Abstract A golf putter wherein the club head includes an arcuate rear surface and a top surface having a recess therein. The arcuate rear surface has a radius of curvature slightly less than the radius of curvature of a golf putting cup. The recess in the top surface is generally in the shape of a semi-circle having a radius of curvature which is slightly greater than the radius of curvature of a golf ball. The semi-circular recess includes a bottom formed by an insert and opens into the rear arcuate surface whereby the club head may be inserted into a putting cup to scoop balls into the semi-circular recess for retrieving balls without stooping. A vertical plane bisecting the semi-circular recess and arcuate rear surface passes through the sweet spot on the front face of putter head, whereby the recess and rear surface facilitate aligning the putter head with the putting cup. The semi-circular recess includes substantially vertical side walls which the player can employ visually to assume substantially the same position relative the putter head each time the ball is addressed for putting and thereby supplement the kinesthetic training of the putting muscles.
In a golf putter including a shaft and a head attached to one end of said shaft, said putter being intended to propel a standard golf ball towards a standard cylindrical putting green cup; said head including: a. a toe; b. a heel; c. a sole extending between said toe and heel; d. a hosel extending upwardly from said heel and to which one end of said shaft is connected; e. a curved rear surface extending from said toe to said heel and defined by an arc having a radius slightly less than that of said golf cup; f. a top surface extending between said toe and said hosel; g. a recess opening onto said top and rear surfaces, said recess being defined by a surface which is substantially vertical when said head is in putting position and which surface is defined by an arc of a radius slighlty greater than that of said golf ball; h. two spaced points of intersection on said rear surface where the arc defining said rear surface is intersected by the arc which defines said recess, and i. a front face extending between said toe and heel and having a sweet spot that lies in the vertical plane which bisects the arcs between said points of intersection when said head is in putting position.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
220 words
In a golf putter including a shaft and a head attached to one end of said shaft, said putter being intended to propel a standard golf ball towards a standard cylindrical putting green cup; said head including: a. a toe; b. a heel; c. a sole extending between said toe and heel; d. a hosel extending upwardly from said heel and to which one end of said shaft is connected; e. a curved rear surface extending from said toe to said heel and defined by an arc having a radius slightly less than that of said golf cup; f. a top surface extending between said toe and said hosel; g. a recess opening onto said top and rear surfaces, said recess being defined by a surface which is substantially vertical when said head is in putting position and which surface is defined by an arc of a radius slighlty greater than that of said golf ball; h. two spaced points of intersection on said rear surface where the arc defining said rear surface is intersected by the arc which defines said recess, and i. a front face extending between said toe and heel and having a sweet spot that lies in the vertical plane which bisects the arcs between said points of intersection when said head is in putting position.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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The golf putter head of claim 1 in which the recess extends into the head from the top surface to a bottom surface spaced from the sole.