Golf putter and grip therefor

A golf putter comprising:

• a club head having:
• a rear cart defining a heel;
• a front part defining a toe;
• a head axis extending between the heel and the toe;
• a substantially planar sole which is arranged substantially parallel to the head axis;
• a lateral axis lying in the plane of the sole and arranged normal to the head axis;
• and a planar striking face on one lateral side of the club head, the planar striking face being arranged parallel to the head axis and substantially transverse to the sole;
• a shaft having:
• a lower end operatively rigidly attached to the club head;
• an upper end disposed upwardly and rearwardly from the lower end;
• and a longitudinal axis extending between the upper end and the lower end, the longitudinal axis being disposed at an angle of 10-20° to a plane which is normal to the head axis and lying in a plane that is arranged substantially normal to the sole and includes the head axis;
• and
• an elongate handle having a first end disposed substantially longitudinally upwardly from the upper end of the shaft and extending therefrom substantially longitudinally, downwardly to a second end operatively rigidly attached to the upper end of the shaft and contiguous therewith, the handle being provided on its front, intermediate the first end and the second end, with a substantially flat thumb-receiving surface having a profile arranged substantially parallel to the lateral axis, and with the thumb-receiving surface arranged substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis, and further being provided with a pair of substantially flat finger-receiving surfaces which are disposed, adjacent the second end, on opposite lateral sides of the handle and arranged substantially normal to the thumb-receiving surface, wherein the handle tapers in lateral width and in thickness as it extends from the first end to the second end, and wherein the rates of taper in lateral width and in thickness are more pronounced adjacent the second end, thereby to define a substantially pointed portion of the handle including the second end and a body portion adjacent to the pointed portion, wherein the thumb-receiving surface is formed on the body portion of the handle, and wherein the finger-receiving surfaces are formed on the pointed portion of the handle;
• wherein the handle is shaped and dimensioned to be gripped by the hands of a user in a grip wherein:
• the thumbs of the user point substantially towards the club head and are disposed in side-by-side relation upon the thumb-receiving surface:
• the index finger of each hand lies against the thumb of each hand and against a respective one of the finger-receiving surfaces;
• the tips of the middle fingers of said hands touch one another and lie against the rear of the handle, with portions of the middle finger of each hand lying against the index finger of said each hand;
• and the ring and small fingers of the hands are intertwined.