Patent ID: 7144330

Claim:
A set of golf clubs with offset shafts comprising: a set of golf clubs each club of said set having: a golf club head with a substantially planar golf ball engaging surface and a hosel; a golf club shaft with: a first shaft segment attached to and extending up from said hosel of said golf club head along a first imaginary line, to a first bend; a second shaft segment extending off at said first bend from said first shaft segment at a first predetermined angle of divergence to a second bend; a third shaft segment extending, along a second imaginary line, off at said second bend from said second shaft segment at a second predefined angle of divergence; wherein said first imaginary line of said first shaft segment is parallel to said second imaginary line of said third shaft segment and said golf club shaft is positioned with respect to said golf club head such that an extension of said second imaginary line towards said golf club head projects to a position closer to a center of said golf club head than a projection of said first imaginary line towards said golf club head; and wherein for each club the second and third shaft segments are in a forward offset in a position forward of an impact surface of said club; wherein the degree of forward offset for each club increases with increasing club number.