Scientific golf and equipment

Abstract

A scientific method of golf employs a pendulous or near pendulous swing to hit a golf ball so that the ball flies airborne and straight, including a tee shot with a driver. A new golf club with the shaft attached to the heel of the club head as in conventional golf clubs, but with the shaft angle increased to about 65-90° is disclosed. Also disclosed are golf clubs and putters having a shaft attached at or near the center of the club or putter head.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A golf club comprising: (a) a golf club head comprising a golf club head face and a golf club head body that is connected to the golf club head face the golf club head body including a heel portion; and (b) a golf club shaft in which a distal end of the shaft is connected to the golf club head body at the heel portion, and extends at a shaft angle of from about 65 to about 90 degrees to the plane of the club head. 
     
     
         2 . The golf club of  claim 1 , wherein the shaft angle is between about 70 to about 90 degrees. 
     
     
         3 . The golf club of  claim 1 , wherein the shaft angle is between about 76 to about 82 degrees. 
     
     
         4 . A golf club comprising at least: (a) a golf club head having a golf club head face configured to strike a golf ball and a golf club head body, the golf club head face having a top, bottom, and two sides, and the golf club head body connected to the golf club head face and having a top, bottom, two sides, a front portion, and a back portion; and (b) a shaft, wherein a distal end of the shaft is attached to the top of the golf club head body near the middle or center of the club head face, and positioned from about 1 mm to about 60 mm distally from the front portion of the golf club head body in a direction toward the back portion of the golf club head body, and wherein the golf club head forms a head plane generally orthogonal to the plane of the golf club head face, the golf club shaft forms a shaft plane along its longitudinal extent, and the shaft angle comprises the angle formed by the intersection of the head plane and the shaft plane and is between about 65 to about 90 degrees. 
     
     
         5 . The golf club of  claim 4 , wherein the distal end of the shaft is attached to the top of the golf club head body and positioned from about 5 mm to about 40 mm distally from the front portion of the golf club head body. 
     
     
         6 . The golf club of  claim 4 , wherein the distal end of the shaft is attached to the top of the golf club head body and positioned from about 10 mm to about 30 mm distally from the front portion of the golf club head body. 
     
     
         7 . The golf club of  claim 4 , wherein the shaft angle is between about 70 to about 90 degrees. 
     
     
         8 . The golf club of  claim 4 , wherein the shaft angle is between about 76 to about 82 degrees. 
     
     
         9 . A golf club putter comprising at least: (a) a putter head having a putter head face configured to strike a golf ball and a putter head body, the putter head face having a top, bottom, and two sides, and the putter head body connected to the face and having a top, bottom, two sides, a front portion, and a back portion; and (b) a shaft, wherein a distal end of the shaft is attached to the top of the putter head body near the middle or center of the putter head face, and positioned from about 0.5 mm to about 15 mm distally from the front portion of the putter head body in a direction toward the back portion of the putter head body, and wherein the putter head forms a head plane generally orthogonal to the plane of the putter head face, and the putter shaft forms a shaft plane along its longitudinal extent, and the shaft angle comprises the angle formed by the intersection of the head plane and the shaft plane and is between about 80 to about 95 degrees. 
     
     
         10 . The putter of  claim 9 , wherein the distal end of the shaft is attached to the top of the putter head body and positioned from about 1 mm to about 10 mm distally from the front portion of the golf club head body. 
     
     
         11 . The putter of  claim 9 , wherein the distal end of the shaft is attached to the top of the putter head body and positioned from about 1.5 mm to about 5 mm distally from the front portion of the golf club head body. 
     
     
         12 . The golf putter of  claim 9 , wherein the shaft angle is about 90 degrees. 
     
     
         13 . The golf putter of  claim 9 , wherein the shaft angle is 80-89 degrees. 
     
     
         14 . A method of hitting a golf ball comprising:
 standing with the golf ball in front of a left foot with a right leg shoulder wide and parallel or behind a front line, wherein the front line is an imaginary line between the toes of the feet and is parallel with a line between the golf ball and a target;   holding a golf club having a shaft and clubface, wherein both hands are straight with the club shaft and the arms form a V intersecting at the shaft, and the clubface is behind the golf ball and square to the target;   swinging the golf club with a pendulous upswing at a swing angle of from about 65 to about 90 degrees to the ground and a downswing wherein both hands and arms are fully extended and the swing plane is close to the body.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the swing angle is from about 70 to about 90 degrees. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the swing angle is from about 80 to about 90.