up, then curve back toward the heel.

The next type of curved shaft is the double bend. It is designed strictly to create an offset to the putter. The putter that will use a double bend shaft will already have the lie angle bored into it, but with the offset, the hands are pressed forward. To install the bend properly, the shaft will first come straight out of the hosel, then bend toward the face or the target, then back up again.

The most confusing bent shaft is a compound double bent shaft. Some will also consider this to be a triple bend shaft. It is designed to create both the lie angle and the offset of the putter whose bore is 90 degrees. This is one example of a shaft that is designed only for right handed golfers. How the bend is position is as follows: the shaft will first come straight out of the hosel,