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The invention pertains to the assembly of golf clubs, and in particular, pertains to the assembly of golf clubs utilizing a longitudinally extending seam. To minimize adverse effects of bending and torsion forces on a seamed shaft when striking the ball, the shaft seam is oriented to the club face i

The invention pertains to the assembly of golf clubs, and in particular, pertains to the assembly of golf clubs utilizing a longitudinally extending seam. To minimize adverse effects of bending and torsion forces on a seamed shaft when striking the ball, the shaft seam is oriented to the club face in a predetermined orientation, and all of the shaft seams in a set of golf clubs may be oriented to provide consistent performance of the clubs of a common set.

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In a set of golf clubs consisting of a plurality of golf clubs wherein each club consists of an elongated shaft having a lower end and a club head affixed to the shaft lower end, the shaft having a circumference including an elongated longitudinal seam inherently resulting from the shaft manufacture

In a set of golf clubs consisting of a plurality of golf clubs wherein each club consists of an elongated shaft having a lower end and a club head affixed to the shaft lower end, the shaft having a circumference including an elongated longitudinal seam inherently resulting from the shaft manufacture and the assembled golf club having a front side defined by the direction of club movement during the striking of a golf ball and a rear side 180°opposite to the front side, characterized by the orientation of the shaft seam of each shaft of each golf club of the set being substantially identically oriented to its associated club head face.