Patent ID: 8157671

Claim:
A golf club head comprising: a body including an exterior surface defining a first body volume of at most about 470 cm 3 , the body having a bottom portion, a top portion, a front portion, and a back portion; 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 2 when projected onto an X-Y plane; and 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 3 larger than the first body volume; 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.