Stable golf putter head with enhanced moment of inertia
Briefly, a putter head is provided that concentrates the weight of the putter head at the far ends of the heel and toe of the putter head. The putter head has an ultralight putter body that includes a putter face and a shank for attaching a putter shaft. The ultralight putter body has an axially aligned heel cavity and toe cavity that are constructed to receive weights. The heel weight and toe weights are very dense, and constructed to be received into the respective weight cavity of the light putter body. Due to the extreme concentration of weight at the fare ends of the heel and toe of the putter head, the putter face has exceptional rotational stability with a substantially larger sweet spot than known putter heads. The weights may be provided as changeable weight pairs, such that the overall weight and balance of the putter head may be adjusted, while maintaining the position of the sweet spot.
1. A putter head, comprising:
A putter body having a ball face and shaft connector, the putter body having a heel end and a toe end;
a heel weight cavity and a toe weight cavity in the ends of the putter body;
a weight set removably received into the cavities further comprising:
a heel weight having a heel flange, a heel gasket, and a heel connector constructed to removably fix the heel weight into the heel cavity and to compress the heel gasket between the putter body and the heel flange;
a toe weight having a toe flange, a toe gasket and a toe connector constructed to removably fix the heel weight into the toe cavity and to compress the toe gasket between the putter body and the toe flange; and
wherein (1) the weight of the weight set is more than about 60% of the weight of the putter head, (2) the heel flange extends outside the heel cavity and the toe flange extends outside the toe cavity and (3) a face of the heel flange and a face of the toe flange form a portion of the ball face.
2. The putter head according to claim 1 , wherein the weight of the weight set is in the range of about 60% to 80% of the weight of the putter head.
3. The putter head according to claim 2 , wherein the weight of the weight set is in the range of about 200 grams to about 300 grams.
4. The putter head according to claim 2 , wherein the weight of the putter body is in the range of about 100 grams to about 150 grams.
5. The putter head according to claim 1 , wherein toe weight is heavier than the heel weight.
6. The putter head according to claim 1 , wherein the heel weight and the toe weight are connected to be aligned with a center of gravity axis of the putter body.
7. The putter head according to claim 1 , wherein the heel connector and toe connector are threaded screws.
8. The putter head according to claim 1 , wherein the putter body is substantially made from an aluminum alloy, and the toe and heel weights are substantially made from Tungsten.
9. The putter head according to claim 1 , wherein the ball face has an effective sweet spot over 10 mm in diameter.
10. A putter head, comprising:
a putter body having a ball face and shaft connector, the putter body having a heel end and a toe end;
a heel weight constructed to be removabley coupled to the far heel end of the putter body with a heel connector a flange portion of the heel weight extending from the far heel end;
a heel gasket that can be compressed between the heel flange and the far heel end by the heel connector;
a toe weight constructed to be removabley coupled to the far toe end of the putter body with a toe connector a flange portion of the toe weight extending from the far toe end;
a toe gasket that can be compressed between the toe flange and the far toe end by the toe connector;
wherein the combined weight of the heel weight and the toe weight is more than about 60% of the weight of the putter head.
11. The putter head according to claim 10 , wherein the combined weight of the heel weight and the toe weight is in the range of about 60% to 80% of the weight of the putter head.
12. The putter head according to claim 10 , wherein the ball face has an effective sweet spot over 10 mm in diameter.
13. The putter head according to claim 10 , wherein the portion of the heel weight extending from the far heel end and the portion of the toe weight extending from the far toe end each form a portion of the ball face.
14. The putter head according to claim 10 , wherein:
the heel end has a heel cavity and the toe end has a toe cavity;
a portion of the heel weight is removably fixed into the heel cavity with the heel connector, and
a portion of the toe weight is removably fixed into the toe cavity with the toe connector.
15. The putter head according to claim 14 , wherein the heel connector is a threaded screw and the toe connector is a threaded screw.
16. A putter kit, comprising:
a putter body having a ball face and shaft connector, the putter body having a heel end and a toe end;
a heel screw and a heel gasket;
a toe screw and a toe gasket;
a set of heel weights, each heel weight constructed to removably coupled to the putter body with the heel screw to provide a far-end heel weight, at least a flange portion of the far end heel weight extending from the heel end and the heel screw compresses the heel gasket between the putter body and the flange portion of the heel weight;
a set of toe weights, each toe weight constructed to couple to the toe connector of the putter body with the toe screw to provide a far-end toe weight, at least a flange portion of the far end toe weight extending from the toe end and the toe screw compresses the toe gasket between the putter body and the flange portion of the toe weight;
wherein the combined weight of (1) the far-end toe weight and (2) the far-end heel weight is more than about 60% of the combined weight of (1) the far-end toe weight, (2) the far-end heel weight and (3) the weight of the putter body.
17. The putter head kit according to claim 16 , wherein the combined weight of (1) the far-end toe weight and (2) the far-end heel weight is in the range of about 60% to 80% of the combined weight of (1) the far-end toe weight, (2) the far-end heel weight and (3) the weight of the putter body.
18. The putter head kit according to claim 16 , wherein each heel weight in the set of heel weights is a different weight and each toe weight in the set of toe weights is a different weight.
19. The putter head kit according to claim 16 , wherein the toe screw is constructed to couple only one toe weight at a time, and the heel screw is constructed to couple only one heel weight at a time.
20. The putter head according to claim 16 , wherein the ball face has an effective sweet spot over 10 mm in diameter.
21. The putter head according to claim 16 , wherein:
the heel end has a heel cavity and the toe end has a toe cavity;
a portion of the heel weight is removably set into the heel end with the heel screw, and
a portion of the toe weight is removably set into the toe end with the toe screw.