Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.

Matthew Brian Neeley

John D Kendall

Justin Honea

Michael Scott Burnett

Bryan Seon

Robert Emlyn Stephens

An iron-type golf club head and set having a passageway extending from a closed void behind the face and accessible from an exterior of the body.

Iron type golf club head and set

An iron-type golf club head and set having a passageway extending from a closed void behind the face and accessible from an exterior of the body. The set includes close control of variables among club heads.

An iron-type golf club head and set having multi-material construction including a carbon steel alloy body and a thin high strength alloy face. A passageway extends from a closed void behind the face, and is accessible from an exterior of the body. The passageway establishes a passageway axis, and at least a portion of the passageway axis intersects the face at an axis-to-face intersection point. The set includes close control of the opening/closing moment of inertia and Ycg distance between club heads.

An iron-type golf club head having a sole channel extending from an exterior of a sole portion toward a face. The sole channel has an axis that intersects the face at an axis-to-face intersection point for at least one position along a channel length, and preferably at least 25% of the channel length. The elevation of the intersection point may below the Ycg distance and the axis defines an angle from the vertical that may be related to the loft. The iron-type golf club head may be incorporated in a set containing club heads with varying degrees of unsupported face area.

A hollow golf club incorporating a stress reducing feature having a shield serving to lessen the visual impact of the stress reducing feature, reduce the likelihood of debris from entering the stress reducing feature, and reduce the likelihood of damage to the stress reducing feature, while adding rigidity to a portion of the stress reducing feature and still allowing the stress reducing feature to selectively increase the deflection of the face.

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Dallas, TX, United States of America

Matthew Brian Neeley