Golf club and method of manufacture
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1. A golf club head, comprising:
- a forged aluminum alloy body having a striking face, an upper wall, a lower wall, and a peripheral skirt between the upper and lower walls; and
the body having an internal surface forming an internal cavity, whereby the internal cavity is milled out to provide selected head dimensions, a selected weight distribution about the club head, and a selected center of gravity position rearward from the striking face.
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Abstract
A golf club head of the metal wood type has a body formed entirely from one billet of high strength aluminum alloy with a separate sole plate of the same or different material secured in a machined recess on the lower face of the body. The body has an internal, empty cavity machined through a lower wall of the body, and the walls are thicker than in conventional cast stainless steel metalwoods. The front, striking face is machined to any selected bulge and roll, loft and face angle.
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1. A golf club head, comprising:
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a forged aluminum alloy body having a striking face, an upper wall, a lower wall, and a peripheral skirt between the upper and lower walls; and the body having an internal surface forming an internal cavity, whereby the internal cavity is milled out to provide selected head dimensions, a selected weight distribution about the club head, and a selected center of gravity position rearward from the striking face. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A golf club head, comprising:
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a forged aluminum alloy body having a striking face, a rear wall, an upper wall, a lower wall, a heel and a toe; and the body having an internal surface forming an internal cavity, whereby the internal cavity is milled out to provide selected dimensions and weight distribution about the club head. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A golf club head, comprising:
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a forged aluminum alloy body having a striking face, an upper wall, a lower wall, a rear wall, a heel and a toe; the body having an internal hollow cavity having an inner surface portion spaced from said heel to provide a predetermined solid mass of material at said heel; the heel having a bore extending inwardly from the upper wall at a predetermined angle, said bore having an inner closed end in said solid mass of material short of said cavity inner surface portion, the inner end of the bore being spaced from said cavity and said lower wall; and a separate hosel tube secured in said bore, whereby the internal cavity is machined out to provide predetermined dimensions and predetermined weight distribution about said club head. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A wood-type golf club head, comprising:
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a forged aluminum alloy body having a striking face, an upper wall, a lower wall, and a skirt between the upper and lower walls; the club head characterized by a cavity, the cavity having an internal surface; and means for providing the club head with selected weight distribution, the means located on the internal surface of the internal cavity. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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