Patent ID: 6776723
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A set of golf clubs comprising:a first club and a second club, said first club comprising; a first elongated shaft having a grip end and a hosel end; a first golf club head attached to the hosel end of said first elongated shaft; said first golf club head comprising a hollow body having a heel portion, a toe portion, a top wall, a bottom wall, and a front wall; and a first weight member disposed at a predetermined location on said first golf club head; said front wall of said first golf club head including a first face adapted for impacting a golf ball, said first face disposed at a first predetermined loft angle; said first golf club head having a center of gravity located rearward of said first face and below said top wall of said first golf club head, said second club comprising; a second elongated shaft having a grip end and a hosel end; a second golf club head attached to the hosel end of said second elongated shaft; said second golf club head comprising a hollow body having a heel portion, a toe portion, a top wall, a bottom wall, and a front wall; and a second weight member disposed at a predetermined location on said second golf club head; said front wall of said second golf club head including a second face adapted for impacting a golf ball, said second face disposed at a second predetermined loft angle, said second predetermined loft angle being greater than said first predetermined loft angle; said second golf club head having a center of gravity located rearward of said second face and below said top wall of said second golf club head, said first and second weight members being disposed such that the distance from said center of gravity of said first golf club head to said first face is less than the distance from said center of gravity of said second golf club head to said second face, whereby the second club in said set of clubs has greater loft angle and a center of gravity located further rearward than the first club; said set of golf clubs further comprising; a third club, said third club comprising; a third elongated shaft having a grip end and a hosel end; a third golf club head attached to the hosel end of said third elongated shaft; said third golf club head comprising a hollow body having a heel portion, a toe portion, a top wall, a bottom wall, and a front wall; and a third weight member disposed at a predetermined location on said third golf club head; said front wall of said third golf club head including a third face adapted for impacting a golf ball, said third face disposed at a third predetermined loft angle, said third predetermined loft angle being greater than said second predetermined loft angle; said third golf club head having a center of gravity located rearward of said third face and below said top wall of said third golf club head, said third weight member being disposed such that the distance from said center of gravity of said second golf club head to said second face is less than the distance from said center of gravity of said third golf club head to said third face, wherein said first golf club head comprises a three-wood and said third golf club head comprises a seven-wood, said three-wood comprising a three wood club head body having a loft angle of from eleven to sixteen degrees and center of gravity located no more than 1.41 inches behind the forwardmost point of said three-wood club head body, said seven-wood comprising a seven-wood club head body having a loft angle of from eighteen to twenty-two degrees and a center of gravity located at least 1.42 inches behind the forwardmost point of said seven-wood club head body.