Would You Allow This Putter Into Your Bag?
Check out this putter design that recently issued as a utility patent. Would you be willing to give it a try?
How is that for a little offset!
The patent is USPN 7371185 titled “Putterhead with Center Line Forward Offset Hosel” and describes the invention as:
A golf putterhead having a neck or hosel connecting said putterhead to a shaft. The hosel protrudes above and forward of the strike face on the vertical centerline plane of the putterhead and above the intended strikepoint also in said plane. Said hosel section in front of the strikeface being high enough so as not to interfere with a golf ball. Said hosel in one preferred embodiment extends forward of the strikeface approximately one half a golf ball diameter and has a user visible target oriented sight line on its’ upper surface. Said sight line also extends substantially rearward of the strikeface, for most or all of said putterheads fore to aft depth on said vertical centerline plane, thereby creating an extended sight line for aiming said putter at a target. This forward hosel to shaft connection point concurrently increases putterhead static balance moment about said shaft and achieves face static balance thus improving dynamic stability during putterhead acceleration.
Heck, I would try anything!
Dave Dawsey – The Golf Putter Head Design Patent Attorney
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