Golf Club

Abstract

A golf club includes an elongated shaft with a grip that fits against the inner surface of the user's leading forearm. The shaft is also angled both obtusely forward away from a striking surface of a club head and acutely inward toward the user parallel to the golfer's leading forearm where the club is anchored. The rounded front surface of the grip rests against the inner surface of the leading forearm of the golfer anchoring the club. By applying the appropriate pressure to the grip, a relatively stable triangle is formed with the hands and shoulders as the vertices. This club design permits the golfer, using the core muscles to turn away from and then through the ball, striking it in the process and putting it toward the target, thus dramatically reducing and/or eliminating movement in the joints of the hands, elbows, shoulders, waist, hips, knees and ankles.

1 . A golf club comprising:
 an elongated shaft defining a longitudinal axis;   a club head fixed to one end of said shaft and having a striking face, a heel, and a toe; and   a grip located at an opposing end of said elongated shaft, said grip having a surface that fits against an inner surface of the leading forearm of a golfer; said elongated shaft leaning away from the striking face and defining a forward obtuse angle between the shaft and a line extending through the longitudinal axis of the shaft and perpendicular to the striking face of the club head, said elongated shaft leaning away from the toe and further defining an inward acute angle between the shaft and a line parallel to the striking face and extending through the longitudinal axis of the shaft and the heel and toe of the putter head.   
     
     
         2 . The golf club of  claim 1 , wherein said forward obtuse angle is between about ninety-five degrees and one hundred fifteen degrees. 
     
     
         3 . The golf club of  claim 1 , wherein said forward obtuse angle is between about one hundred twelve degrees and one hundred fifteen degrees. 
     
     
         4 . The golf club of  claim 1 , wherein said inward acute angle is between about seventy five degrees and eighty five degrees. 
     
     
         5 . The golf club of  claim 1 , wherein said inward acute angle is about eighty degrees. 
     
     
         6 . The golf club of  claim 1 , including a substantially S-shaped pattern located on the grip to facilitate correct hand placement. 
     
     
         7 . The golf club of  claim 1 , in which said club head is a putter club head. 
     
     
         8 . A method of using a golf club comprising an elongated shaft having a club head located at a distal end and a grip located at a proximal, said grip having a rounded front surface that fits against an inner surface of the leading forearm of a golfer, a striking face on the club head for striking a ball toward a target, said elongated shaft leaning away from the striking face and defining a forward obtuse angle in relation to the putter head and said elongated shaft leaning way from a toe of the club head and defining an inward acute angle in relation to the club head, said method comprising the steps of:
 resting said front surface of said grip against an inner surface of a leading forearm of a golfer forming a relatively stable triangle with the hands and shoulders as the vertices; and   rotating the body with the core muscles turning away from and then to the target striking the ball with the club head striking face in the process, urging the ball toward the target.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein a leading arm of the golfer is closer in distance to the target than a trailing arm. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the grip of the golf club has a substantially S-shaped pattern located thereon to facilitate the correct hand position. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 8 , in which said elongated shaft defines the forward obtuse angle between the shaft and a line extending through the longitudinal axis of the shaft and perpendicular to the striking face of the club head, said forward obtuse angle being between about ninety-five degrees and one hundred fifteen degrees. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein said forward obtuse angle is between about one hundred twelve degrees and one hundred fifteen degrees. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , in which said elongated shaft defines the inward acute angle between the shaft and a line parallel to the striking face and extending through the longitudinal axis of the shaft and a heel and the toe of the club head, said inward acute angle being between about seventy five degrees and eighty five degrees. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 8 , in which said elongated shaft defines the inward acute angle between the shaft and a line parallel to the striking face and extending through the longitudinal axis of the shaft and the heel and toe of the club head, said inward acute angle being between about seventy five degrees and eighty five degrees. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 8 , including taking a symmetrical stance relative to the ball, such that a line extending through feet of the golfer is substantially parallel to an intended path of the ball. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 8 , in which said club head is a putter club head.