Golf Club Assembly and Golf Club with Aerodynamic Features
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Abstract
A golf club includes a shaft and a club head. The club head includes a body member having a ball striking face, a heel, a toe, a back, a crown, a sole, and a hosel region located at the intersection of the ball striking face, the heel and the crown. The sole includes a channel extending from the hosel region toward the toe. An insert is received within the channel. The club head further includes means for detachably securing the insert to the channel. A second insert configured for being received within the channel may be provided.
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21 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A golf club head for a metal wood type club, the golf club head comprising:
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a body member having a ball striking face, a heel, a toe, a back, a crown, a sole, and a hosel region located at an intersection of the ball striking face, the heel and the crown; the sole including a channel extending from the hosel region toward the toe, wherein the channel has a substantially trapezoidal shape, a hosel-side edge, a toe-side edge, a first sidewall extending between the hosel-side edge and the toe-side edge, and a second sidewall extending between the hosel-side edge and the toe-side edge; and an insert received within the channel, wherein the insert is secured to the channel using an adhesive. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A golf club head for a metal wood type club, the golf club head comprising:
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a body member having a ball striking face, a heel, a toe, a back, a crown, a sole, and a hosel region located at an intersection of the ball striking face, the heel, and the crown; the sole including a channel extending from the hosel region toward the toe oriented generally parallel to the ball striking face, wherein the channel has a substantially trapezoidal shape and extends across a centerline of the golf club head, and the channel has a width and a length and comprises a hosel-side edge extending in a front-to-rear direction, a toe-side edge extending in the front-to-rear direction, a first sidewall extending between the hosel-side edge and the toe-side edge, and a second sidewall extending between the hosel-side edge and the toe-side edge; and an insert located within the channel, wherein the insert extends an entire width of the channel and an entire length of the channel. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A golf club head for a metal wood type club, the golf club head comprising:
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a body member having a ball striking face, a heel, a toe, a back, a crown, a sole, and a hosel region located at an intersection of the ball striking face, the heel, and the crown; and wherein the sole includes a channel extending from the hosel region toward the toe and includes;
a hosel-side edge extending in a front-to-rear direction, a toe-side edge extending in the front-to-rear direction, a first sidewall extending between the hosel-side edge and the toe-side edge, and a second sidewall extending between the hosel-side edge and the toe-side edge, wherein the channel is located in a forward region of the golf club head, wherein the forward region of the golf club head is a forward 30 percent of a breadth of the golf club head, and wherein the channel further comprises a notch. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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Specification