Patent ID: 6979269

Claim:
A combination chipper and putter golf club which comprises: a. a club head having a generally flat upper surface and having a vertical ball putting side surface and an opposing, angled ball chipping side surface, said club head having a bore formed therethrough perpendicular to said upper surface; b. hosel having an elongate, generally flat club head attachment region and an upwardly angled club shaft region, said club head attachment region having a depending shaft region sized for being received into said club head bore; c. detent means configured for releasably retaining said hosel in either of two, 180 degree apart, positions relative to said club head according to the ball striking surface to be used; d. means disposed in said bore for urging said hosel club head attachment region against said club head upper surface with the hosel received in a selected one of said detent positions, while enabling said hosel to be lifted from said club head a distance sufficient to thereby enable the hosel to be pivoted 180 degrees to the other one of said detent positions; e. said means for urging said hosel club head attachment region against said club head upper surface including a tension spring disposed in said bore, said spring being attached in a normally stretched condition between a lower end of the hosel depending shaft region and a plug closing a lower end of the club head bore; and f. an elongate tube extension fixed to said hosel depending shaft region, said tube extension being sized to closely fit into, and rotate in, said club head bore.