Golf club and head therefor

A golf club, which comprises:

• a shaft;
• a head attached to one end of the shaft;
• the head formed with a ball-impact surface on a front face thereof;
• the head formed with a pair of spaced, opposed side edges with each side edge having a first end and a second end;
• the head formed with a first linking edge extending between the first ends of the side edges, and a second linking edge extending between the second ends of the side edges in a spaced, opposed relation to the first linking edge;
• a passage formed through the head with an end of the passage located in the front face of the head;
• at least a side-to-side portion of the end of the passage which extends in a direction between the spaced side edges of the head having a prescribed width dimension which is equal to or greater than the width of any other side-to-side portion of the end of the passage;
• the ball-impact surface being solid and formed with a side-to-side portion, which extends in a direction between the spaced side edges of the head, having a width dimension which is greater than the prescribed width dimension;
• and
• the end of the passage being located between the ball-impact surface and one of the side edges of the head;
• the first linking edge being an edge of the head which is closest to the ground or sand when the ball is struck by the ball-impact surface of a club being swung;
• the head being formed with a rear face through which the passage is formed;
• the passage formed with a first-edge wall adjacent the first linking edge and a second-edge wall adjacent the second linking edge and spaced from the first-edge wall;
• and
• the first-edge and second-edge walls extending from the front face to the rear face of the head and angled from the first linking edge at the front face in a direction toward the second linking edge at the rear face.

A golf club, which comprises:

• a shaft;
• a head attached to one end of the shaft;
• the head formed with a ball-impact surface on a front face thereof;
• the head formed with a pair of spaced, opposed side edges with each side edge having a first end and a second end;
• the head formed with a first linking edge extending between the first ends of the side edges, and a second linking edge extending between the second ends of the side edges in a spaced, opposed relation to the first linking edge;
• a passage formed through the head with an end of the passage located in the front face of the head;
• at least a side-to-side portion of the end of the passage which extends in a direction between the spaced side edges of the head having a prescribed width dimension which is equal to or greater than the width of any other side-to-side portion of the end of the passage;
• the ball-impact surface being solid and formed with a side-to-side portion, which extends in a direction between the spaced side edges of the head, having a width dimension which is greater than the prescribed width dimension;
• the end of the passage being located between the ball-impact surface and one of the side edges of the head;
• the head formed with a rear face on a side thereof opposite the front face;
• the passage extending from the end thereof at the front face toward the rear face;
• and
• the passage formed with spaced side walls which become spaced farther apart as the passage extends from the front face toward the rear face of the head.

A head for a golf club, which comprises:

• the head formed with a ball-impact surface on a front face thereof;
• the head formed with a pair of spaced, opposed side edges with each side edge having a first end and a second end;
• the head formed with a first linking edge extending between the first ends of the side edges, and a second linking edge extending between the second ends of the side edges in a spaced, opposed relation to the first linking edge;
• a first passage formed through the head adjacent a first of the pair of side edges with an end of the first passage located in the front face of the head;
• at least a side-to-side portion of the end of the passage which extends in a direction between the spaced side edges of the head having a prescribed width dimension which is equal to or greater than the width of any other side-to-side portion of the end of the passage;
• the ball-impact surface being solid and formed with a side-to-side portion, which extends in a direction between the spaced side edges of the head, having a width dimension which is greater than the prescribed width dimension;
• the end of the first passage being located between the ball-impact surface and the first of the pair of side edges of the head;
• a second passage formed through the head with an end of the second passage located in the front face of the head;
• the second passage being located adjacent a second of the pair of side edges;
• and
• the ball-impact surface being located between the first and second passages.

A head for a golf club;

• which comprises:
• the head formed with a ball-impact surface on a front face thereof;
• the head formed with a pair of spaced, opposed side edges with each side edge having a first end and a second end;
• the head formed with a first linking edge extending between the first ends of the side edges, and a second linking edge extending between the second ends of the side edges in a spaced, opposed relation to the first linking edge;
• a passage formed through the head with an end of the passage located in the front face of the head;
• at least a side-to-side portion of the end of the passage which extends in a direction between the spaced side edges of the head having a prescribed width dimension which is equal to or greater than the width of any other side-to-side portion of the end of the passage;
• the ball-impact surface being solid and formed with a side-to-side portion, which extends in a direction between the spaced side edges of the head, having a width dimension which is greater than the prescribed width dimension;
• and
• the end of the passage being located between the ball-impact surface and one of the side edges of the head;
• the first linking edge is an edge of the head which is closest to the ground or sand when the ball is struck by the ball-impact surface of a club being swung;
• the head being formed with a rear face through which the passage is formed;
• the passage formed with a first-edge wall adjacent the first linking edge and a second-edge wall adjacent the second linking edge and spaced from the first-edge wall;
• and
• the first-edge and second-edge walls extending from the front face to the rear face of the head and angled from the first linking edge at the front face in a direction toward the second linking edge at the rear face.

