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If One Shaft is Good Then Two Shafts Must Be Better?. Right? The Wedge and Putter Edition

By David Dawsey PE Esq

Back in December I wrote a POST about a dual shafted driver. Never did I think that I would be writing a post about a two shafted putter and wedge just a few months later.

I recently discovered USPN 5547196 titled ?Two-Shafted Golf Wedge Club and Method for Using Same.? Check out these clubs!

Now for the explanation?. The patent explains:

The present invention is directed to a golf putter club for training a golfer to repeatedly putt using a constant putting stroke and a method for using the same. The constant putting stroke is defined by the movement of the shoulders of the golfer in a pendulum motion. A putter head body having a heel, a top and a ball striking face is provided. A connecting neck is affixed to the top of the putter head body and rigidly couples first and second hosels to the top of the putter head body. The first hosel has a first proximate end attached to the neck and a second opposing end sized and configured to rigidly hold a connecting end of a first shaft in a fixed position relative to the putter head body. The second hosel has a first proximate end attached to the neck and a second opposing end sized and configured to rigidly hold a connecting end of a second shaft in a fixed position relative to the putter head body. The first and second hosels are angled relative to each other such that the first and second shafts extend therefrom with a desired angle that helps train the golfer to repeatedly putt using the constant putting stroke when the first and second shafts are simultaneously and respectively gripped by the first and second hands of the golfer. The desired angle is less than 180 degrees and remains fixed during the putting stroke.

In accordance with a further aspect, the present invention is directed to a golf pitching wedge for training a golfer to repeatedly swing the wedge using a constant chipping swing and a method for using the same. The constant chipping swing is defined by the movement of the shoulders of the golfer in a pendulum motion. A wedge-shaped club head having a top and a ball striking face is provided. A first hosel has a first end coupled to the top of the club head and a second end for rigidly holding a connecting end of a first shaft in a fixed position relative to the club head. A second hosel has a first end coupled to the top of the club head and a second end for rigidly holding a connecting end of a second shaft in a fixed position relative to the club head. The first and second hosels are angled relative to each other such that the first and second shafts extend therefrom with a desired angle that helps the golfer to repeatedly swing using the constant chipping swing when the first and second shafts are simultaneously and respectively gripped by the first and second hands of the golfer. The desired angle is less than 180 degrees and remains fixed during the pitching swing.

In accordance with a still further aspect, the present invention is directed to a golf club for striking a golf ball lying on a playing surface using a golf swing defined by movement of a golfer's shoulders in a pendulum motion. A golf club head having a top and a ball striking face is provided. A hosel with a first end coupled to the top of the head and a second end for rigidly holding a connecting end of a shaft in a fixed position relative to the golf club head is also provided. A grip is affixed to the shaft for grasping with the golfer's hands the club during the golf swing. The shaft is angled relative to the ball striking face such that the golfer's hands are positioned in front of an imaginary plane when the ball striking face impacts the golf ball during the golf swing. The imaginary plane passes through the golf ball perpendicular to the playing surface, and is perpendicular to a reference line passing through the golfer's shoulders.

There may be something to this invention, but boy would you get some odd looks from fellow golfers on the practice green.

Dave Dawsey  - Keeping an Eye on Golf Teaching Inventions

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Full post as published by Golf Patents on March 10, 2009 (boomark / email).