Abstract: A golf club head having a body defining a heel, toe, top wall, sole defining a bottom wall, and a front wall defining an upwardly and rearwardly inclined front face, and comprising the body defining a forwardly extending main recess located rearwardly of the front wall; and the body also defining an undercut recess located directly rearwardly of the front wall and extending outwardly from the main recess toward at least three of the following:i) the top wallii) the bottom walliii) the toeiv) the heel;the body having at least one elongated slit therein extending generally parallel to the front face and spaced rearwardly therefrom, the slit intersecting an outer surface defined by the body.

Abstract: A golf club having a head and a shaft defining an axis, the head having a heel, a toe, a top, and a bottom, an improved connection of the shaft to the head comprising a socket associated with the head, the socket having inner wall structure extending in the direction of the axis, and with annular wall portions relatively angled at axially successive locations in the direction, at least one of the wall portions providing a locally camming surface; the shaft having a lower end portion forcibly received endwise into the socket, and collapsed at least in part toward the axis in response to the forcible reception of the shaft lower end portion into the socket, and against the camming surface; the wall structure forming with the shaft lower end portion a clearance axially offset from-the camming surface for reception of adhesive to contact the shaft lower end portion and to cure and adhere the shaft lower end portion to the wall structure.

Abstract: A golf putter for use with a putter shaft supporting a head, the head comprising in combination a putter body having a heel, toe, sole defining a bottom wall, and a ball striking front face, the body elongated between the heel and toe; a control rail projecting downwardly from the bottom wall, the rail being elongated in a direction between the heel and toe to engage the turf as the putter is placed downwardly on a golf green, and in a manner to stabilize the head against twist during the head downward placement, and the rail spaced rearwardly from the front face along the major length of the rail.

Abstract: A golf club head having a body defining a heel, toe, top wall, sole defining a bottom wall, and a front wall defining an upwardly and rearwardly inclined front face, and comprising the body defining a forwardly extending main recess located rearwardly of the front wall; and the body also defining an undercut recess located directly rearwardly of the front wall and extending outwardly from the main recess toward one or more of the following:i) the top wallii) the bottom wallii ) the toeiv) the heel;and structure on said front wall and located forwardly of the main recess for attenuating audible vibration created when a golf ball is struck by the front face.

Abstract: A golf club head comprising a bottom shell defining a hollow interior and having a hosel, and walls defining a ball striking front face, a toe and a heel; and a particle or piece getter within the interior and adherent to at least one of the walls; the getter comprising a substance presenting to the hollow interior a surface which remains tacky during use of the club head to strike golf balls, thereby to capture pieces or particles therein by adherence to the surface.

Abstract: A golf club head having a body defining a heel, toe, top wall, sole, and a front wall defining an upwardly and rearwardly inclined front face in ball-addressing position of the head, and comprisinga) said body defining a forwardly extending main recess located rearwardly of said front wall,b) and said body having upper and lower projections extending rearwardly from said front wall above and below said main recess, said projections being rearwardly elongated and said recess being horizontally elongated in said ball-addressing position of the head.

Abstract: A golf club head having a body defining a heel, toe, top wall, sole and a front wall defining an upwardly and rearwardly inclined front face and rear face, the body defining a forwardly extending main recess located rearwardly of the front wall; and the body also defining an undercut recess located directly rearwardly of the front wall rear face and extending outwardly from the main recess toward the top wall and toward the bottom wall, adjacent the rear face, the rear face having a slant height dimension D.sub.1 between uppermost and lowermost extents of the undercut recess in a vertical plane, and the front wall having a slant height dimension D.sub.2 between uppermost and lowermost extents thereof in the plane, where:90<D.sub.1 /D.sub.2 <0.95.

Abstract: An improvement in iron golf clubs in which an unusually short, hollow hosel is provided thereby reducing weight of hosel and bridge that can be redistributed to the blade to increase the momentum that can be imparted to a golf ball. The hosel is disposed at the heel end of the blade lapping the heel end from the upper edge of the heel end downwardly, there being no bridge between the blade and the hosel below the hosel, the hosel extending from a level above the top of the blade down to the sole, the hosel having a through bore of constant diameter extending from the top of the hosel down through the sole. The lower end of the hosel, in developmental view of the sole taken from below, extending at an obtuse angle forwardly from the heel end of the blade in the manner of a dog-leg. A shaft fixedly secured in the bore and extending completely to the sole.

Abstract: A metallic, golf club head having a hollow interior, comprising a ball-striking front wall and the head having walls at the top, bottom, rear, heel and toe of the head; the front wall having variable thickness.

Abstract: A golf putter for use with a putter shaft supporting a head, the head comprising in combination a putter body having a heel, toe, sole defining a bottom wall, and a ball striking front face, the body elongated between the heel and toe; a control rail projecting downwardly from the bottom wall, the rail being elongated in a direction between the heel and toe to engage the turf as the putter is placed downwardly on a golf green, and in a manner to stabilize the head against twist during the head downward placement, and the rail spaced rearwardly from the front face along the major length of the rail.

Abstract: A golf club head comprising toe and heel portions, a front wall defining a ball-striking face, and top and bottom walls, the bottom wall characterized as having a medial ridge, and as forming two shallow recesses, one recess between the ridge and the heel portion, and the other recess between the ridge and the toe portion, the recesses everywhere spaced rearwardly from the front wall, the one recess having an arcuate peripheral edge generally convex toward the heel portion, and the other recess having an arcuate peripheral edge generally convex toward the toe portion.

Abstract: A golf club head having a body defining a heel, toe, top wall, sole defining a bottom wall, and a front wall defining an upwardly and rearwardly inclined front face, and comprising the body defining a forwardly extending main recess located rearwardly of the front wall; and the body also defining an undercut recess located directly rearwardly of the front wall and extending outwardly from the main recess toward at least three of the following:i) the top wallii) the bottom walliii) the toeiv) the heel;the body having at least one elongated slit therein extending generally parallel to the front face and spaced rearwardly therefrom, the slit intersecting an outer surface defined by the body.

Abstract: A golf club head having a body defining a heel, toe, top wall, sole and a front wall defining an upwardly and rearwardly inclined front face comprising the body defining a forwardly extending main recess located rearwardly of the front wall; and the body also defining an undercut recess located directly rearwardly of the front wall and extending outwardly from the main recess toward at least three of the following:i) the top wallii) the bottom walliii) the toeiv) the heel.

Abstract: A golf club having a head and a shaft, an improved connection of the shaft to the head comprising a socket associated with the head, the socket having an inner wall tapering in an endwise direction generally toward the bottom of the head; the shaft having a lower end portion with circularly spaced cantilevered sections, and endwise extending slots formed between the sections; the cantilevered sections forcibly received endwise into the socket causing the sections to be deflected by the socket inner wall to reduce the width of the slots proximate lower ends of the sections closest to the bottom of the head.