Patent ID: 7841952
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An iron-type golf club, comprising: a club shaft; an iron-type golf club head configured at one end of the club shaft and having a club face constructed from a first material; a plurality of grooves formed in the club face including a first groove and a second groove separate from the first groove, each of the first and second grooves being defined in the first material and including an open front end, a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and a closed end surface connecting the top surface and the bottom surface and located opposite the open front end; a first insert arranged within the first groove, the first insert being formed of a second material, softer than the first material and the first insert having a shape corresponding to the shape of the first groove and a v-shaped end exposed at the open front end of the first groove; and a second insert arranged within the second groove, the second insert being formed of the second material, the second insert having a shape corresponding to the shape of the second groove and a v-shaped end exposed at the open front end of the second groove, and wherein the second insert is a separate and independent part from the first insert, wherein the first and second inserts are compressible with respect to the first and second grooves, respectively, in which they are mounted such that the open ends of the first and second grooves provide a v-shaped cross section when the first and second inserts are in an uncompressed state and such that the open ends of the first and second grooves provide a u-shaped cross section when a golf ball is struck at the first and second grooves to thereby compress the first and second inserts.