In the game of golf, the conventional address position in which the player sets the head of the golf club behind the ball ready to play, is not the same as the optimum impact position when impacting with and hitting the ball during play. The present invention provides a golf club which facilitates the minimisation of the difference between these positions, to facilitate the reaching of an optimum impact position upon swinging. Accordingly, the disclosed golf club comprises an elongated shaft having a grip at a first longitudinal end thereof; a club head coupled to a second longitudinal end of the elongate shaft, the club head comprising a sole and a ball striking face. The sole is oriented relative to the shaft, where with the shaft in a vertical plane address position, the sole is positioned at an angle with respect to a horizontal line perpendicular to the vertical plane address position. The golf club further has an elongate marker comprising a longitudinal axis oriented such that, when sole of the golf club lies substantially parallel to a first plane of the ground, the longitudinal axis of the elongate marker extends in a second plane defined by a first vector in a direction substantially parallel to a normal of the face of the club head. The elongate marker is located at least partially on the connection portion and located on an uppermost surface of the club head so that the elongate marker appears to a user as a straight line parallel to the first plane of the ground when the golf club shaft is inclined forward from the first vector within said second plane. The longitudinal axis of the elongate marker is arranged to extend in a direction substantially parallel to the first vector when the angle of the forwardly-inclined golf club shaft is within said plane and such that the angle of the forwardly-inclined golf club shaft relative to the first vector is between approximately 3 degrees and approximately 30 degrees.
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