Patent ID: 8827826
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An iron-type golf club head comprising: an iron-type face having a ball-striking surface configured for striking a ball, the face having a region of highest response that overlaps a geometric center of the face and a plurality of outer edges; an iron-type golf club body connected to the face and extending rearward from the face; and a plurality of channels located in the face, including at least: a first elongated channel in the face, having a first end most proximate one of the outer edges and a second end more proximate the geometric center of the face relative to the first end, the first channel extending inwardly in a direction transverse to the outer edge most proximate to the first channel, the first channel being filled with a flexible material having a flexibility that is greater than a flexibility of a material of the face; and a second elongated channel in the face, having a first end most proximate one of the outer edges and a second end more proximate the geometric center of the face relative to the first end, the second channel extending inwardly in a direction transverse to the outer edge most proximate to the second channel, the second channel being filled with the flexible material, wherein each of the channels comprises a recess in an inner surface opposite the ball-striking surface of the face, wherein each recess extends only partially through a thickness of the face, wherein none of the channels are located in the region of highest response, and wherein the region of highest response is directionally enlarged toward a midpoint between the first and second channels.