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US 2016/0250528 A1Published application
Golf club with improved weighting
AssigneeAcushnet Company
InventorsDustin A. Barksdale, Donald S. Bone, Stephanie Bezilla
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Abstract
A plurality of two or more golf clubs with improved weighting characteristics is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention discloses a specific relationship between the mass Mclub of the golf club and the length Lclub to help improve the performance of the golf club.
Claims11
A golf club comprising:
- a club head located at a distal end of said golf club;
- a grip located at a proximal end of said golf club;
- and
- a shaft, juxtaposed between said club head and said grip, connecting said club head to said grip;
- wherein a mass Mclub of said golf club decreases with an increase in a length Lclub of said golf club in accordance with the relationship, Mclub≧−20.691 Lclub+1201.5.
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A plurality of golf clubs comprising:
- a first golf club having a length Lclub of greater than about 38 inches having a first mass,
- a second golf club having a length Lclub of between about 36 inches to about 38 inches having a second mass, and
- a third golf club having a length Lclub of less than about 36 inches having a third mass,
- wherein said first mass is less than said second mass and said second mass is less than said third mass;
- and
- wherein said first, second, and third golf club all have individual shafts that have a mass that satisfies the equation Mshaft≧−6 Lshaft+347.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.