Patent ID: 9072950
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A fairway wood-type golf club, comprising: a fairway wood-type golf club head including: a club head body including a heel portion, a toe portion, a crown portion, a sole portion, and a rear portion, and a ball striking face having a variable face thickness, wherein the ball striking face is engaged with or integrally formed as part of the club head body extending from the toe portion to the heel portion, and further wherein the ball striking face has a central region having a first face thickness, a perimeter region having a second face thickness thinner than the first face thickness, and at least one transition region at least partially transitioning from the first face thickness to the second face thickness, wherein the transition region is located on an interior of the club head opposite the ball striking face and the transition region gradually slopes and transitions the face thickness between the thicker central region and the thinner perimeter region, wherein the club head body and the ball striking face define a volume, a shaft member engaged with the hosel member, wherein the ball striking face includes a loft angle defined as an angle of the ball striking face in relation to the shaft member, wherein the volume is in a range between 300 cc and 460 cc and the loft angle is in a range between 15 and 28 degrees, wherein the sole portion includes a front surface, a central surface, and a rear surface; wherein the front surface is angled upward toward the lower edge of the ball striking face, the central surface is generally horizontal, and the rear surface is angled upward toward the rear edge of the golf club body; wherein the sole has a low point near the central surface and angles upward from the low point in the heel direction and the toe direction.