Patent ID: 8353787

Claim:
A golf club head, comprising: a face, a crown, a sole, and a skirt coupled together to form a club head body having an interior volume, wherein the face has a striking surface and an inner surface opposite the striking surface; and a patch coupled to the inner surface of the face within the interior volume, wherein the patch comprises a material selected from the group consisting of composites, resin systems, thermoset materials, thermoplastic materials, pitch based carbon fibers, PAN based carbon fibers, para-aramid fibers, fiberglass fibers, spectra fibers, or combinations thereof, wherein the patch extends across the inner surface from toe to heel, wherein the patch has a first thickness at a lower portion adjacent the sole and a second thickness at an upper portion, wherein the first thickness is greater than the second thickness, and wherein the face has a point of maximum coefficient of restitution between the crown and a geometric center of the face.