Patent ID: 9555295
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: A63B

Claim:
1. A driver-type golf club head comprising: a body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a bottom portion, a skirt portion between the top portion and the bottom portion; and a port region located at or proximate to the bottom portion and the skirt portion, the port region having a plurality of ports extending along substantially an entire periphery of the port region in a substantially similarly spaced apart configuration to define a loop, the plurality of ports including a set of ports being closer to the front portion than the rear portion and extending at least 50% of a maximum distance between the toe portion and the heel portion across the bottom portion, wherein each pair of adjacent ports of the plurality of ports is separated by less than or equal to the port diameter of any port of the pair of adjacent ports.