Patent ID: 6422950
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
An improved golf putter head which comprises:a face for striking a golf ball; a sole for positioning adjacent to a golf green surface; a back surface; a heel region and a toe region; a top surface lying substantially parallel to said sole; an elongated neck fixed to and extending from said top surface and including a hosel with said hosel fixed at an angle to said sole and positioned forward of said face; said hosel having an opening for receiving a putter shaft; said head having a thickness between said face and back surfaces that varies in the heel and toe regions from a maximum at the sole to a minimum at the top surface, and a thickness in a central region of less than 20% of the thickness in the heel and toe regions; said sole having a thickness in said central region of less than about 20% of the thicknesses in said heel and toe regions; said sole having a cut out region extending from said back surface toward said face; said cut out region having parallel recessed edges; and an insert configured to fill at least some of said cut out region and having edges configured to slide into said recessed edges.