Golf club and club shaft constructions
First Claim
1. A golf club having a shaft and a head attached to the shaft, the shaft comprising a tube having a butt end and a tip end, the shaft having substantially the same outer diameter of greater than at least 0.75 inch along its length from the butt end to the tip end and being formed of a substantially rigid material of constant wall thickness to provide stability to the shaft when the golf club is used by a golfer to strike a golf ball, wherein the shaft tip end further provides an enlarged bonding surface area for the head.
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Abstract
A golf club shaft for use in a golf club such as a putter. The shaft preferably comprises an over-sized hollow, circular tube having an outer diameter of at least 0.75 inches along substantially its entire length.
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22 Claims
- 1. A golf club having a shaft and a head attached to the shaft, the shaft comprising a tube having a butt end and a tip end, the shaft having substantially the same outer diameter of greater than at least 0.75 inch along its length from the butt end to the tip end and being formed of a substantially rigid material of constant wall thickness to provide stability to the shaft when the golf club is used by a golfer to strike a golf ball, wherein the shaft tip end further provides an enlarged bonding surface area for the head.
- 5. A golf club having a shaft, a head attached to the shaft, and a grip, the shaft comprising a tube formed of a substantially rigid material and having a butt end and a tip end, the tube having predetermined outer diameter dimensions, with the outer diameter at the butt end of the tube being larger than the outer diameter at the tip end of the tube such that the tube is tapered, the outer diameter at the tip end being about 0.75 inch such that the shaft tip end provides an enlarged bonding surface for the head, wherein the substantially rigid material of the tube together with said predetermined outer diameter dimensions provide stability to the shaft when the golf club is used by a golfer to strike a golf ball.
- 15. A putter having a shaft and a head attached to the shaft by a hosel, the shaft comprising a tube having a butt end and a tip end, the shaft having substantially the same outer diameter of greater than at least 0.75 inch along its length from the butt end to the tip end and being formed of a substantially rigid material of constant wall thickness to provide stability to the shaft when the golf club is used by a golfer to strike a golf ball, wherein the shaft tip end further provides an enlarged bonding surface area for the hosel.
- 19. A golf club having a shaft and a head attached to the shaft by a hosel, the shaft comprising a tube having a butt end and a tip end, the shaft having substantially the same outer diameter of approximately 1.00 inch along its length from the butt end to the tip end and being formed of a substantially rigid material of constant wall thickness to provide stability to the shaft when the golf club is used by a golfer to strike a golf ball, wherein the shaft tip end further provides an enlarged bonding surface area for the hosel.
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