Golf club heads
AssigneeTaylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
InventorsMatthew David Johnson, David Bennett, Nathan T. Sargent, Christopher John Harbert, Todd P. Beach
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Abstract
Some disclosed golf club heads include body having at least one raised sole portion and a cantilevered ledge extending down around a perimeter of the club head below the level of the raised sole portion. Some disclosed golf club heads include one or more sole openings in the body and a sole insert that is mounted inside the body over the sole openings. The sole can include weight tracks as well, and a rear weight track can extend between a toe side sole opening and a heel side sole opening. A crown insert can also be included that is mounted over an upper opening in the body.
Claims13
A wood-type golf club head comprising:
- a front side, a rear side, a top side, a bottom side, a toe side, and a heel side, the club head comprising a face positioned at the front side of the club head, a hosel positioned at the heel side of the club head, a sole positioned at the bottom side of the club head, and a crown positioned at the top side of the club head, the club head having an interior cavity and a volume of from about 350 cm3 to about 600 cm3;
- a club head body defining an upper crown opening, a toe-side sole opening, and a heel-side sole opening;
- a crown insert that is secured to the body over the crown opening;
- a sole insert that is positioned inside the body and secured to the body over the toe-side sole opening and over the heel-side sole opening;
- a front channel in the sole adjacent to the face and forward of the toe-side sole opening and the heel-side sole opening;
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- a rear weight track positioned on the sole below the sole insert and between the toe-side sole opening and the heel-side sole opening in the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.