Patent ID: 7393286

Claim:
A wedge-type club head for use on a playing surface having an impact surface, a toe, a heel, and a sole, the club head comprising: a leading edge of said impact surface being a distance above the playing surface of approximately 4 mm or less; and the sole comprising: a sole contour having at least one V-shaped cut, wherein said at least one V-shaped cut extends in a heel to toe direction and said at least one V-shaped cut comprises multiple surfaces wherein one of said multiple surfaces is a forward surface substantially parallel to the impact surface; said multiple surfaces of the at least one V-shaped cut forms an obtuse angle at an apex being 115 to 145 degrees, said at least one V-shaped cut creates bounce surfaces having bounce angles, said at least one V-shaped cut comprises a rearward bounce surface, wherein the rearward bounce surface is inclined forward above a playing surface with a positive bounce angle up to 25 degrees.