Abstract: A golf club, in particular a putter, having a shaft and having a club head that has an impact face extending substantially parallel to the axis of the shaft, in which the shaft is oriented substantially perpendicular to the sole of the club head and has a length such that it can be positioned along an arm of the golfer with an end approximately at the level of the golfer's chest and held pivoting thereat by the hand of the other arm. The shaft can be grasped by the hand of the arm along which the shaft is positioned and swung back and forth with the arm about the end as a pivot point. The club head may be formed with back and side impact faces.