Golf club head
AssigneeLovett Golf Company
InventorWilliam E. Lovett
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Abstract
A golf club wedge having a hosel, a bottom wall, a top surface, a toe, a heel and a striking surface with a lower periphery defined by an arcuate leading edge extending downwardly from the heel to a forwardmost point of the striking surface and extending upwardly from the forwardmost point to the toe. The club further incorporates a leading edge which is significantly forward of the center line of the hosel (forward face progression) to improve playability from difficult lies of a golf ball.
Claims13
A golf club head having a hosel for accepting a shaft, a bottom wall, a top surface, a heel, and a toe and further having an arrangement for improving playability from difficult lies, said arrangement comprising:
- a striking surface having a periphery defined by an arcuate leading edge extending downwardly from said heel to a forwardmost point and extending upwardly from said forwardmost point to said toe, said periphery further defined by an upper edge separating said striking surface from said top surface;
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- wherein said hosel has a centerline which intersects a plane containing said striking surface at a point rearward said forward most point of said leading edge.
A golf club head for striking a golf ball with minimal interference from grasses and other impediments at impact, comprising
- a hosel;
- a bottom wall;
- a top surface;
- a heel;
- a toe;
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- a striking surface having a leading edge forward said hosel and extending in a continuous arc from said heel to said toe so that said heel and said toe are rearward said forwardmost point of said leading edge at impact;
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- wherein said hosel is rearward said forward most point of said leading edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.