Patent ID: 9636555
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: A63B

Claim:
1. An iron-type golf club head comprising: an iron-type face having an outer surface on a front side of the head, the face being defined by peripheral edges and having a region of highest response; an iron-type golf club body connected to the face and extending rearward from the peripheral edges of the face, the body having a top, a sole, a heel, and a toe; an elongated sole channel located on the sole of the body and extending generally parallel to a bottom peripheral edge of the face; a first channel formed in the outer surface and extending inwardly from the outer surface, the first channel located on a heel area of the face, the first channel having a first end located on a bottom area of the face and spaced from the bottom peripheral edge of the face, the first channel extending upwardly toward a top peripheral edge of the face and having second end more proximate the top peripheral edge of the face relative to the first end, wherein the first channel is not located in the region of highest response of the face, and wherein the first channel is not exposed on a rear side of the head opposite the front side; and a second channel formed in the outer surface and extending inwardly from the outer surface, the second channel located on a toe area of the face, the second channel having a first end located on the bottom area of the face and spaced from the bottom peripheral edge of the face, the second channel extending upwardly toward the top peripheral edge of the face and having second end more proximate the top peripheral edge of the face relative to the first end, wherein the second channel is not located in the region of highest response of the face, and wherein the second channel is not exposed on the rear side of the head, wherein the first channel and the second channels are elongated and oriented to be generally parallel to each other, and wherein the first and second channels and the sole channel are all at least partially filled with a flexible material having a flexibility that is greater than a flexibility of a material of the face.