Everyone is Looking for a Magic Way to Reduce Golf Ball Spin Produced with a Driver; Is This the Answer?

Last year I wrote about a patent directed to a golf ball lubricant (click HERE). Hard to believe… I know. Well, this week a patent application published that may give the “golf ball lubricant” invention a run for its money. The patent application published as US Pub. No. 20080234063 titled “Method of Reducing Golf Ball Spin.” So, what is the secret behind this invention’s reduction in spin? The application describes the invention as….. Interesting, so how did the inventor come up with this invention? Judging from the figures below, I am guessing someone had a long wait on a tee box and an extra tube of Chapstick….

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Think You Know A Little About Golf Shafts? This Patent May Change Your Mind, Unless You Really Know Your Flexural Rigidity

SRI Sports was granted an interesting golf shaft patent this week that is a little on the technical side. Would you ever have guessed that this much engineering goes into designing a golf shaft? The patent is USPN 7427240 titled “Shaft for Golf Clubs and Golf Club” and describes the invention as….. Now, think about that the next time you are standing over your ball on the first tee…..

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Can You Identify This Driver?

Marketing types always say… it is all about brand recognition. I suppose “brand recognition” is slightly different than “design patent drawing recognition,” (ok, more than slightly) but they are not entirely unrelated. The following drawings come from a driver design patent that issued yesterday. Do you recognize this club?….. Admittedly, they do not have the brand recognition that they once had; but one player has been slowly changing that……

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What Does Callaway Have In-Line For the FT Line of Drivers?

The USPTO records provide us with a glimpse of what may be the future of Callaway’s popular FT line of drivers. Most golfers are familiar with the FT-3, FT-5, and the FT-i; and we are getting a behind the scenes glimpse of the new FT-9 and FT-iQ; but what is next? Well, the USPTO records indicate that Callaway has filed a trademark application for…..

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Now Here Is A Driver That Will Put A “Smile” On Any Golfer’s Face

The following club head design comes from a “creative” South African inventor. The inventor was granted USPN 5944620 titled “Golf Club” in 1999. Check out this club!…. And now you know where the “smile” reference comes from. I suppose this club may work for those of us that have a tendency to occasionally hit the ball toward the toe or heel of the face.

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Attention Cold Weather Golfers, This Club May Be Just What You Need

We all know that feeling to hitting that first ball on a cold day. The sting that starts at your fingers and travels down to your toes. A pair of inventors decided to take a stab at eliminating the feeling that you just struck a rock at 100 mph. Their invention is disclosed in USPN 5899818 titled “Temperature Compensated Golf Club Head,” which describes the invention as….. Interesting concept, but I would need to see it work to believe it.

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Big John Don’t Get No Respect & Has to Sue Hippo Golf Again

Remember my post back in April regarding John Daly’s battle with Hippo Holdings in an effort to collect a $2.7 judgment that he secured? If not click HERE to refresh your memory. Last week John launched his third lawsuit in the past couple years regarding his relationship with Hippo Golf. First, back in October 2007 John Daly was awarded a $2.7 million default judgment against Hippo Holdings. Unfortunately big John did not collect a penny. The “catch” with the default judgment is that it was issued against Hippo Holdings, the legal entity that contracted with John. Then, earlier this year…..

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Golf Club Head of the Future? Probably Not, But Interesting Nonetheless

Did you ever see the photo of an alligator that died trying to swallow another alligator? The problem was that they were both about the same size. Well, recently I came across a patent application disclosing a club head that reminded me of the alligator photo. The club head design looks like one club head unsuccessfully trying to swallow a second club head. Check out this club!….

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How Well Can You Judge the Grain of a Green? Perhaps This Ball Marker Invention Will Help

I have enough trouble reading the break of greens, let alone factoring in the grain. However, if you are one of the golfers that is good enough to actually take the grain of a green into account then this ball marker may have some appeal to you.
The invention is disclosed in a patent application that published last week as US Pub. No. 20080207356 titled “Ball Marker Used to Ascertain Grain Direction of a Putting Surface.” Check out this description of the invention (it is actually very educational)…..

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