Golf putter club

Abstract

A golf putter is provided. The putter is made of a substantially large (between 25 and 45 mm diameter) parallel thin walled shaft wherein part of the bare shaft forms the grip. A protruding curved end cap forms part of the grip to assist in consistency of positioning the hands when taking a grip of the putter. A thin walled end plate closes off the shaft to the putter head all being designed to maximize “feel” when stroking the ball.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A golf putter comprising a shaft having a grip end and a head end, a putter head having a striking face, connected to the head end wherein the shaft is a substantially large cross-sectional dimension parallel shaft.  
     
     
         2 . A golf putter according to  claim 1  wherein a portion of the shaft at the grip end comprises the putter grip.  
     
     
         3 . A golf putter according to  claim 1  wherein the grip end includes a protruding end cap.  
     
     
         4 . A golf putter according to  claim 1  wherein the shaft is circular and has a diameter between 25 and 45 mm.  
     
     
         5 . A wolf putter according to  claim 4  wherein the diameter is 31 mm.  
     
     
         6 . A golf putter as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the shaft is thin walled.  
     
     
         7 . A golf putter as claimed in  claim 6  therein the wall thickness is between 0.75 and 1.00 min.  
     
     
         8 . A golf putter as claimed in  claim 3  wherein the end cap is curved to fit the hand of the user.  
     
     
         9 . A golf putter as claimed in  claim 3  wherein the end cap exceeds the diameter of the shaft.  
     
     
         10 . A golf putter as claimed in  claim 1  having an oval or U-shaped cross section.  
     
     
         11 . A golf club putter according to  claim 1  wherein the connection of the head to the shaft includes a thin walled plate member at the end of the shaft.  
     
     
         12 . A golf club putter according to  claim 11  including a thin walled hollow hosel member attached to the end plate.  
     
     
         13 . A golf club putter according to  claim 12  wherein the end plate and hosel are part of a lightweight casting.  
     
     
         14 . A golf club putter according to  claim 11  wherein the shaft is enlarged at the head end thereof to accommodate an end plate greater in area than the area of the shaft at the grip end.  
     
     
         15 . A golf club putter according to  claim 14  wherein the end of the shaft is flared.  
     
     
         16 . A golf club utter according to  claim 1  wherein the shaft material is selected from the group of high tensile materials Consisting of aircraft quality aluminum, stainless steel, composites, titanium, a high performance alloy, carbon fibre.  
     
     
         17 . A golf club Putter according to  claim 16 , wherein the high performance alloy is magnesium or lithium enhanced alloy.