Patent ID: 11931632
Assignee: TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY, INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A golf club head, comprising:
a body, comprising a face, a crown having a crown height no less than 30 mm and no more than 50 mm with the golf club head in an address position, a sole, a skirt region, and a body interior surface defining an interior cavity;
the body defining a trailing edge being a rearward most edge of the body and the body defining a leading edge being a forwardmost edge of the body, wherein a distance from the leading edge to the trailing edge is no less than 38 mm and no more than 97 mm;
the face including a geometric center defining an origin of a coordinate system, the coordinate system including:
an x-axis tangential to the face and generally parallel to a ground plane when the golf club head is in the address position where a positive x-axis extends towards a heel portion;
a y-axis extending perpendicular to the x-axis and generally parallel to the ground plane when the golf club head is in the address position where a positive y-axis extends from the face and through a rearward portion of the body; and
a z-axis extending perpendicular to the ground plane, to the x-axis and to the y-axis when the golf club head is in the address position where a positive z-axis extends from the origin and generally upward;

wherein:
the golf club head has a center of gravity with a y-axis coordinate (CGy) measured from the origin of the coordinate system to the center of gravity of the golf club head along the y-axis when the golf club head is in the address position and CGy is no less than 18 mm and no more than 32 mm, and

the golf club head has a Δz value measured from the ground plane to the center of gravity of the golf club head along the z-axis when the golf club head is in the address position; and

a weight pad formed in the body along the sole of the body, wherein the weight pad has a weight pad interior surface that partially defines the interior cavity of the body;
wherein:
the weight pad has a length along of the y-axis;
the weight pad has a forward portion and a rearward portion, wherein the forward portion of the weight pad is forward of the center of gravity of the golf club head and the rearward portion of the weight pad is rearward of the center of gravity of the golf club head;
the forward portion of the weight pad has a first height (h1) measured from the ground plane to a forwardmost end of the weight pad along the z-axis when the golf club head is in the address position, and the rearward portion of the weight pad has a second height (h2) measured from the ground plane to a rearwardmost end of the weight pad along the z-axis when the golf club head is in the address position, and the first height is greater than the second height;
a first portion of the weight pad includes an overhang portion that extends forward from the weight pad toward the face such that the overhang portion of the weight pad overhangs an interior bottom portion surface, thereby creating a recess under the overhang portion, wherein a lower surface of the overhang portion and the interior bottom portion surface are spaced apart by an offset distance and the offset distance is at least 0.2 mm, a minimum distance from the ground plane to an underside surface of the overhang portion is no more than 10 mm, a thickness of the overhang portion ranges between 2-10 mm, and a forwardmost portion of the weight pad is offset from the face no more than 12.5 mm;
a central portion of the overhang portion is cantilevered from the weight pad such that the central portion of the overhang portion is disconnected from the interior bottom portion;
the Δz value is from 8 mm to 16 mm, inclusive, the second height is less than the Δz value, and the first height is from 6 mm to 15 mm, inclusive; and
a loft of the golf club head is at least 14.5 degrees.