A head for a golf club, which comprises:

• the head formed with a ball-impact surface on a front face thereof;
• the head formed with a pair of spaced, opposed side edges with each side edge having a first end and a second end;
• the head formed with a first linking edge extending between the first ends of the side edges, and a second linking edge extending between the second ends of the side edges in a spaced, opposed relation to the first linking edge;
• a passage formed through the head with an end of the passage located in the front face of the head;
• at least a side-to-side portion of the end of the passage which extends in a direction between the spaced side edges of the head having a prescribed width dimension which is equal to or greater than the width of any other side-to-side portion of the end of the passage;
• the ball-impact surface being solid and formed with a side-to-side portion, which extends in a direction between the spaced side edges of the head, having a width dimension which is greater than the prescribed width dimension;
• the end of the passage being located between the ball-impact surface and one of the side edges of the head;
• the head formed with a rear face on a side thereof opposite the front face;
• the passage extending from the end thereof at the front face toward the rear face;
• and
• the passage formed with spaced side walls which become spaced farther apart as the passage extends from the front face toward the rear face of the head.

A head for a sand wedge, which comprises:

• a hosel;
• the head formed with a ball-impact surface on a front face thereof;
• the head formed with a first side edge, and a second side edge adjacent the hosel and spaced from and on a side of the front surface opposite from the first side edge, with each side edge having a first end and a second end;
• the head formed with a first linking edge extending between the first ends of the first and second side edges, and a second linking edge extending between the hosel and the second end of the first side edge in a spaced, opposed relation to the first linking edge;
• and
• a hood formed on the front face of the head contiguous with a plane of the ball-impact surface and extending in continuous cantilever from the second linking edge and from the first side edge.

A head for a sand wedge, which comprises:

• the head formed with a ball-impact surface on a front face thereof;
• the head formed with a pair of spaced, opposed side edges with each side edge having a first end and a second end;
• the head formed with a first linking edge extending between the first ends of the side edges, and a second linking edge extending between the second ends of the side edges in a spaced, opposed relation to the first linking edge;
• a first passage formed through the head adjacent a first of the pair of side edges with an end of the first passage located in the front face of the head;
• at least a side-to-side portion of the end of the passage which extends in a direction between the spaced side edges of the head having a prescribed width dimension which is equal to or greater than the width of any other side-to-side portion of the end of the passage;
• the ball-impact surface being solid and formed with a side-to-side portion, which extends in a direction between the spaced side edges of the head, having a width dimension which is greater than the prescribed width dimension;
• the end of the first passage being located between the ball-impact surface and the first of the pair of side edges of the head;
• a second passage formed through the head with an end of the second passage located in the front face of the head;
• the second passage being located adjacent a second of the pair of side edges;
• and
• the ball-impact surface being located between the first and second passages;
• the second linking edge being an edge of the head which is farthest from the ground or sand when the ball is struck by the ball-impact surface of a club being swung;
• and
• a hood formed on the front face of the head contiguous with a plane of the ball-impact surface and extending in cantilever therefrom within a plane of the second linking edge.

A head for a sand wedge, which comprises:

• a hosel;
• the head formed with a single ball-impact surface on a front face thereof;
• the head formed with a first side edge, and a second side edge adjacent the hosel and spaced from and on a side of the front surface opposite from the first side edge, with each side edge having a first end and a second end;
• the head formed with a first linking edge extending between the first ends of the first and second side edges, and a second linking edge extending between the hosel and the second end of the first side edge in a spaced, opposed relation to the first linking edge;
• and
• a hood formed on the front face of the head contiguous with a plane of the single ball-impact surface and extending along a length thereof in continuous cantilever from the second linking edge at a prescribed distance from the front face along at least a continuous portion of the length of the second linking edge.