Patent ID: 9662545
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: A63B

Claim:
1. A golf club head comprising: a crown, a sole, a skirt and a face, the face including a geometric center defining a center face location, the head having a center of gravity, wherein a reference tangent face plane is defined as a plane tangent to the face at the center face location, wherein the center of gravity defines a projection orthogonal to the tangent face plane and passing through the center of gravity such that a projection point is defined at the intersection of the projection and the tangent face plane, wherein a reference ground plane is defined along a bottom end of the body, the ground plane thereby being below the golf club head, and wherein the projection point is below the center face location; a body, wherein the golf club head defines an exterior and an interior that is bounded by the crown, the sole, the skirt and the face; the face and the body together defining a center of gravity, the center of gravity being proximate the face; a coefficient of restitution feature (CORF) defined in the sole of the golf club head; wherein the coefficient of restitution feature defines a gap in the body in the form of a through slot providing a port from the exterior of the golf club head to the interior such that the interior of the golf club head is not separated from the exterior at the CORF, the golf club head further comprising a weight pad located proximate to the CORF, the weight pad having a weight that is 35 to 50 percent of a total weight of the golf club head.