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Metal wood golf club head

  • US 8,485,920 B2
  • Filed: 05/22/2008
  • Issued: 07/16/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A driver golf club head comprising:

  • a face, a crown, a toe, a heel, and a sole, wherein, when the club head is at address, the sole has a downward convex predominant curved surface with a toe portion of the sole curving up towards the toe and a heel portion of the sole curving up towards the heel;

    two weight pockets comprising bulges outside of the sole;

    a weight in each pocket comprising a center of gravity that is outside of the predominant curved surface of the sole;

    an idealized line A-A perpendicular to, and extending rearward from, a midpoint of the face, wherein line A-A is horizontal when the club head is at address;

    an idealized heel-toe line B-B that comprises the intersection of a hosel axis with the sole, wherein line B-B is horizontal when the club head is at address and line A-A intersects line B-B to define intersection point P,wherein a center of gravity of each weight is at least 1.5 inches rearward of the intersection point P, at least 0.75 inch from the intersection point P in a heel-toe direction, and no more than 0.25 inches above a center point on the sole.

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