The universal golf putter comprises a head having a center axis of symmetry and a weight of at least ten ounces. The head is characterized by a striking face, a heel and a toe extending rearwardly from the opposite sides of the striking face and a center of gravity symmetrically located behind the striking face. A curved sole rearwardly extends from the striking face and smoothly blends at the opposite ends thereof with the heel and toe. A bridge part spans between the striking face, the heel an...

A golf tee, comprising an elongated shank member, an enlarged, cupped head member attached to one end of the shank member for supporting a golf ball thereon, and a limiting member attached to the shank member for limiting the extent of insertion of the shank member into the ground to locate the cupped head member at a determined level above ground level and for releasably attaching the golf tee to a golf club shaft when the golf tee is not being utilized, the limiting member including an elongat...

An improved golf ball having a thread-wound central core and an outer cover is provided. The outer cover is composed of a composition comprising (a) at least one ionomer which is a copolymer of at least one .alpha.-olefin and at least one .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid to which copolymer at least one metal ion selected from the group consisting of monovalent, divalent and trivalent metal ions is added and (b) at least one polyester elastomer, the content, in said composition, of said...

A golf tee is disclosed herein having an elongated shaft formed with a tapered and pointed end intended to be forcibly inserted into the ground. The opposite end of the shaft is provided with a double headed cup arrangement for supporting a conventional golf ball. Each cup is formed with a hemispherical surface corresponding to the contour of a golf ball. The apex or center of one such surface lying on the longitudinal axis of the shaft and the other such surface having its apex or center at a f...

A golf glove having a palm portion, a wrist portion adjacent one end of the palm portion and a finger portion on an opposite end of the palm portion includes a first elongated pad secured to the palm portion and extended diagonally thereacross at a position adjacent to the finger portion and at an angle with respect to the finger portion. A second elongated pad is secured to the palm portion and extended diagonally thereacross in parallel spaced relationship to the first elongated pad so as to c...

A golf club arrangement provided with means for "reading" the green. The shaft of the golf club is provided with at least a transparent portion extending in the longitudinal direction thereof. The transparent portion has an indicia such as an opaque line extending along the longitudinal direction and may be either on the surface or internal the transparent portion of the shaft. When the club is held vertically and the green observed through the transparent portion the natural lie of the grass ca...

A golf putter including a club body and a shaft connected to the club body. The club body includes a shaft connecting means on the top of the club body, a lower surface with convex side edge portions, a planar putting front surface with its center positioned half way between the side edge portions, a rear golf ball retrieval-retainer structure, and a ball marker depositing and retrieving member. The shaft includes an upper handle and a lower portion that is connected to the shaft connecting join...

A golf putter including a shaft and an integral ball striking head so configured that a player utilizing the putter is automatically caused to place his hands on the handle of the shaft in a region forward of the ball about to be struck. For this purpose, the ball striking head is provided with a pair of parallel lower base elements transverse to the longitudinal axis of the shaft, one adjacent to a forward face of the club head, and one adjacent to the rearward face of the club head. When the s...

A golf club putter is provided with a head having an elongated rod-like weight extending transversely of the axis of the club shaft in a front to rear direction with a ball impacting front face and toe and heel wings radiating from diametrically opposite sides of the transversely extending weight rod each with bottom faces above the bottom of the weight rod to accommodate lateral rocking of the club throughout a wide angle without rubbing against the putting surface and turning the ball impactin...

A golf ball having an intermediate layer of thermoplastic resin between a thread-wound central core and an outer polyester elastomer layer. The thermoplastic resin has a substantial melt flow initiation temperature of 160.degree. C. or less, the substantial melt flow initiation temperature being the minimum temperature at which the melt index under a load of 4350 g. becomes 1 g/10 mins or more, and has a high adhesion property to the polyester elastomer cover. It is preferable that the thermopla...