Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.

Xinhui Deng

Bret H Wahl

Bing-Ling Chao

Abram Stanley Harris

Peter L Larsen

Chris Schartiger

A golf club head is provided having a club body and a contact plate secured to the club body. The contact plate defines at least a portion of a striking surface having a plurality of striking surface grooves. The contact plate is formed using an electroforming process.

Golf club head with face insert

A golf club component, such as a golf club head and/or a golf club shaft, can comprise a golf club component substrate having an outer layer of titanium carbide, typically comprising at least forty percent (40%) carbon content. Alternatively, a golf club component can comprise a golf club component substrate, at least a portion of which is enveloped by a first coating layer of, for example, electroplated nickel, a second coating layer of, for example, electroplated chromium or palladium, and a third coating layer of titanium carbide applied by physical vapor deposition. The titanium carbide layer is durable and can provide the golf club component with a desired aesthetic appearance, such as a black color. Additionally, the golf club component can be coated with a fourth coating layer, such as a layer comprising a sealant or clear coat material.

Coated golf club head/component

Clubheads for iron-type golf clubs are disclosed. An example clubhead has a front including an iron-type face. The front is forged of a material such as C455 or 17-4 PH stainless steel. A heel, sole, toe, and top-line are situated rearwardly of the face, and a rear is situated rearwardly of the heel, sole, toe, and top-line. The face has one or more of: a COR of at least 0.8, a thickness, in a thinnest portion of the face, of no greater than 2.0 mm, and an area of less than 3000 mm.

Welded iron-type clubhead with thin high-cor face

A golf club head having a composite face insert attached to a metallic body is provided. The club head preferably has a volume of at least 200 cc and provides superior durability and club performance. The face insert includes prepreg plies having a fiber areal weight (FAW) of less than 100 g/m. The face insert preferably has a thickness less than 4 mm and a mass at least 10 grams less than an insert of equivalent volume formed of the metallic material of the body of the club head. A metallic cap with a peripheral rim is also provided to protect the ends of the composite material of the face insert. Related methods of manufacturing and alternative materials are disclosed. The resin content of the prepreg plies can be controlled through management of the timing and environment in which the resultant prepreg plies are cured and soaked.

Golf club head having a composite face insert

Golf clubs, clubheads for golf clubs, and methods for making clubheads are disclosed. An exemplary clubhead includes a rear component and a front component affixed to the rear component. The rear component is made at least partially of a FeAlMn alloy having a density in a range of 6.2 to 7.2 g/cm. The front component includes at least a portion of the face of the clubhead and is made of a material other than the FeAlMn alloy used to make the rear component. For example, the FeAlMn alloy contains (by weight) maximally 1% C, 27-32% Mn, 6-10% Al, 3-5% Cr, maximally 1% Si, and the balance being Fe. The reduced density of the rear component, compared to the density of conventional iron-type clubheads, provides more discretionary mass for manipulation in the clubhead, without sacrificing performance of the face of the clubhead.

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Carlsbad, CA, United States of America

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