Golf putter construction and method for use thereof

Abstract

A golf putter constriction and a method for using are presented. A defined gripping plane is positioned parallel to a general body position relative to a hip-plane, or shoulder-plane, and also generally parallel to the face of the club at a slight angle parallel to a shaft-angle. This constriction arrangement repositions the grip location and hence body and arm positioning for a user and creates a physiological bone alignment along one of the user's arms (left or right depending upon dominance swing), which allows an alternative rigid-arm swing through contact with the ball for improved ball-contact alignment.

1 . A putter golf club comprising:
 (a) a shaft;   (b) a putter head located on an end of said shaft, said putter head further comprising:
 (i) a front face with a height and a width; 
 (ii) a ball contact surface for contacting a ball during a use, said ball contact surface of said putter head defining a ball contact plane extending generally perpendicularly to said ground surface; and 
 (iii) a ground contact surface for resting on said ground surface to support said putter golf club, said shaft being at an acute angle relative to said ground contact surface, said acute angle being between zero and 25 degrees off a plane perpendicular to said ground contact surface; and 
   (c) a hand grip, said hand grip being on a distal end of said shaft opposite said putter head;
 (i) said hand grip completely encircling a portion of said shaft on said distal end; 
 (ii) said hand grip having a flat gripping plane having a front side and a rear side and being joined by a continuous arcuate gripping surface to complete said encircling of said portion of said shaft; and 
 (iii) said flat gripping plane being one of substantially parallel with and perpendicular with said ball contact surface of said putter head during said use. 
   
   
   
       2 . A putter golf club, according to  claim 1 , wherein said shaft has a length such that a shaft end can be positioned proximate a hip region of a user of said putter golf club. 
   
   
       3 . A putter golf club, according to  claim 1 , wherein said hand grip is an elastomeric hand grip so that said hand grip can frictionally engage hands of said user during a use thereof. 
   
   
       4 . A putter golf club, according to  claim 3 , wherein:
 (a) said flat gripping plane is positioned so that so that thumbs of said hands of said user may contact the shaft to the left or to the right of the flat gripping plane during said use;   (b) said flat gripping plane bisecting at least one palm of said user; and   (c) said flat gripping plane positioning a first of said hands of said user in an alignment with an arm of said user joining said first of said hands and positioning a second of said hands of said user in a non-alignment with a corresponding aim of said user, while a portion of said continuous arc provides an improved grip for said hands of said user.   
   
   
       5 . A method of manufacturing a putter golf club, said method comprising the steps of:
 (a) providing a shaft;   (b) providing a putter head, said putter head further comprising:
 (i) a front face with a height and a width; 
 (ii) a ball contact surface for contacting a ball during a use, said ball contact surface of said putter head defining a ball contact plane extending perpendicular to said ground contact surface; and 
 (iii) a ground contact surface for resting on a ground surface to support said putter golf club; 
   (c) providing a hand grip for said putter golf club, said hand grip being on a distal end of said shaft opposite said putter head; and, wherein said hand grip completely encircles a portion of said shaft on said distal end;   (d) providing said hand grip with a flat gripping plane having a front side and a rear side and being joined by a continuous arcuate gripping surface to complete said encircling of said portion of said shaft;   (e) providing said flat gripping plane at one of a substantially perpendicular and a substantially parallel orientation with said ball contact surface of said putter head during said use; and   (f) providing said shaft at an acute angle relative to said ground contact support; said acute angle being between zero and 25 degrees off a plane perpendicular to said ground contact support.   
   
   
       6 . A method of manufacturing a putter golf club, according to  claim 5 , wherein said shaft has a length such that a shaft end can be positioned proximate a hip region of a user of said putter golf club. 
   
   
       7 . A method of manufacturing a putter golf club, according to  claim 6 , wherein said hand grip is an elastomeric hand grip so that said hand grip can frictionally engage one or both hands of said user during a use thereof. 
   
   
       8 . A method of manufacturing a putter golf club, according to  claim 7 , further comprising the step of positioning said flat gripping plane so that thumbs of said hands of said user may contact said shaft to the right or to the left of said flat gripping plane during said use; and, wherein, said flat gripping plane positions a first of said hands of said user in an alignment with an arm of said user joining said first of said hands and positioning a second of said hands of said user in a non-alignment with said corresponding arm of said user, whereby a user's grip is enhanced. 
   
   
       9 . A method of manufacturing a putter golf club, according to  claim 7 , wherein said shaft bisects a palm of said user and wherein thumbs of said hands of said user may contact said shaft to the right or to the left of said flat gripping plane during said use.