Putter heads and putters

摘要

Putter heads and putters include one or more of: (a) a main putter body portion including a first arm and a second arm; (b) a first polymeric and/or damping element engaged with the first arm; and (c) a second polymeric and/or damping element engaged with the second arm. The putter heads further may include polymeric material within the putter head structure and exposed at a central ball striking portion of the ball striking face, e.g., in elongated openings provided in the ball striking face. Grooves may be provided in the material of the ball striking face and/or in the exposed polymeric material to affect the ball launch. The putter heads may have various additional features or structures, e.g., relating to weighting features, alignment aid features, putter head constructions or parts, polymeric material exposure features, groove features, etc.

主权项

1. A putter head, comprising:
a main putter body portion including a first arm and a second arm; a first polymeric element engaged with the first arm; a second polymeric element engaged with the second arm; a ball striking face member engaged with or integrally formed as part of the main putter body portion, the ball striking face member including a central portion for contacting a ball during a putting stroke, wherein the central portion includes a plurality of openings defined therein; a polymeric material located between at least the central portion of the ball striking face member and the main putter body portion, wherein a portion of the polymeric material is exposed at an exterior surface of the ball striking face member through the plurality of openings; and wherein the first arm and the second arm extend rearward with respect to the ball striking face member and outward away from one another with respect to a geometric center of the ball striking face member.