Patent ID: 9694257
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: A63B

Claim:
1. A golf club head comprising: a metal body with a hollow interior comprising a crown portion composed of a carbon composite material; wherein the crown end of the toe structural column is connected to the crown return portion, the crown end of the heel structural column is connected to the crown return portion, the sole end of the toe structural column is connected to the sole section, and the sole end of the heel structural column is connected to the sole section; wherein the heel structural column is a distance from a heel end of the metal body ranging from 1.5 inches to 2.5 inches, wherein the toe structural column is a distance from a toe end of the metal body ranging from 1.5 inches to 2.5 inches, wherein the rearward surface of each of the toe structural column and the heel structural column is at least 3.5 inches forward from an aft end of the metal body; wherein the toe structural column and the heel structural column are positioned approximately parallel to the interior surface of the striking face section, are parallel to each other and are each spaced from 0.136 inch to 0.210 inch from the interior surface of the striking face section, wherein the positioning of the toe structural column and the heel structural column improves the normalized ball speed relationship to characteristic time; wherein the toe structural column and the heel structural column attenuate movement of the crown return portion and the sole section when the striking face section impacts a golf ball.