot substantially free from hook or slice, allowing average golfers to achieve better, lower scores and thereby making the game of golf more enjoyable. Requiring the shaft top be connected to the club head at a centrally located top midpoint reduces the tendency for the centrifugal force created by swinging the club to force the shaft of the club out of the intended plane. Further, the design reduces the tendency for the shaft to twist or turn in the player's hand because the club head is centered at the end of the shaft.

Problems solved by technology

Further, the design reduces the tendency for the shaft to twist or turn in the player's hand because the club head is centered at the end of the shaft.

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