Abstract: The golf club in a position of use of initially impacting a golf ball at ground level has a shaft that is joined to the hosel in a horizontal plane that is parallel to ground level and at an elevation that is the same as maximum vertical spacing of the toe from the ground level and thus the plane is at an obtuse angle to the shaft central axis. The club head includes a toe bar mounted to the club head main body rear portion and is of a greater height than its transverse width and thickness and has a center line that intersects the intersection of the shaft central axis and the shaft proximal end. The weight of the toe bar is about 15 percent to 25 percent of the total head weight and located more closely adjacent to the head toe than the head heel. Further the toe bar center line is about 2.75″ to 3.25″ from the shaft center line as measured horizontally along the head sole. The head has a balance point on a horizontal synchronized line at an elevation of normal impact with a ball.

Abstract: The golf club in a position of use of initially impacting a golf ball at ground level has a shaft that is joined to the hosel in a horizontal plane that is parallel to ground level and at an elevation that is the same as maximum vertical spacing of the toe from the ground level and thus the plane is at an obtuse angle to the shaft central axis. The club head includes a toe bar mounted to the club head main body rear portion and is of a greater height than its transverse width and thickness and has a center line that intersects the intersection of the shaft central axis and the shaft proximal end. The weight of the toe bar is about 15 percent to 25 percent of the total head weight and located more closely adjacent to the head toe than the head heel. Further the toe bar center line is about 2.75″ to 3.25″ from the shaft center line as measured horizontally along the head sole. The head has a balance point on a horizontal synchronized line at an elevation of normal impact with a ball.

Abstract: A golf training apparatus constructed in the form of a golf club and having a handle, a shaft and a head wherein the head is constructed to have an elongated rod having one end affixed to the shaft and a flat, blade-like weight affixed to the end portion of the rod opposite the shaft. The weight of the rod and blade-like weight is substantially the same as the weight of a typical golf club head, but the center of mass of the head is displaced from the axis of the shaft by a distance of at least about four inches. The blade-like weigh advantageously is somewhat rectangular in plan view with a narrowed neck portion intermediate its ends or trapezoidal with its minor and major bases extending transverse to the rod.