Patent ID: 6083113
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a golf putter with a true balance comprising the following steps:providing a golf putter head having a top surface, a toe and a heel and a desired size and shape;providing a golf putter shaft having a longitudinal axis;providing a neck portion;attaching the neck portion to the shaft;determining front-to-rear and toe-to-heel center of gravity planes for the golf putter head;selecting an attachment location for the neck portion to said golf putter head which is spaced apart from said front-to-rear center of gravity plane;bending said neck portion relative to said attachment location such that the longitudinal axis extends to intersect the front-to-rear center of gravity plane at a location on said top surface which is between the toe-to-heel center of gravity plane and the toe of said golf putter head;attaching the neck portion to the golf putter head; andadjusting said golf putter head and said golf putter shaft relative to each other by rotating said neck portion within said putter head based upon the balance of the putter revealed by placing the putter on a substantially flat, substantially horizontal surface.