Adjustable golf putter

Claim 1

A golf putter, comprising: a putter head having a planar ball-striking face; a first shaft section extending upwardly from the putter head in parallel but offset relation to the plane of the ball-striking face; a second shaft section telescopingly received on the upper end of the first section, the second shaft section consisting of first and second subsections and a pivotal connection between the first and second subsections permitting pivotal movement of one subsection relative to the other subsection only in a plane parallel to the ball-striking face, the connection including means to releasably hold the subsection in fixed relation to one another; a connecting member engaging the upper end of the first shaft section and the lower subsection of the second shaft section and including means to prevent rotation of the shaft sections relative to one another and means to releasably prevent sliding movement of one shaft section relative to the other; and a grip secured to the upper end of the upper subsection of the second shaft section, the grip being spaced from the pivotal connection and at an obtuse angle to the upper subsection.