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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2013
Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Charles E. Golden, Encinitas, CA (US);
Bradford Hughes Hartwell, Encinitas, CA (US);
Noah de la Cruz, San Diego, CA (US);
Uday V. Deshmukh, Carlsbad, CA (US);
John Morin, Poway, CA (US);
Jason Mulherin, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Abstract
A golf club with a multi-material face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention has a striking face that forms a pocket, wherein the pocket is filled with a secondary material having a lower density to improve the performance of the golf club head. The multi-material face disclosed in accordance with the present invention may generally have a characteristic time slope of greater than about 5 and less than about 50, wherein the characteristic time slope is determined based on the various data points collected according to the United States Golf Association's (USGA's) Characteristic Time (CT) test.