Tail-heavy putter

A golf putter comprising an elongate shaft including a longitudinal center line defining a shaft axis, a putter head rigidly connected to one end of a shaft axis, hand grip means at the other end of the shaft, said putter head including a flat putter face, a toe section and a tail section spaced from said shaft axis, said shaft being upwardly inclined toward the tail section to define an instantaneous swing axis perpendicular to the longitudinal shaft axis thereby spacing the swing axis a greater distance from the toe section than the distance between the swing axis and the tail section for moving the toe section at a velocity greater than the tail section during translational and rotational motion of the putter as it strikes a golf balls and wherein;

• said golf putter head includes a recess extending from a rear surface of the putter head toward said putter face, said recess being defined by a front wall generally parallel and spaced from the putter face, a pair of spaced end walls, a bottom wall and an open rear area, said shaft having a lower end rigidly connected to said front wall of the recess and said bottom wall of the recess, said lower end of said shaft extending above the putter head and including a forwardly offset portion spaced above the putter head, said forwardly offset portion terminating in an elongated upper portion of the shaft oriented forwardly of the putter face to enable a golfer to observe the relation between the putter face and rear portion of a golf ball as the putter face approaches and strikes the golf ball.