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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2009
Hiroaki Fujimoto, Kobe, JP;
Hiroaki Fujimoto, Kobe, JP;
SRI Sports Limited, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
A golf club () according to the present invention includes a head (), a shaft () and a grip (). A maximum thickness portion of the grip () is present within a range of 3 to 8 mm from a butt end. When the closest position to a tip side in the maximum thickness portion is set to be a reference position (K), a position placed apart from the reference position (K) toward the tip side by 20 mm is set to be a position (A), a position placed apart from the reference position (K) toward the tip side by 30 mm is set to be a position (B), a position placed apart from the reference position (K) toward the tip side by 50 mm is set to be a position (C), and a position placed apart from the reference position (K) toward the tip side by 200 mm is set to be a position (D), a taper ratio (T) between the reference position (K) and the position (A) is equal to or higher than 0.255 and is equal to or lower than 0.270, a taper ratio (T) between the position (B) and the position (C) is equal to or higher than 0.045 and is equal to or lower than 0.060, and a taper ratio (T) between the position (C) and the position (D) is equal to or higher than 0.015 and is equal to or lower than 0.035.