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Distance gapping golf club set with dual-range club

  • US 9,114,294 B2
  • Filed: 08/02/2012
  • Issued: 08/25/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A set of golf clubs comprising:

  • a plurality of golf clubs, each having an extended shaft with a club head and a grip on opposing ends thereof, wherein at least one club is an adjustable club comprising;

    an adjustment mechanism operable to confer on the adjustable club one of two or more effective loft settings, anda stabilizing mechanism operable to provide the adjustable club with the same heel-toe face angle while having any of the two or more effective loft settings, wherein the stabilizing mechanism comprises a pad protruding from a sole of the club head by a height H, having a maximum length L, a maximum width W, and a setback S from a front-most point on a club face of the club head when the adjustable club including the club head is at address, wherein S is more than 1 mm, L is more than 1 mm, W is more than 1 mm, and H is between 0.3 mm and 2 mm,wherein, in at least two of the two or more effective loft settings, the adjustable club, when at address, balances with a neutral heel-toe face angle due to the pad protruding from the sole of the club head by the height H that is between 0.3 mm and 2 mm.

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