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Golf club head with narrow-spaced grooves

a golf club and groove technology, applied in the field of golf club heads, can solve the problems of more backspin and high effective friction coefficients of golf clubs, and achieve the effects of increasing the number of sharp edges, increasing backspin, and increasing the effective friction coefficients

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-07-07
TOPGOLF CALLAWAY BRANDS CORP
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[0024]The present invention provides a novel solution to imparting backspin by using high lofted golf clubs. The present invention increases the number of sharp edges that contact a golf ball during impact in order to increase the backspin. The sharp edges slice through debris and “grab” a soft cover of a golf ball better than grooves that have fewer edges. This leads to higher effective coefficients of friction for the golf club which in turn leads to more backspin.
[0025]For high lofted clubs, the sliding between the golf ball and the face of the golf club occurs during the majority of time of the impact between the golf ball and the face. Due to this sliding time period of the impact time, the backspin of a golf ball is increased by increasing the effective coefficient of friction between the two surfaces, the golf ball and the face of the golf club.
[0026]The effective coefficient of friction between the two surfaces, the golf ball and the face of the golf club, is primarily a function of the number of edges that the golf ball contacts and the sharpness of the edges. The impact also results in a finite area of contact between the golf ball and the face of the golf club. The area of contact is generally circular in shape. Due to the finite area of contact, there is a design of grooves that will maximize the length of edges that contact the ball during impact. The present invention maximizes the number of grooves in contact with a golf ball during an impact.

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This leads to higher effective coefficients of friction for the golf club which in turn leads to more backspin.

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[0044]As shown in FIG. 1-7, an iron-type golf club is generally designated 20. The golf club head 20 also has a top portion 46, a sole portion 48, a heel portion 50, a toe portion 52 and a rear surface 54. The top wall 46 extends rearward from the top end of the front surface 23. The golf club head 20 includes a body 21 having a face 22 with a surface 23 and a plurality of grooves 25. The body 21 is preferably composed of a material such as titanium materials, stainless steel, carpenter steel, 1020 steel, amorphous metals and the like. The material of the body 21 preferably has a density between 4 g / cm3 and 10 g / cm3. Such titanium materials include pure titanium and titanium alloys such as 6-4 titanium alloy, 6-22-22 titanium alloy, 4-2 titanium alloy, SP-700 titanium alloy (available from Nippon Steel of Tokyo, Japan), DAT 55G titanium alloy available from Diado Steel of Tokyo, Japan, Ti 10-2-3 Beta-C titanium alloy available from RTI International Metals of Ohio, and the like. The...

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An iron-type golf club head with a body having a face. On the face is a plurality of grooves. The plurality of grooves has a depth of at least 0.016 inch to 0.022 inch and a width ranging from 0.021 inch to 0.027 inch. Further, each of the plurality of grooves has an edge radius ranging from 0.004 inch to 0.009 inch. Each of the plurality of grooves has a side wall angle ranging from 16 degrees to 24 degrees and each of the plurality of grooves is spaced from 0.073 inch to 0.083 inch from any other of the plurality of grooves.

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CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]Not ApplicableSTATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT[0002]Not ApplicableBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]1. Field of the Invention[0004]The present invention relates to a golf club head. More specifically, the present invention relates to a golf club head having a plurality of grooves.[0005]2. Description of the Related Art[0006]The prior art discloses various methods to manufacture golf club heads, especially iron-type golf club heads. For example, Rogers, U.S. Pat. No. 4,027,885 for Golf Iron Manufacture, discloses scoring grooves into a face for the club head.[0007]Taylor, U.S. Pat. No. 4,077,632 for a Lined Face For A Golf Club discloses grooves in compliance with the Rules of Golf at that time.[0008]Ribaudo, U.S. Pat. No. 4,529,203, for Golf Club discloses a golf club face having grooves to eliminate the slice or the hook of the golf ball.[0009]Shira, U.S. Pat. No. 4,768,787, for a Golf Club Including High F...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A63B53/04
CPCA63B53/0466A63B2053/0445A63B2053/0408A63B53/047A63B2209/00A63B53/0445A63B53/0408
Inventor CACKETT, MATTHEW T.HOCKNELL, ALANVINCENT, BRANDON T.
Owner TOPGOLF CALLAWAY BRANDS CORP
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