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US 2026/0077248 A1Published application
Fairway wood golf club
AssigneeAcushnet Company
InventorsThomas Orrin Bennett, Mitchell E. Bac, Grant M. Martens
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Abstract
A golf club head formed of an alloy of steel that is capable of improving the center of gravity (CG) location while maintaining traditional external dimensions of the golf club head. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention achieves a relatively low CG while maintaining traditional external dimensions by reducing the amount of mass contributed by the crown, the striking face, and the hosel, and strategically reallocating this mass within and/or proximate the sole of the golf club head.
Claims20
A golf club head comprising:
- a striking face that defines a face center, a crown, as sole opposite said crown, a heel, a toe opposite said heel, and a hosel adjacent said heel and configured to join said golf club head to a shaft,
- wherein an X-axis is defined as a horizontal axis tangent to said face center of said striking face with a positive direction towards said heel of said golf club head, a Y-axis is a vertical axis orthogonal to said X-axis with a positive direction towards said crown of said golf club head, and a Z-axis being orthogonal to both said X-axis and said Y-axis with a positive direction towards a front of said golf club head, wherein an origin of said X-axis, said Y-axis, and said Z-axis is centered at a center of gravity (CG) of said golf club head,
- wherein said golf club head below an X-Z plane set at a vertical height from a ground plane equal to 25% of a peak crown height measurement is greater than about 45% of a total mass of said golf club head.
A golf club head comprising:
- a striking face that defines a face center, a crown, as sole opposite said crown, a heel, a toe opposite said heel, and a hosel adjacent said heel and configured to join said golf club head to a shaft,
- wherein said striking face further comprises a sole return, and
- wherein an X-axis is defined as a horizontal axis tangent to said face center of said striking face with a positive direction towards said heel of said golf club head, a Y-axis is a vertical axis orthogonal to said X-axis with a positive direction towards said crown of said golf club head, and a Z-axis being orthogonal to both said X-axis and said Y-axis with a positive direction towards a front of said golf club head, wherein an origin of said X-axis, said Y-axis, and said Z-axis is centered at a center of gravity (CG) of said golf club head,
- wherein a mass of said golf club head below an X-Z plane set at a vertical height from a ground plane equal to 20% of a peak crown height measurement is greater than about 43% of a total mass of said golf club head.
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A golf club head comprising:
- a striking face that defines a face center, a crown, as sole opposite said crown, a heel, a toe opposite said heel, and a hosel adjacent said heel and configured to join said golf club head to a shaft,
- wherein said striking face further comprises a sole return, and
- wherein an X-axis is defined as a horizontal axis tangent to said face center of said striking face with a positive direction towards said heel of said golf club head, a Y-axis is a vertical axis orthogonal to said X-axis with a positive direction towards said crown of said golf club head, and a Z-axis being orthogonal to both said X-axis and said Y-axis with a positive direction towards a front of said golf club head, wherein an origin of said X-axis, said Y-axis, and said Z-axis is centered at a center of gravity (CG) of said golf club head,
- wherein a mass of said golf club head below an X-Z plane set at a vertical height from a ground plane equal to 15% of a peak crown height measurement is greater than about 32% of a total mass of said golf club head.
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