Patent ID: 8702531
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A golf club head for a driver, the golf club head having a volume of 400 cc or greater and a club breadth-to-face length ratio of 0.90 or greater, the golf club head comprising: a ball striking face; a crown; a sole; and a hosel region having a free end configured for receiving a shaft having a longitudinal axis, wherein the free end of the hosel region has a hosel surface that is non-circular, and substantially planar and substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the shaft, wherein, when the club head is in a 60 degree lie angle position, at least a portion of the free end of the hosel region extends above the adjacent crown surface, and wherein, when the club head is in a 60 degree lie angle position, the vertical distance between the horizontal projections of the outermost points of the sole and the crown is greater than the vertical distance between the horizontal projections of the outermost points of the sole and the hosel region.