Patent ID: RE39178

Claim:
A high impact golf club for compromising perimeter weighting and ball impact force, comprising: a golf clubhead, a shaft connected to the golf clubhead, said golf clubhead including a metallic alloy body having a ball striking face wall, a top wall extending rearwardly from the face wall, a toe wall extending rearwardly from the face wall, a heel wall extending rearwardly from the face wall, a hosel for receiving the shaft extending into the body, all of said walls being substantially thinner in thickness than length to define a perimeter weighted clubhead, and means to increase the rigidity of, to increase the natural frequency of, and to transfer head weight to the ball striking face wall including a narrow power member constructed of a metallic alloy, and extending generally rearwardly therein, said power member being integrally connected to the clubhead at a rear portion thereof and integrally connected at a forward end thereof to the ball striking area of the face wall, an annular retainer formed integrally with and projecting a substantial distance rearwardly from the ball striking face wall, said narrow power member being seated within the retainer, and means to integrally join the forward end of the power shaft to the retainer.