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Golf club head

  • US 9,399,156 B2
  • Filed: 06/30/2014
  • Issued: 07/26/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A golf club head comprising:

  • a sole;

    a crown;

    a skirt;

    a striking face including a face center and a location corresponding to maximum COR that is toe-ward of the face center, the sole, the crown, the skirt and the striking face defining an interior cavity;

    a rib located within the interior cavity, the rib being proximal an intersection of the sole and the striking face; and

    a mass located within the interior cavity, the mass contacting the rib, the mass extending from a first side of the rib toward a heel end of the golf club head and extending from a second side of the rib toward a toe end of the golf club head, the mass further contacting the sole, wherein the upper most point of the rib is closer to the intersection of the crown and the striking face than the upper most point of the mass,wherein the mass and the rib contact the sole only at a portion of the sole having an outer surface that does not contact a substantially planar surface when the golf club head is resting on the substantially planar surface at a lie angle between about 45° and

    65°

    .

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