Golf club and golf club head with a sole cavity feature

摘要

A golf club includes a shaft and a club head for a metal wood type club. The club head includes a ball striking face, a heel, a toe, a rear, a crown and a sole. The sole includes a forward sole surface and a rearward sole surface. The substantially horizontally-oriented forward sole surface extends rearwardly from the ball striking face to a rearward edge. The substantially horizontally-oriented rearward sole surface extends forwardly from the rear of the club head. The rearward sole surface extends over and is offset in a height direction from the rearward edge. A cavity may be located above the forward sole surface, the cavity having a rearward facing opening located below the rearward sole surface. A projection may extend rearwardly from the rearward edge beneath the rearward sole surface, the projection having sides that extend in a generally breadthwise direction.

主权项

1. A golf club head for a metal wood type club, the club head comprising:
a ball striking face, a heel, a toe, a rear, a crown and a sole, the club head having a top-to-bottom height, a front-to-back breadth and a side-to-side length; the sole including:
a substantially horizontally-oriented forward sole surface extending rearwardly from the ball striking face to a rearward edge;a substantially horizontally-oriented rearward sole surface extending forwardly from the rear of the club head, the rearward sole surface extending over and offset from the rearward edge in a height direction; anda cavity located above the forward sole surface, the cavity having a rearward facing opening located below the rearward sole surface,wherein the rearward facing opening of the cavity has a maximum length-to-height ratio ranging from 1.0 to 5.0.