Patent ID: 7824278

Claim:
A putter face to be inserted into a golf putter head, the putter face comprising: a plurality of pillar-shaped bodies, each said pillar-shaped body being made of a material having higher rigidity than a ball to be struck by said putter face, and each said pillar-shaped body having a contact surface for making contact with said ball, a plurality of elastic bodies, each said elastic body being attached to a respective one of the pillar-shaped bodies so as to elastically support said respective one of the pillar-shaped bodies in a normal direction of its contact surface, and each said elastic body being made of a material having lower rigidity than that of the one of said pillar-shaped bodies to which it is attached; and the plurality of pillar-shaped bodies being juxtaposed in an in-plane direction such that the contact surfaces of the plurality of pillar-shaped bodies constitute a single surface when a ball is not in contact with the contact surfaces; wherein: the plurality of pillar-shaped bodies are, slidably in the normal direction of the contact surfaces, inserted and fitted in a plurality of holes, respectively, the plurality of holes being provided in a pedestal that is provided on a side opposed to the contact surfaces so as to engage the plurality of pillar-shaped bodies with the pedestal, and the plurality of pillar-shaped bodies include engaging sections, respectively, via which the plurality of pillar-shaped bodies engage with the pedestal.