Putter golf club with rearwardly positioned shaft

A putter golf club comprising a head and a shaft which is inserted into said head,

• said head having a front face having a height and a maximum width, a back edge, a top surface and a bottom surface,
• said head comprising a mallet shape and having a maximum length between said back edge and said front face, said maximum length being slightly less than said maximum width,
• said shaft being positioned in a rearward position closer to the back edge than the front face and entering the head at a compound angle wherein the shaft is angled slightly toward the front face of the head and slightly toward the user of the putter,
• said shaft having a longitudinal centerline, the portion of said centerline positioned within said head having a midpoint positioned equidistant from said top surface of said head and a shaft bottom surface positioned within said head, and
• said midpoint being positioned a distance less than about 10% of the maximum width of said front face from a vertical plane extending through a center point of said front face.