Patent ID: 7670234

Claim:
A golf club system comprising: a golf club having shaft and a club head, the head having a top portion and a rearward portion and side portions and a bottom portion and a ball striking portion, the ball striking portion having a generally continuous ovoid configuration having an edge having an uppermost portion and lower most portion and two side portions being a heel and a toe, the golf ball striking portion having an associated lip located above the golf ball striking portion, the lip being formed by the uppermost extent of the top edge of the ball striking portion and an upwards protrusion of the top portion, the upwards protrusion has a sloping contour, the lip extending along the upper edge of the ball striking portion from the sideward-most extent at the toe of the club to the sideward-most extent at the heel of the club, the sloping contour slopes downward, the top portion having a place of head-to-shaft attachment known as a hosel with the place of head-to-shaft attachment being located on the heel side of the club in line with the uppermost edge of the ball striking portion and to the side of the ball striking portion, the ball striking portion having a predetermined angle from a vertical line, the bottom portion having a lowermost portion when the ball striking portion is at the predetermined angle, with the lowermost portion of the bottom portion of the club and the lowermost edge of the ball striking portion being essentially the same when the ball striking portion is at the predetermined angle.