Iron type golf club head
AssigneeSumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
InventorHiroshi Abe
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Abstract
An iron-type golf club head 4 comprises: a head main body 10 including a face 2, a hosel 6, a sole 4 and a back portion 9 extending upward from the trailing edge Te of the sole; and a weight member 20 having a specific gravity larger than the head main body. The face 2 is provided with score lines 7 extending in the toe-heel direction of the head. The weight member 20 is disposed in the sole and extends in the toe-heel direction across a position in the toe-heel direction corresponding to the center position FC of the score lines. The weight member 20 includes a toe-side first portion 21 extending over the sole 4 and the back portion 9, and a heel-side second portion 22 extending within the sole 4.
Claims11
An iron-type golf club head comprising:
- a head main body including a face, a hosel, a sole and a back portion extending upward from a trailing edge of the sole, and
- a weight member having a specific gravity larger than the head main body,
- wherein:
- the face is provided with score lines extending in a toe-heel direction of the head,
- the weight member is disposed in the sole and extends in the toe-heel direction across a position in the toe-heel direction corresponding to a center position of the score lines,
- the weight member integrally includes:
- a base plate part formed in the form of a plate and having a width in a front-back direction of the head which is gradually increased toward a toe of the head from the heel-side, and
- a rising part extending upward from a part on the toe-side of a rear edge of the base plate part so as to form a part of the back portion, and
- the weight member comprises:
- a toe-side first portion, as a part in the toe-heel direction having the rising part, extending over the sole and the back portion, and
- a heel-side second portion, as a part in the toe-heel direction without the rising part, positioned on a heel-side of the toe-side first portion and extending within the sole.
An iron-type golf club head comprising:
- a head main body including a face, a hosel, a sole and a back portion extending upward from a trailing edge of the sole, and
- a weight member having a specific gravity larger than the head main body,
- wherein:
- the face is provided with score lines extending in a toe-heel direction of the head,
- the weight member is disposed in the sole and extends in the toe-heel direction across a position in the toe-heel direction corresponding to a center position of the score lines, and
- the weight member integrally includes:
- a toe-side first portion extending over the sole and the back portion, and
- a heel-side second portion positioned on a heel-side of the toe-side first portion and extending within the sole without protruding into the back portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.