Patent ID: 9707457
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: A63B

Claim:
1. A golf club head comprising: a sole defining a bottom portion of the club head, a crown defining a top portion of the club head, a skirt portion defining a periphery of the club head between the sole and crown, a face defining a forward portion of the club head, and a hosel defining a hosel bore, thereby defining an interior cavity; a flexible channel positioned in the sole of the club head and extending into the interior cavity of the club head, the flexible channel extending substantially in a heel-to-toe direction and having a channel length, a channel width, a channel depth, a channel wall thickness, an internal channel structure elevation, and a channel setback distance from a leading edge of the club head; a channel tuning system in contact with the flexible channel and having a sole engaging channel tuning element in contact with the sole and the flexible channel, the sole engaging channel tuning element having a face end, a rear end, a sole engaging tuning element length, a sole engaging tuning element height, a sole engaging tuning element width, a sole engaging portion in contact with the sole and having a sole engaging portion length, and a channel engaging portion in contact with the flexible channel and having a channel engaging portion length and a channel engaging portion elevation; wherein: wherein the channel wall thickness has a maximum channel wall thickness, and the sole engaging tuning element width is less than 70% of the maximum channel wall thickness.