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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2013
Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Abstract
A golf club head having a replaceable striking face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention discloses a golf club head where at least a portion of the frontal striking surface of the face is detachable and replaceable to improve performance. A golf club head in accordance with the present invention may generally have a thinned striking face with a thickness of less than about 3.0 mm yielding a golf club head with a larger sweet spot that's greater than 6% of the frontal striking surface; defined as an area of the frontal striking surface having at least 99% of the maximum characteristic time between about 239 microseconds to about 257 microseconds.