Golf club head having movable weights
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1. A wood-type golf club head comprising:
- a body comprising a face plate positioned at a forward portion of the golf club head, a sole positioned at a bottom portion of the golf club head, a crown positioned at a top portion of the golf club head and a skirt positioned around a periphery of the golf club head between the sole and the crown, wherein the body defines an interior cavity;
two or more weight ports each having an outer portion formed in the body and a weight port mass, each weight port having a longitudinal weight port radial axis and being configured to at least partially receive a weight therein; and
two or more weights, each weight being configured to be removably retained at least partially within a weight port and having a weight mass;
wherein the weight ports are oriented such that each weight port radial axis and a golf club head origin y-axis form a weight port radial axis angle between about 10 degrees and about 80 degrees, andwherein the body has a body mass and a ratio of the weight mass to a sum of the body mass and the weight port mass is between about 0.005 and about 0.125;
wherein the golf club head has a volume between about 250 cm3 and about 500 cm3, a coefficient of restitution greater than about 0.8, and a loft between about 6 degrees and about 16 degrees.
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One embodiment of a golf club head having movable weights includes a body with a face plate positioned at a forward portion of the golf club head, a sole positioned at a bottom portion of the golf club head, a crown positioned at a top portion of the golf club head and a skirt positioned around a periphery of the golf club head between the sole and the crown. Two or more weight ports are formed in the body and at least two weights are configured to be retained at least partially within the weight ports.
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1. A wood-type golf club head comprising:
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a body comprising a face plate positioned at a forward portion of the golf club head, a sole positioned at a bottom portion of the golf club head, a crown positioned at a top portion of the golf club head and a skirt positioned around a periphery of the golf club head between the sole and the crown, wherein the body defines an interior cavity; two or more weight ports each having an outer portion formed in the body and a weight port mass, each weight port having a longitudinal weight port radial axis and being configured to at least partially receive a weight therein; and two or more weights, each weight being configured to be removably retained at least partially within a weight port and having a weight mass; wherein the weight ports are oriented such that each weight port radial axis and a golf club head origin y-axis form a weight port radial axis angle between about 10 degrees and about 80 degrees, and wherein the body has a body mass and a ratio of the weight mass to a sum of the body mass and the weight port mass is between about 0.005 and about 0.125; wherein the golf club head has a volume between about 250 cm3 and about 500 cm3, a coefficient of restitution greater than about 0.8, and a loft between about 6 degrees and about 16 degrees. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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