Golf club head
AssigneeTaylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
InventorsPaul Demkowski, Matt Bovee, Mike Walker, Boo Ohashi, Connor Halberg
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an iron-type golf club head that includes a body, made of a first material having a first density The body has a sole portion that includes an internal shelf. The iron-type golf club head also comprises a weight located within the internal cavity and at least partially seated on the internal shelf. The iron-type golf club head further comprises a filler material located within the internal cavity. The internal cavity has an internal cavity volume ranging between 40 cc to 55 cc.
Claims21
An iron-type golf club head, comprising:
- a body, made of a first material having a first density, wherein the body comprises:
- a heel portion;
- a toe portion;
- a sole portion, comprising an internal shelf,
- a top portion;
- and
- a rear portion, comprising a rear wall extending from the sole portion to the top portion;
- a front portion, comprising a strike face with a geometric center;
- a weight, made of a second material having a second density greater than the first density, at least partially seated on the internal shelf and configured such that no portion of the weight defines an exterior surface of the golf club head, and the weight does not contact the strike face;
- an internal cavity, having an internal cavity volume, defined by the sole portion, the top portion, the front portion, and the rear portion;
- and
- a filler material, located within the internal cavity;
- wherein:
- the golf club head has an external club head volume ranging between 40 cc to 55 cc;
- the top portion has a maximum topline width Wtopline that is 5.0-9.0 mm;
- the golf club head has a blade length (LB);
- the weight has a weight height (HW), a weight depth (DW), a weight length (LW) that is greater than the weight height (HW) and the weight depth (DW), and the weight length (LW) is at least 35% of the blade length (LB);
- the second density is least 12 g/cc and the weight has a mass of at least 10 grams;
- the internal cavity has a topline-adjacent cavity depth proximate the top portion that is no more than 6 mm;
- a midplane is located halfway between a maximum toe height and a ground plane when the golf club head is in an address position, the internal cavity extends below the midplane and above the midplane, and above the midplane the internal cavity comprises:
- an above midplane maximum front-to-back cavity depth that is no more than 13 mm;
- and
- an above midplane minimum front-to-back cavity depth that is less than the above midplane maximum front-to-back cavity depth;
- and
- the filler material extends above the midplane and below the midplane and below a portion of the weight.
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