A golf club adapted for assembly/dissassembly includes a cylindrical coupler with a lower part inserted permanently in the lower hollow shaft and which has a shoulder abutting the top of the lower shaft. The upper part of the coupler has internal threading cooperating with external threads on a solid shaft inserted in the upper hollow shaft. A projection on the upper part of the coupler cooperates with a cut-out in the upper hollow shaft to provide alignment of the grip and head of the club when the solid shaft is screwed into the coupler by using a knob or shoulder on the upper end of the solid shaft that tightens against the grip.
A set of golf clubs has a detachable shaft portion such that a whole set of clubs can be utilized with a single top shaft element which can be firmly but removably attached to a shortened shaft portion provided with each club head. A carrying bag is provided for the clubs and shaft, this bag having a plurality of tubular receptacles, one for each club or shaft. A row of such receptacles is attached to each of the sides of the bag. The receptacles in each row have successively greater lengths and are arranged to form a stepped configuration so that the clubs will when installed in their receptacles have their heads in different levels in the bag for easy selection. A third row of receptacles are attached to each other and at one end of the row connected by a flexible connector to the rear of the bag so that the entire row will pivot both to facilitate selection of the clubs and to provide a compact assembly for carrying. The receptacles have caps on their ends with resilient finger portions to hold the clubs in a central position therein.
An extendible shaft apparatus for golf clubs has a shaft of a golf club slidingly enclosed within a tubular handle member. A gripping means, on one end of the tubular handle member, releasably grips the shaft of the golf club. The gripping means has a threaded male locking member, at least two first apertures, in the male locking member that form at least two flexible first finger members. A threaded female locking member adjustably, threadingly and releasingly engages with the male locking member. At least one shaft guide and alignment bushing has an outside surface intimately engaging an inner wall of the tubular handle member and an inside surface slidingly engaging the shaft of the golf club. The threaded female locking member has a textured gripping surface on an outer wall. There may be a golf ball retrieving head on another end of the tubular handle member releasably grips a golf ball. The golf ball retrieving head has a base member. At least two second apertures, in the base member, form at least two second flexible finger members. A base member locking protrusion releasingly locks the base member to the end of the tubular handle member.
A golf putter is provided having a head and shaft. The head is provided with spaced-apart weights which extend at least about 35% of the maximum distance between the front face and back edge of the head. The shaft enters the head at a point at least about 65% of the length of the putter away from the front face. The shaft is angled toward the front face of the head and toward a user grasping the shaft.
A golf putter is provided having a head and shaft. The shaft enters the head at a point at least about 70% of the length of the putter away from the front face. The shaft is angled about 10.degree. to about 20.degree. toward the front face of the head and angled about 10.degree. to about 20.degree. toward a user grasping the shaft.
A changeable grip 20 for a shock imparting implement grip has a body 22, ferrule element 24, and a sleeve 26. The body 22 and sleeve 26 portions of the grip are threadably connected to the ferrule element 24 which is attached to the shaft 14 of a shock imparting implement.
