Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads
Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a hollow body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a bottom portion, a top portion, a plurality of ports on the bottom portion and a plurality of inner support portions in the hollow body portion. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
1. A golf club head comprising:
a hollow body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, and a bottom portion having an inner surface and an outer surface;
a plurality of ports extending from the outer surface of the bottom portion into the hollow body portion; and
a continuous inner wall portion extending from the inner surface of the bottom portion into the hollow body portion, the inner wall portion at least partially surrounding two or more ports of the plurality of ports,
wherein at least a portion of the hollow body portion within the inner wall portion includes an elastic polymer material.
2. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , wherein the portion of the hollow body portion within the inner wall portion is filled with an elastic polymer material.
3. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , wherein the portion of the hollow body portion within the inner wall portion includes an insert comprising an elastic polymer material.
4. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 further comprising an outer support portion extending on the outer surface of the bottom portion between the front portion and the rear portion near the toe portion.
5. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , wherein the inner wall portion surrounds the plurality of ports.
6. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , further comprising a hosel assembly comprising a hosel on the top portion, and a hosel sleeve extending from the hosel into the hollow body portion, the sleeve having an outer wall, wherein the outer wall of the portion of the sleeve that is in the hollow body portion is exposed to the hollow interior of the hollow body portion.
7. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 further comprising a plurality of weight portions, each port of the plurality of ports configured to receive a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions.
8. A golf club head comprising:
a hollow body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, and a bottom portion having an inner surface and an outer surface;
a plurality of ports extending from the outer surface of the bottom portion into the hollow body portion; and
a continuous inner wall portion extending from the inner surface of the bottom portion into the hollow body portion, the inner wall portion defining a loop on the inner surface of the bottom portion,
wherein the plurality of ports is in the loop defined by the inner wall portion.
9. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 , wherein the loop defined by the inner wall portion is filled with an elastic polymer material.
10. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 , wherein the loop defined by the inner wall portion includes an insert comprising an elastic polymer material.
11. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 , wherein a portion of each port of the plurality of ports located in the hollow body portion is at least partially surrounded by an elastic polymer material.
12. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 , wherein the height of at least a portion of the inner wall portion is similar or substantially similar to the height of at least one of the ports of the plurality of ports.
13. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 further comprising a plurality of weight portions, each port of the plurality of ports configured to receive a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions.
14. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 , further comprising a hosel assembly comprising a hosel on the top portion, and a hosel sleeve extending from the hosel into the hollow body portion, the sleeve having an outer wall, wherein the outer wall of the portion of the sleeve that is in the hollow body portion is exposed to the hollow interior of the hollow body portion.
15. A golf club head comprising:
a hollow body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, and a bottom portion;
a continuous inner wall portion in the hollow body portion; and
a plurality of ports extending from the bottom portion into the hollow body portion, at least two or more ports of the plurality of ports being surrounded by the inner wall portion,
wherein at least a portion of the hollow body portion within the inner wall portion surrounding the at least two or more ports of the plurality of ports includes an elastic polymer material.
16. A golf club head as defined in claim 15 , wherein the portion of the hollow body portion within the inner wall portion surrounding the at least two or more ports of the plurality of ports is filled with an elastic polymer material.
17. A golf club head as defined in claim 15 , wherein the portion of the hollow body portion within the inner wall portion surrounding the at least two or more ports of the plurality of ports includes an insert comprising an elastic polymer material.
18. A golf club head as defined in claim 15 further comprising an outer support portion defined by an indentation in the bottom portion extending on the outer surface of the bottom portion between the front portion and the rear portion near the toe portion.
19. A golf club head as defined in claim 15 , wherein the height of at least a portion of the inner wall portion is similar or substantially similar to the depth of at least one of the ports of the plurality of ports.
20. A golf club head as defined in claim 15 further comprising a plurality of weight portions, each port of the plurality of ports configured to receive a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions.