Golf clubs and golf club heads with high contact area groove configurations
View Patent ↗Golf club heads for iron-type golf clubs (including 1 through 9 irons, iron-type hybrid clubs, driving irons, and wedges (e.g., pitching wedges, lob wedges, gap wedges, sand wedges, etc.)) include a striking face. The striking face may comprise a plurality of spaced, parallel grooves that extend across at least a portion of the striking face. The grooves may form a herringbone groove pattern. The herringbone groove pattern may include two or more rows of diagonal, parallel grooves slanting in alternate directions to form a series of parallel Vs. The grooves may be rounded. Other possible groove shapes also are described.
1. A golf club head, comprising:
a ball striking face comprising a plurality of spaced, parallel grooves that extend across at least a portion of the striking face, wherein the grooves form a herringbone groove pattern that includes two or more rows of diagonal, parallel grooves slanting in alternate directions to form a series of parallel Vs, wherein the herringbone groove pattern includes a height defined from a bottom of a first V to a top of the first V, wherein the height is between approximately 0.1 inch inches and approximately 0.4 inch.
2. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the height is between approximately 0.15 inch and approximately 0.25 inch.
3. A golf club head, comprising:
a ball striking face comprising a plurality of spaced, parallel grooves that extend across at least a portion of the striking face, wherein the grooves form a herringbone groove pattern, wherein the herringbone groove pattern includes a distance defined between each groove, wherein the distance is between approximately 0.075 inch and approximately 0.5 inch.
4. The golf club head of claim 3 , wherein the distance is between approximately 0.2 inch and approximately 0.3 inch.
5. A golf club head, comprising:
a ball striking face comprising a plurality of spaced, parallel grooves that extend across at least a portion of the striking face, wherein the grooves form a herringbone groove pattern that includes two or more rows of diagonal, parallel grooves slanting in alternate directions to form a series of parallel Vs, wherein the herringbone groove pattern includes a first angle located at a bottom of a first V and a second angle connecting adjacent Vs, wherein the first angle and the second angle are equal.
6. The golf club head of claim 5 , wherein the first angle and the second angle are within a range of 30-140 degrees.
7. The golf club head of claim 5 , wherein the first angle and the second angle are within a range of 60-100 degrees.
8. The golf club head of claim 5 , wherein the herringbone groove pattern includes nine separate herringbone shaped grooves.
9. The golf club head of claim 5 , wherein the herringbone groove pattern is a rounded herringbone groove pattern, with the diagonal grooves being rounded.
10. A golf club head, comprising:
a ball striking face comprising a plurality of spaced, parallel grooves that extend across at least a portion of the striking face, wherein the grooves form a herringbone groove pattern that includes two or more rows of diagonal, parallel grooves slanting in alternate directions to form a series of parallel Vs, wherein the herringbone groove pattern includes a first angle located at a bottom of a first V and a second angle connecting adjacent Vs, wherein the first angle and the second angle are not equal.
11. An iron-type golf club, comprising:
a shaft;
a grip attached to the shaft; and
a golf club head engaged with the shaft, wherein the golf club head further includes a ball striking face comprising a plurality of spaced, parallel grooves that extend across at least a portion of the ball striking face, wherein the grooves form a herringbone groove pattern that includes two or more rows of diagonal, parallel grooves slanting in alternate directions to form a series of parallel Vs, wherein the herringbone groove pattern includes a height defined from a bottom of a first V to a top of the first V, wherein the height is between approximately 0.1 inch and approximately 0.4 inch.
12. The golf club of claim 11 , wherein the height is between approximately 0.15 inch and approximately 0.25 inch.
13. An iron-type golf club, comprising:
a shaft;
a grip attached to the shaft; and
a golf club head engaged with the shaft, wherein the golf club head further includes a ball striking face comprising a plurality of spaced, parallel grooves that extend across at least a portion of the ball striking face, wherein the grooves form a herringbone groove pattern that includes two or more rows of diagonal, parallel grooves slanting in alternate directions to form a series of parallel Vs, wherein the herringbone groove pattern includes a distance defined between each groove, wherein the distance is between approximately 0.075 inch and approximately 0.5 inch.
14. The golf club of claim 13 , wherein the distance is between approximately 0.2 inch and approximately 0.3 inch.
15. An iron-type golf club, comprising:
a shaft;
a grip attached to the shaft; and
a golf club head engaged with the shaft, wherein the golf club head further includes a ball striking face comprising a plurality of spaced, parallel grooves that extend across at least a portion of the ball striking face, wherein the grooves form a herringbone groove pattern that includes two or more rows of diagonal, parallel grooves slanting in alternate directions to form a series of parallel Vs, wherein the herringbone groove pattern includes a first angle located at a bottom of a first V and a second angle connecting adjacent Vs, wherein the first angle and the second angle are equal.
16. The golf club of claim 15 , wherein the first angle and the second angle are within a range of 30-140 degrees.
17. The golf club of claim 16 , wherein the first angle and the second angle are within a range of 60-100 degrees.
18. The golf club of claim 15 , wherein the herringbone groove pattern includes at least nine separate herringbone shaped grooves.
19. The golf club of claim 15 , wherein the herringbone groove pattern is a rounded herringbone groove pattern, with the diagonal grooves being rounded.
20. An iron-type golf club, comprising:
a shaft;
a grip attached to the shaft; and
a golf club head engaged with the shaft, wherein the golf club head further includes a ball striking face comprising a plurality of spaced, parallel grooves that extend across at least a portion of the ball striking face, wherein the grooves form a herringbone groove pattern that includes two or more rows of diagonal, parallel grooves slanting in alternate directions to form a series of parallel Vs, wherein the herringbone groove pattern includes a first angle located at a bottom of a first V and a second angle connecting adjacent Vs, wherein the first angle and the second angle are not equal.
21. A golf club head, comprising:
a ball striking face comprising a plurality of spaced, parallel grooves that extend across at least a portion of the ball striking face, wherein the grooves form a herringbone groove pattern that includes two or more rows of diagonal, parallel grooves slanting in alternate directions to form a series of parallel Vs,
wherein the herringbone groove pattern includes a height defined from a bottom of a first V to a top of the first V that is between approximately 0.15 inch and approximately 0.25 inch,
wherein the herringbone groove pattern includes a distance defined between each groove that is between approximately 0.2 inch and approximately 0.3 inch, and
further wherein the herringbone groove pattern includes a first angle located at the bottom of the first V and a second angle connecting adjacent Vs, wherein each of the first angle and the second angle is within a range of 30-140 degrees.
22. The golf club head of claim 21 , wherein the herringbone groove pattern is a rounded herringbone groove pattern, with the diagonal grooves being rounded.
23. An iron-type golf club, comprising:
a shaft;
a grip attached to the shaft; and
a golf club head engaged with the shaft, wherein the golf club head further includes a ball striking face comprising a plurality of spaced, parallel grooves that extend across at least a portion of the ball striking face, wherein the grooves form a herringbone groove pattern that includes two or more rows of diagonal, parallel grooves slanting in alternate directions to form a series of parallel Vs,
wherein the herringbone groove pattern includes a height defined from a bottom of a first V to a top of the first V that is between approximately 0.15 inch and approximately 0.25 inch,
wherein the herringbone groove pattern includes a distance defined between each groove that is between approximately 0.2 inch and approximately 0.3 inch, and
further wherein the herringbone groove pattern includes a first angle located at the bottom of the first V and a second angle connecting adjacent Vs, wherein each of the first angle and the second angle is within a range of 30-140 degrees.
24. The golf club of claim 23 , wherein the herringbone groove pattern is a rounded herringbone groove pattern, with the diagonal grooves being rounded.