Golf club with improved anchor-back hosel
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1. An iron type golf club head for hitting a golf ball comprising:
- a golf club head body having a heel, a toe, a bottom sole, a planar, lofted ball striking face having a loft greater than 12 degrees, the ball striking face intersecting with a forwardmost progression of said bottom sole to define a leading edge of the ball striking face of said golf club, a club head longitudinal axis through said club head body in a heel to toe direction, a rear surface, and an outer periphery of said club head defined by an most outward exterior, front surfaces of said heel, toe and ball striking face;
and a hosel permanently and non-rotatably fixed to said club head body, said hosel having an upper shaft-socket section for connection to a golf club shaft, said upper shaft-socket section being generally cylindrical in shape and extending upwardly at an angle relative to said longitudinal axis of the golf club head body, and a lower section connected to said upper section and formed at an angle with said upper shaft-socket section, said lower section originating from the rear surface of said club head body and extending in the same general direction as said club head longitudinal axis;
said upper shaft-socket section of said hosel having a hosel longitudinal axis therethrough, an extension of which is offset from and located in a toe to heel direction outside of the outer periphery of said club head body;
said lower section of said hosel being elongated in a heel to toe direction, extending within the outer periphery of the club head body, and being connected to and overlaying at least a portion of said rear surface.
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An iron the golf club head with an improved anchor-back hosel construction having an upper shaft socket section and a lower section, wherein the lower section of the hosel, in various shapes, emanates from the back of the club head, adjacent the rear of the club face and the heel portion. The hosel extends beyond and away from the heel portion having an upper shaft socket section angularly disposed to be offset, set in-line with, or behind the leading edge of the club face. A longitudinal axis through the upper shaft socket section, if extended, is offset from and non-intersecting with any portion of the club head body.
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31 Claims
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1. An iron type golf club head for hitting a golf ball comprising:
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a golf club head body having a heel, a toe, a bottom sole, a planar, lofted ball striking face having a loft greater than 12 degrees, the ball striking face intersecting with a forwardmost progression of said bottom sole to define a leading edge of the ball striking face of said golf club, a club head longitudinal axis through said club head body in a heel to toe direction, a rear surface, and an outer periphery of said club head defined by an most outward exterior, front surfaces of said heel, toe and ball striking face; and a hosel permanently and non-rotatably fixed to said club head body, said hosel having an upper shaft-socket section for connection to a golf club shaft, said upper shaft-socket section being generally cylindrical in shape and extending upwardly at an angle relative to said longitudinal axis of the golf club head body, and a lower section connected to said upper section and formed at an angle with said upper shaft-socket section, said lower section originating from the rear surface of said club head body and extending in the same general direction as said club head longitudinal axis; said upper shaft-socket section of said hosel having a hosel longitudinal axis therethrough, an extension of which is offset from and located in a toe to heel direction outside of the outer periphery of said club head body; said lower section of said hosel being elongated in a heel to toe direction, extending within the outer periphery of the club head body, and being connected to and overlaying at least a portion of said rear surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An iron type golf club head for hitting a golf ball comprising:
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a golf club head body having a heel, a toe, a bottom sole, a planar, lofted ball striking face having a loft greater than 12 degrees, the ball striking face intersecting with a forwardmost progression of said bottom sole to define a leading edge of the ball striking face of said golf club, a club head longitudinal axis through said club head body in a heel to toe direction, a rear surface, and an outer periphery of said club head defined by an most outward exterior, front surfaces of said heel, toe and ball striking face; and a hosel permanently and non-rotatably fixed to said club head body, said hosel having an upper shaft-socket section for connection to a golf club shaft, said upper shaft-socket section being generally cylindrical in shape and extending upwardly at an angle relative to said longitudinal axis of the golf club head body and a lower section connected to said upper section and formed at an angle with said upper shaft-socket section, said lower section originating from the rear surface of said club head body and extending in the same general direction as said club head longitudinal axis; said upper shaft-socket section of said hosel having a hosel longitudinal axis therethrough, an extension of which is offset from and located in a toe to heel direction outside of the outer periphery of said club head body; said lower section of said hosel being elongated in a heel to toe direction, extending within the outer periphery of the club head body, and being connected to and overlaying at least a portion of said rear surface; the forwardmost portion of said hosel being behind, in a front face to rear direction, the leading edge of said club face. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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