Patent ID: 7803060
Filing Date: 2010-09-28
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. In a golf club defined by a club head mounted in cantilever on one end of a shaft conformed for the pivotal articulation of said club, said club head including a body having a lower surface and a striking face, said lower surface being conformed to pass above the ground surface and deflect the substantial part of any growth thereon in the course of a swinging articulation of the club with the striking surface aligned to strike a golf ball resting on said ground surface, the improvement comprising: an elongate cavity formed in said body in a spaced generally parallel alignment above said lower surface and communicating to the exterior of said club head through a conforming opening in said striking face and defined by a lower structure including said lower surface for deflecting said growth; and a tubular roller mounted above said lower structure for rotation within said cavity in a projecting alignment of a peripheral portion thereof through said opening in said striking face.