Metal wood type golf club head
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1. A golf club head, comprising:
- a head formed from assembled first and second head members to define, when assembled, a sole plate, a front wall and a rear wall and a heel segment and a toe segment generally upstanding from said sole plate and having upper margins thereof joined to a cap plate to define a hollow enclosed head construction;
a generally hemispherical dome element disposed generally centrally on said sole plate and defining a downwardly open cavity.
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Abstract
A golf club head (10) of the metal wood-type is provided, wherein the sole plate (12) of the club head (10) includes a downwardly open recess (16) defined by a generally centrally located dome element (14). Internal stiffening ribs (36) may be provided within the club head to extend between the dome element (14) and a selected club head side wall, preferably such as the front or ball impact face (24) of the club head.
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1. A golf club head, comprising:
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a head formed from assembled first and second head members to define, when assembled, a sole plate, a front wall and a rear wall and a heel segment and a toe segment generally upstanding from said sole plate and having upper margins thereof joined to a cap plate to define a hollow enclosed head construction;
a generally hemispherical dome element disposed generally centrally on said sole plate and defining a downwardly open cavity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A golf club head, comprising:
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a head formed from assembled first and second head members to define, when assembled, a sole plate, a front wall and rear wall and a heel segment and a toe segment generally upstanding from said sole plate and having upper margins thereof joined to a cap plate to define a hollow enclosed head construction;
a dome element disposed generally centrally on said sole plate and defining a downwardly open cavity, said sole plate circumscribing said cavity at the front, rear, heel and toe sides thereof;
said cavity having an opening size extending at least about one-fifth to about one-half the maximum heel-to-toe dimension of said front wall of the club head, and said cavity having a depth extending at least about one-fifth to about one-half the maximum height of said front wall of the club head. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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