Golf club with grip arranged to facilitate alignment and method of making the same

Abstract

A golf club with a composite grip that provides a golfer with better feel of the club striking the ball. As a result, the golfer can improve his understanding of proper hand placement on the golf club to ensure appropriate alignment for most effective ball striking. The golf club includes a shaft and a transition member that establishes the interface between the shaft and the composite grip. The transition member is configured to receive therein the shaft and is further configured for insertion into the composite grip. The three components are joined together and a club head is attached to the shaft. The invention is well suited for making an improved putter that enables the golfer to increase putting accuracy.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to golf clubs. More particularly, the present invention relates to improving alignment accuracy. Still more particularly, the present invention relates to putters with handle configurations arranged to improve putting alignment.[0003]2. Background of the Invention[0004]Golf putters are widely available and come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. The putter includes a grip or handle, a shaft and a putter head. The shaft establishes essentially the entire length of the putter, with the grip simply being a capped rubber tube that is placed over the upper portion of the shaft. Most putter heads include markings and / or weighting to aid the golfer in aligning the putter head with the ball to be putted to a hole. On the other hand, it is believed that existing putter grips are made for comfort, reduced slippage of the hands on the grip and to link the grip to the shaft. In spite of many putter desi...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

The present invention is a golf club, especially a putter, that has a rigid grip to prevent wrist rollover and to ensure proper hand placement and alignment. The grip is made of a composite plastic material, which is more rigid than rubber, and it helps reduce the overall weight of the putter and gives a feel of a pop when making contact with the ball. The composite grip also allows the golfer to feel the small amount of vibration at the time of contact, which helps the golfer learn and adjust the grip to maximize the feel of solid contact. This new "technical touch" provides the golfer with a better feel and control when hitting the ball.

Problems solved by technology

In spite of many putter designs, there has not previously been provided a putter that focuses on the design of the grip to improve putting alignment and incorrect placement of the hands on the grip.

Putting misalignment is caused not only by improper line up of the putter head with a target, but by rolling of the wrists so that the putter is not as square as possible to the golf ball at the time of contact.

That rolling may be caused by misalignment and / or improper hand placement at the outset.

There is no indication that grips are currently designed to correct those limitations common to golfers.

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