Patent ID: 8157671
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A golf club head comprising: a body including an exterior surface defining a first body volume of at most about 470 cm a face coupled to the front portion of the body, the face being configured to receive an impact; a top portion silhouette profile located along a perimeter of the top portion, the top portion silhouette profile defining the outermost bounds of the top portion and the body in an X-direction and a Y-direction and defining an area of at least about 11,000 mm at least one indentation located on the bottom portion below the top portion silhouette profile, wherein the removal of the at least one indentation from the bottom portion creates a second body volume that is at least 12 cm wherein the top portion silhouette profile includes a first point defining the rearward-most point of the body, a second point defining an intersection between the front portion of the body and a portion of the face nearest to a toe of the golf club head, a third point defining an intersection between the front portion of the body and a portion of the face nearest to a heel of the golf club head, a first contour connecting the first and second points, a second contour connecting the first and third points, and a straight segment connecting the second and third points.