Golf club head with visual reference for addressing the golf ball

Claim 1

Improvements in a golf club engageable at a proximal end by a golfer preparatory to being urged through a golf swing by said golfer of the type having at a distal end a head having a sole defining a bottom ground-engaging edge and ball-striking face extending upwardly and at a selected angle rearwardly of said sole, said angle of said face being acute to the horizontal so as to provide a slanted orientation to said face which is effective to provide said golfer with visibility of the surface of said face, said improvements in said golf club comprising an arrangement confined to a location in close proximity above and along said sole of a continuous series of vertically oriented parallel grooves in said face spaced in adjacent relation to each other and having opposite ends located generally adjacent said sole and midway the height of said face, and additional parallel grooves in a non-vertical arrangement in said face above and in slightly spaced relation from said vertical grooves along said sole, whereby the visual contrast between said non-vertical and vertical grooves cooperate so that the vertical grooves have the appearance of providing a horizontally oriented bar-like visual reference to said golfer which is advantageously used in aligning said golf club head preparatory to the use of said golf club.