Golf club head
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1. A golf club head, comprising:
- a body, defining an interior cavity and comprising;
a sole portion, positioned at a bottom region of the golf club head;
a crown portion, positioned at a top region of the golf club head;
a skirt portion, positioned around a periphery of the golf club head between the sole portion and the crown portion;
a forward region;
a rearward region, opposite the forward region;
a heel region; and
a toe region, opposite the heel region;
a face portion, coupled to the body at the forward region of the body;
at least one stiffener comprising a discrete mass of polymeric material within the interior cavity and directly coupled to an interior surface of the face portion, wherein the polymeric material of the at least one discrete mass has a hardness equal to or greater than about Shore 10D;
a first wall, coupled to the sole portion, protruding uprightly from the sole portion, and extending lengthwise in a heel-to-toe direction;
at least one aperture formed in the face portion and configured for selectively adding the discrete mass of polymeric material into the interior cavity; and
a plug removably inserted into the at least one aperture, wherein the plug is made of a material different than the polymeric material;
wherein the discrete mass of polymeric material is coupled to the first wall and interposed between the first wall and the interior surface of the face portion.
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Abstract
Described herein is a golf club head that comprises a body and a face portion. The golf club head further comprises at least one stiffener, at least partially within the interior cavity and directly coupled to the face portion at a location with an x-axis coordinate, of a club head origin coordinate system of the golf club head, greater than 20 mm and less than 50 mm or greater than −50 mm and less than −20 mm.
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1. A golf club head, comprising:
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a body, defining an interior cavity and comprising; a sole portion, positioned at a bottom region of the golf club head; a crown portion, positioned at a top region of the golf club head; a skirt portion, positioned around a periphery of the golf club head between the sole portion and the crown portion; a forward region; a rearward region, opposite the forward region; a heel region; and a toe region, opposite the heel region; a face portion, coupled to the body at the forward region of the body; at least one stiffener comprising a discrete mass of polymeric material within the interior cavity and directly coupled to an interior surface of the face portion, wherein the polymeric material of the at least one discrete mass has a hardness equal to or greater than about Shore 10D; a first wall, coupled to the sole portion, protruding uprightly from the sole portion, and extending lengthwise in a heel-to-toe direction; at least one aperture formed in the face portion and configured for selectively adding the discrete mass of polymeric material into the interior cavity; and a plug removably inserted into the at least one aperture, wherein the plug is made of a material different than the polymeric material; wherein the discrete mass of polymeric material is coupled to the first wall and interposed between the first wall and the interior surface of the face portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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