Golf club

Abstract

This invention relates to a golf club consisting of a club head having a tapered bore formed therein extending and tapering inwardly from the base of the club head to the upper surface thereof, a socket of corresponding external shape to the bore in the club head and a shaft adapted to be inserted into a bore formed in the socket. The socket is inserted upwardly into the end of the bore in the base of the club head and due to the taper is positively retained in said bore against upward movement.

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       37 . A golf club in the form of a putter for putting a golf ball into a golf hole comprising a club head having a shaft secured thereto wherein the width of the club head is at least a major portion of the diameter of the golf hole and the ratio of the club head width to the depth of the club head is in the range of 1.0 to 1.0, down to 1.0 to 0.5.  
   
   
       38 . A golf club according to  claim 37 , wherein the rear end of the club head is at least partially arcuate in shape in plan view.  
   
   
       39 . A golf club according to  claim 37 , wherein the club head comprises a housing block, a carcass connected thereto, a weighting assembly releasably connected to the carcass and a club face connected to the housing block.  
   
   
       40 . A golf club according to  claim 39 , wherein the upper surface of the club head is provided with a central guide line extending perpendicularly to the plane of the club face and additional guide lines extending parallel to the central guide line and spaced-apart therefrom.  
   
   
       41 . A putter comprising a head having a shaft secured thereto wherein the head of the putter has two upwardly spaced-apart surfaces each provided with or forming visual indicating means adapted to co-operate when viewed from above to enable the position of the putter to be adjusted to a correct orientation.  
   
   
       42 . A putter according to  claim 41 , wherein the markings are at least partially circular and the diameter of the circular part of the marking on the lower one of said two surfaces is equal to or greater than the diameter of the circular part of the marking on the upper one of said two surfaces to facilitate alignment of the markings so that the putter and the golfer's eyes are correctly positioned at the golfer's address position.  
   
   
       43 . An alignment device for placing adjacent to and in front of a club head face comprises two upwardly spaced-apart members which when viewed from above are adapted to enable the upper one of the members to be located centrally in the lower one of the members.  
   
   
       44 . An alignment device according to  claim 43 , wherein at least the upper one of the members has a circular outline when viewed from above.  
   
   
       45 . An alignment device according to  claim 44 , wherein the lower one of the members has a circular outline when viewed from above or has a marking on its upper surface which is circular when viewed from above.  
   
   
       46 . An alignment device according to  claim 45 , wherein the diameter of the circular outline of the marking on the lower one of the members is equal to or greater than the circular outline of the upper one of the members.  
   
   
       47 . An alignment device according to  claim 43 , wherein the members are connected together in vertically spaced-apart position by a central stem.