Improvements in Golf Clubs or Putters.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Apr., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Jan., 1892-Accepted, 27th Feb., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Golf Clubs or Putters.
I, GEORGE FRANCIS TWIST of Moat House, Keresley, Coventry in the County
of Warwick, Solicitor do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide an improved golf putter, that is to say
a club with which to drive the ball into the hole when playing the game of golf,
whose stick serves to guide the eye when striking the ball, the said stick or handle
being adjustable in respect to its angle with the head or striking portion and
capable of adjustment for use by persons of varying heights and for both right
and left handed players.
In carrying this invention into effect the head is formed preferably of mild
steel, but any other metal will answer the purpose, similar in shape to the ordinary
iron putter but without the shank or socket in which the ordinary handle or stick
is fixed; at the back of the head exactly in the centre of its length, but preferably
near the top is formed a screw stud.
The handle or stick has at its lower end a metal boss which is bored to fit the
said screw stud so that the said stick can be set at any desired angle, a nut on
the screw stud holds the stick fast after adjustment.
The stick being attached to the head immediately behind the point of impact
with the ball, diminishes the chance of what is known as toeing or heeling a put.
In constructing the said golf putter with a wooden head, the stick or handle
would be pin jointed, preferably at the top instead of the back of the said head.
My improved golf putter being capable of ready adjustment from a right to a
left handed tool and vice versa renders it useful for getting out of a difficulty in a
hazard and said tool is admirably adapted for playing a running up shot.
Dated April 27th 1091.
G. F. TWIST,
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Golf Clubs or Putters.
I, GEORGE FRANCIS TWIST, of Moat House, Keresley, Coventry, in the County
of Warwick, Solicitor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of this invention is to provide an improved golf putter, that is to
say, a club with which to drive the ball into the hole when playing the game of
golf, whose stick serves to guide the eye when striking the ball, the said stick or
handle being adjustable in respect to its angle with the head or striking portion,
and capable of adjustment for use by persons of varying heights, and for both right
and left handed players.
In carrying this invention into effect the head is formed preferably of mild steel,
but any other metal will answer the purpose, and similar in shape to the ordinary
iron putter, but without the shank or socket in which the ordinary handle or stick
is fixed; at the back of the head, exactly in the centre of its length, is fixed a
screw stud. The handle or stick is fixed, at its lower end, in a metal socket formed
with a boss, which is bored to fit the said screw stud, so that the said stick can

page_text: be set at any desired angle; a nut on the screw stud holds the stick fast after
adjustment.
In constructing the said golf putter with a wooden head, the stick or handle
would be pin jointed preferably at the top, instead of at the back, of the said head.
And in order that my said invention may he more e clearly understood and readily 5
carried into effect, I will proceed, aided by the accompanying drawings, more
fully to describe the same
carried into effect, I will proceed, aided by the accompanying drawings, more
fully to describe the same
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a side view, Figure 2 is a plan, and Figure 3 is a section, of an
improved golf T putter of metal constructed according to my invention, and shown
full size, and Figure 4 is a perspective view of the same drawn to a smaller scale,
and Figure 5 is a plan, Figure 6 is a side elevation, and Figure 7 is an end view,
of a wooden putter constructed according to my invention.
I will first describe the putter shown at Figures 1 to 4, a is the head, which is
preferably formed of mild steel, although it may be constructed of other metal or
of wood; it is of somewhat similar shape to that of the ordinary iron putter, but
without the shank or socket in which the ordinary handle or stick is fixed; this
head is thicker at the bottom than at the top, by which a better balance is given
to the club; at the back of the head a, exactly in the centre of its length, is fixed
a screw stud b; this is preferably done in the manner shown in the drawing, that
is to say, a stud b is made with a head b', a plain cylindrical part b³, and a screw ³;
the putter head a has a central hole drilled therein to fit the cylindrical part 6 of
the stud, and a recess around such hole to receive the head 6'. The handle or
stick d is fixed at its lower end in a socket e formed with a boss c', which is bored
to fit the cylindrical part of the screw stud; when the boss c is placed in
position, a washer e is passed over the screw b³ and a nut fis then screwed on until
the boss c is firmly fixed on the stud b between the head a and the washer e. By
this means the socket c and stick d can be adjusted and fixed at any convenient
angle with the head a.
The stick d, being attached to the head a immediately behind the point of
impact with the ball, diminishes the chance of what is known as toeing or
"heeling" a put.
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A mark a' is made in the centre of the upper edge of the head a to serve as a
guide for striking, as when a ball is opposite the mark a', it is in the middle of the
club.
I will now describe the club shown at Figures 5, 6, 7. In this case the head a is
made principally of wood; it is weighted with lead a' at the back, and is shod at
the lower front edge a³ with horn, as is well understood; instead however of
jointing the stick or handle to the back of the head as in the club shown at
Figures 1 to 4, the stick or handle is in the present case jointed to the top of the
head, for which purpose I fix on the latter two perforated lugs at, the boss c
of the stick socket is placed between such lugs, a screw bolt b is passed through
the lugs and through the boss c', and a nut f is used for locking the parts firmly
together.
My improved golf putter or club, whether of metal or wood, being capable of
ready adjustment from a right handed to a left handed tool, and vice versa, is
useful for a right handed or a left handed player, or for getting out of a difficulty
in a "gorse whin" or other hazard, and said tool or club is admirably adapted
for playing a running up shot.
It will be an evident modification to provide the head a with a single central
lug at of sufficient size and strength and to construct the stick socket with a
perforated fork to fit on each side of such lug, the screw bolt being employed as
before described.
My invention is also applicable to other golf clubs than that known as the
putter, the club shown at Figures 5, 6, 7, being practically the same as a
"driver"

page_text: or "brassey," slight alterations in shape alone being involved, whilst the stick or
handle can be attached in either of the modes hereinbefore described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of said my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A golf club whose stick or handle is capable of being adjusted and fixed to
any suitable angle in relation to the head thereof, substantially as herein shown
and described and for the purposes stated.
2. A golf club having a screw stud fixed in the head and projecting from the
back thereof, and a handle socket mounted on such screw stud with capability of
being from time to time adjusted and fixed at any desired angle in relation to the
head, substantially as herein shown and described with respect to Figures 1, 2, 3,
and 4, and for the purposes stated.
3. A golf club having a perforated lug, or a pair of perforated lugs, fixed on the
top of the head, and a handle socket mounted on or between the said lug or lugs,
and capable of being adjusted and fixed at any desired angle in relation to the
head, substantially as herein shown and described with respect to Figures 5, 6, 7.
Dated this 22nd day of January 1892.
GEO. FRANCIS TWIST,
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.