Swingweight adjusted golf club shaft
View Patent ↗An improved golf club shaft and corresponding golf club is disclosed. More specifically, a golf club shaft that is capable of minimizing or eliminating swingweight variations within a golf club despite being cut down to various different lengths to accommodate the length and heads of a set of irons is disclosed. The shaft may have an internal wall profile of variable thickness to adjust for various weight and center of gravity variations of a golf club shaft as it is being cut down in length.
1. A golf club comprising:
a grip connected to a first end of said golf club;
a head connected to a second end of said golf club; and
a shaft interposed between said head and said grip containing an internal wall profile,
wherein said internal wall profile causes a moment of said shaft about a fulcrum to change from 30 gram·inches to 50 gram·inches for each half inch reduction in said shaft length for a length of no less than 2.5 inches wherein said fulcrum is located 14 inches away from said first end of said golf club and wherein said internal wall profile is sinusoidal in shape.
2. The golf club of claim 1 , wherein said half inch reduction in said shaft length is achieved by cutting said shaft at said second end of said club.
3. The golf club of claim 2 , wherein said shaft has a constant outer diameter at said second end of said golf club for a distance of from 2.5 inches to 12 inches.
4. The golf club of claim 3 , wherein said sinusoidal internal wall profile is only applicable to said constant outer diameter portion of said shaft.