Patent ID: 8062148

Claim:
A golf putter, comprising: an elongated putter shaft; and a putter head attached at or near an end of the putter shaft, the putter head including: an attachment interface for attachment to the putter shaft, the attachment interface defining a shaft axis with which the shaft is aligned when attached to the putter head; a front face suitable to strike a golf ball; and a rear face, oriented opposite the front face; the rear face including a spine support, coupled to or formed integrally therewith, the spine support having a substantially continuous curvature; the spine support gradually decreasing in depth, relative to the front face, across the rear face in directions orthogonal to the putter shaft axis; wherein a weight distribution plane is defined parallel to and collinear with the shaft axis, and wherein an overall depth of the putter head is substantially constant from heel to toe of the putter forward of the weight distribution plane, and gradually increases from the heel of the putter to the apex and gradually decreases from the apex to the toe of the putter rearward of the weight distribution plane.