A Week of Lighted Golf Clubs – Day One

Proving that golf equipment has been driving golfers nuts for a long time, the first lighted golf club of the week originates from a 1939 patent. How do you think a club head containing a D-cell battery would feel? Check this out.

The drawings come from USPN 2158211 titled “Light for Golf Clubs,” which describes the invention as:

This invention relates to golf clubs, the primary object of the invention being to provide a golf club designed primarily for teaching the golf swing.

An important object of the invention is to provide a practice golf club having a head illuminated in such a way that when the golf club is swung, in executing a golf stroke, the person swinging the club may determine the angle of the club face as the club head passes the place where an imaginary ball would be teed.

Another object of the invention is to provide a golf club having means to indicate when the club is being swung with the proper speed and timing, to assist the person using the club in determining when a proper stroke of the club has been executed.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of means which will enable the user to keep his eyes fixed at the point of contact between the club and ball, thereby eliminating the common fault of lifting the head, during the golf stroke.

Pretty advanced for 1939!

Dave Dawsey   – The Golf Intellectual Property Attorney

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