Patent ID: 8029385

Claim:
A golf club head comprising: a striking surface having a face center, a top edge, and a center apex; a crown portion; a sole portion; a hosel having a hosel centerline, wherein the club head is oriented relative to an imaginary horizontal ground plane so that the hosel centerline is in an imaginary vertical hosel plane generally parallel to the top edge of the strike face and is at an angle of 60° relative to the imaginary horizontal ground plane; a furthest laterally projecting toe point; a furthest laterally projecting heel point, located at a vertical height of 0.75 in. relative to the ground plane; an overall width defined by the shortest horizontal distance between an imaginary toe-side vertical plane, substantially perpendicular to the striking surface and passing through the furthest laterally projecting toe point, and an imaginary heel-side vertical plane, substantially perpendicular to the striking surface and passing through the furthest laterally projecting heel point; a heel region comprising a width dimension Y, wherein the width dimension Y is less than about 20% of the overall width; a toe region comprising a width dimension X, wherein the width dimension X is less than about 20% of the overall width; a furthest rearwardly projecting point; an overall length defined by the shortest horizontal distance between an imaginary front vertical plane, generally parallel to the top edge and passing through the center apex, and an imaginary rear vertical plane, parallel to the front vertical plane and passing through the furthest rearwardly projecting point of the club head; an imaginary longitudinal vertical plane substantially perpendicular to the striking surface and passing through the face center; an imaginary transverse vertical plane orthogonal to the imaginary longitudinal vertical plane and bisecting the club head at a point equidistant from the imaginary front vertical plane and the imaginary rear vertical plane, the imaginary transverse vertical plane intersecting the imaginary longitudinal vertical plane; and a linear stiffening element coupled to the sole portion and extending into the heel region, the linear stiffening element intersecting the imaginary longitudinal vertical plane and the imaginary transverse vertical plane and spaced from the intersection between the imaginary transverse vertical plane and the imaginary longitudinal vertical plane.