A lofted iron golf club, such as a pitching wedge, has a substantially rectangular head or blade with substantially parallel top and bottom edges arranged so that the top edge is visible to the golfer to facilitate alignment of the club for the intended flight path of the ball even when the lower portion of the blade is buried in the grass. The toe and heel ends of the head or blade have substantially the same height to provide an enhanced size striking face. The head or blade has a hosel joined...

An electronic calculator is disclosed for use in golf play and includes a keyboard providing a number of keys or switches representative of digits and commands. A preprogrammed microprocessor functions in combination with the keyboard and memory means to store various data on players, courses, and contest arrangements for the players. Further manipulation of the keys provides commands to the microprocessor for performing predetermined computations on the data, and a display receives the results ...

A golf tee for improved straighter golf ball flight when hit therefrom including an adhesive means applied to all or a portion of the socket portion of the head for adherence to the golf ball placed thereon. Golf ball adhesion to the head of this golf tee provides the anti-spin characteristics necessary to reduce ball "hook" or "slice". The preferred adhesive means is a double-sided tape, however, any adhesive means may be applied on the socket of a conventional tee, the adhesive then covered to...

The full service golf bag includes a rigid body with a separate tube for the shaft of each club and a deck with cradles shaped to fit the respective club heads. The tubes are shaped to frictionally retain the clubs by their handgrips. An adjustable retainer clip for the putter is shown, as are specially designed compartments for all usual golfing accessories such as shoes, rake/retriever, thermos, umbrella, towel, balls and the like. A rigid, removable cover is provided over the upper end of the...

A putter having a soft elastomeric striking face is described. The elastomer of the striking face has a hardness of at least 70 Durometer A and a hardness less than the hardness of a golf ball, and a high resiliency with controlled dampening. This hardness permits penetration of a golf ball into the elastomer when a ball is stroked with the elastomeric face, and the resiliency and controlled dampening causes the stroked ball to rebound from the face at a distance at least as great as the distanc...

A portable seat has pairs of rigid projections depending from the underside thereof with facing cut-out portions of each pair defining means for removably mounting the seat on golf cart wheels of various sizes.

An improved golf cart is provided which comprises a frame bearing a seat having a high back, a pair of rear wheels flanking the seat and a front wheel, a set of foot cranks, a drive chain interconnecting the foot cranks and rear wheels, a steering assembly and a golf bag rack behind the back seat. To the upper part of the back rest are attached rearwardly extending rollers so that the cart can be tilted up to rest and ride on the rear wheels and rollers for compact storage and transport of the c...

A golf ball having a large carry having a core, a rubber thread layer and a cover layer, in which the rubber thread is composed of a rubber composition consisting essentially of 100 parts by weight of natural rubber and/or cis-1,4-polyisoprene and 2-20 parts by weight of carbon black.

A solid golf ball consisting of a core, an intermediate layer and a cover, said core having a diameter of not more than 32 mm and a specific gravity of not less than 1.50 and being a composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a polybutadiene rubber, 10 to 50 parts by weight of zinc acrylate or methacrylate, 10 to 150 parts by weight of zinc oxide and 1 to 5 parts by weight of a cross-linking or curing agent; said intermediate layer having a thickness of 3.2 to 5.4 mm and being a composition c...

A two-wheeled cart incorporating an upstanding frame is provided and includes a lower horizontal platform projecting rearward of the frame for supporting a golf bag and an upper forwardly projecting retractable handle assembly. Opposite side portions of the cart support swingably retractable horizontal supports and one of the supports is designed to have a cooler supported therefrom while the other support mounts a seat cushion. The handle of the cart includes a ball carrier as well as score pad...