Low resistance golf club

Abstract

A golf club head is fixed to one end of a golf club shaft. The head provides a face, a toe, a sole and a neck. A plurality of slots are spaced apart with each of the slots extending from the sole upwardly medially within the head. The slots are in generally parallel correspondence and are uniformly spaced and are uniform in width, where the uniform slot width exceeds the uniform slot spacing. The slots have flat side walls and terminate with a circular surface, so that they present the least resistance to the ground surface and are the easiest to clean of captured debris.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A golf club apparatus comprising: a shaft and a head, the head fixed to one end of the shaft; the head providing a face, a toe, a sole and a neck; a plurality of slots in spaced apart correspondence; each of the slots extending from the face rearwardly within the head to the back of the club, said slots being open to the face and the back of the club.  
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the slots are in generally parallel correspondence.  
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the slots extend from the sole medially into the head.  
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the slots are uniformly spaced with uniform width.  
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 4  wherein the uniform slot width exceeds the slot spacing.  
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 3  wherein the slots have flat side walls.  
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 6  wherein the slots each terminate with a circular surface.  
     
     
         8 . A golf club apparatus comprising: a head having a face, a toe, a sole and a neck; a plurality of slots in spaced apart correspondence; each of the slots extending from the sole upwardly within the head.  
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 8  wherein the slots are in generally parallel correspondence.  
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 8  wherein the slots extend medially into the head.  
     
     
         11 . The apparatus of  claim 8  wherein the slots are uniformly spaced and uniform in width.  
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 11  wherein the uniform slot width exceeds the slot spacing.  
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 8  further comprising a shaft fixed at one end thereof to the neck of the head.  
     
     
         14 . The apparatus of  claim 10  wherein the slots have flat side walls.  
     
     
         15 . The apparatus of  claim 14  wherein the slots each terminate with a circular surface.