Golf club heads with means for imparting corrective action
First Claim
1. A golf club head comprising a hosel for receiving a club shaft, a club face with plural grooves extending along the face for imparting a desired action to a golf ball when struck by the face, the face defining a toe portion spaced from the hosel, a heel portion adjacent the hosel and a sweet spot between the heel and the toe portions, and wherein the grooves include a first set of parallel grooves extending along a first direction across the toe portion, a second set of parallel grooves extending along a second direction across the sweet spot, and a third set of parallel grooves extending along the heel portion, the first, second and third directions all being non-parallel with each other, the first and third groove sets parallel groove directions upwardly angled from the direction of the second set parallel groove, the first groove set for imparting a draw spin to a struck ball, the third groove set for imparting a fade spin to a struck ball.
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Abstract
Golf clubs are fitted with either plural grooves extending along the face in at least two non-parallel directions or with pads, or both, for purposes of achieving a variety of different corrective actions to a golf ball struck by the face.
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- 1. A golf club head comprising a hosel for receiving a club shaft, a club face with plural grooves extending along the face for imparting a desired action to a golf ball when struck by the face, the face defining a toe portion spaced from the hosel, a heel portion adjacent the hosel and a sweet spot between the heel and the toe portions, and wherein the grooves include a first set of parallel grooves extending along a first direction across the toe portion, a second set of parallel grooves extending along a second direction across the sweet spot, and a third set of parallel grooves extending along the heel portion, the first, second and third directions all being non-parallel with each other, the first and third groove sets parallel groove directions upwardly angled from the direction of the second set parallel groove, the first groove set for imparting a draw spin to a struck ball, the third groove set for imparting a fade spin to a struck ball.
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