CPC A63B 53/0475 (2013.01) [A63B 53/0412 (2020.08); A63B 53/0445 (2020.08); A63B 2209/00 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A golf club head comprising:
a faceplate, a body, and an insert;
the body comprising an upper portion, a lower portion, a sole, a rear, and a top rail;
wherein:
the faceplate and a portion of the body define a striking surface of the golf club head;
the faceplate, the sole, the rear, and the top rail enclose a cavity;
the rear comprises an inflection seam;
the sole rests on a ground plane;
a loft plane is tangential to the faceplate and intersects the ground plane;
the upper portion is bounded by the top rail and the inflection seam;
the lower portion is bounded by the sole and the inflection seam;
the upper portion defines a rear opening that connects to the cavity;
the rear opening covers a projected area between 25% and 50% of a total projected area of the rear, wherein the projected areas are measured parallel to the loft plane;
the cavity comprises a volume;
the cavity volume is between 17% and 32% of the total club head volume;
the cavity volume in the lower portion is greater than the cavity volume in the upper portion;
the insert is received in the cavity, and the insert complements 90% or more of the cavity;
the faceplate comprises a first material of a first density;
the body comprises a second material of a second density;
the insert comprises a third material of a third density;
the third density is less than the first and second densities; and
the third density is between 2.4 and 3.0 g/cc.
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