Metal wood club
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1. A golf club comprising:
- (a) a hollow metallic wood club head having a toe, a heel, a club face, and a top profile shape;
(b) the club head having a top profile maximum length and a transverse top profile centerline width, the ratio of the top profile maximum length to the transverse top profile centerline width being in the range of from about 1.5 to about 2.2; and
(c) the club head having a toe side, a heel side and a top profile maximum width on the toe side and a top profile maximum width on the heel side, each of the top profile maximum width of the toe side and the top profile maximum width of the heel side being larger than the transverse top profile centerline width, and the top profile maximum width of the heel side being greater than the top profile maximum width of the toe side.
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Abstract
A golf club having a metal wood club head including a toe, a heel, a club face, a sole, a rear profile, and a top profile shape. The club head is shaped to increase the moment of inertia of the club head. In one embodiment, a rear portion of the club head is truncated such that a top profile maximum width of the toe side and a top profile maximum width of the heel side are larger than a transverse top profile centerline width of the club head. The sole of the club head may have a sole recess which extends from the truncated region and through a portion of a center of the sole. In another embodiment, the wood club head approximates an elongated rectangular shape.
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1. A golf club comprising:
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(a) a hollow metallic wood club head having a toe, a heel, a club face, and a top profile shape; (b) the club head having a top profile maximum length and a transverse top profile centerline width, the ratio of the top profile maximum length to the transverse top profile centerline width being in the range of from about 1.5 to about 2.2; and (c) the club head having a toe side, a heel side and a top profile maximum width on the toe side and a top profile maximum width on the heel side, each of the top profile maximum width of the toe side and the top profile maximum width of the heel side being larger than the transverse top profile centerline width, and the top profile maximum width of the heel side being greater than the top profile maximum width of the toe side. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A golf club comprising:
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(a) a hollow metal wood club head including a toe, a heel, a club face, and a top profile shape, the club head having a top profile maximum length and a top profile centerline width, a ratio of the top profile maximum length to the top profile centerline width being in the range of from about 1.5 to about 2.2; (b) the club head having a toe side, a heel side and a top profile maximum width on the toe side and a top profile maximum width on the heel side, each of the top profile maximum width of the toe side and the top profile maximum width of the heel side being larger than the transverse top profile centerline width, and the top profile maximum width of the heel side being greater than the top profile maximum width of the toe side; and (c) the metal club wood club head having a volume of at least 225 cubic centimeters. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A golf club comprising:
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(a) a hollow metallic wood club head having a toe, a heel, a club face, and a top profile shape; (b) the club head having a top profile maximum length and a transverse top profile centerline width, the ratio of the top profile maximum length to the transverse top profile centerline width being in the range of from about 1.5 to about 2.2; and (C) the club head having a toe side, a heel side and a top profile maximum width on the toe side and a top profile maximum width on the heel side, each of the top profile maximum width of the toe side and the top profile maximum width of the heel side being larger than the transverse top profile centerline width, and the top profile maximum width of the heel side and the top profile maximum width of the toe side being substantially equal.
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39. A golf club comprising:
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(a) a hollow metallic wood club head having a toe, a heel, a club face, and a top profile shape; (b) the club head having a top profile maximum length and a transverse top profile centerline width, the ratio of the top profile maximum length to the transverse top profile centerline width being in the range of from about 1.5 to about 2.2; and (c) the club head having a toe side, a heel side and a top profile maximum width on the toe side and a top profile maximum width on the heel side, each of the top profile maximum width of the toe side and the top profile maximum width of the heel side being larger than the transverse top profile centerline width; (d) wherein a radius of curvature of a portion of the top profile shape of the club head including a point which defines where the toe ends and the rear profile begins is larger than a radius of curvature of a portion of the top profile shape of the club head including a point which defines where the heel ends and the rear profile begins. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41)
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