from the vertical axis application_number US 10892093 A description during the course of this description like numbers will be used to identify like elements according to the different figures which illustrate the invention fig1 a illustrates the putter of the present invention including shaft 2 shaft 2 can be formed of steel and can be two feet 11 inches long being tapered in diameter from about 1 inch at the upper end to about 5 8 inch at the lower end the terminal quarter inch of shaft 2 being screw threaded or soldered or otherwise secured in normal relation to the curved side of cylindrical hub 7 through the lateral bore 7b as shown in fig2 preferably annular cylindrical hub 7 is 15 16 inch in outer diameter 3 4 inch thick and has a central bore 7a 1 4 inch in diameter as well as lateral bore 7b and weighs about one ounce the upper end of the shaft in the present embodiment is preferably encased for an axial length of about 103 4 inches with a gripping sleeve 2a gripping sleeve 2a is preferably formed of an elastomer such as hard rubber or neoprene the surface of gripping sleeve 2 is engraved with.