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 body portion having an interior cavity, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a sole portion, a front portion, and a back portion. The body portion may include a face portion coupled to the front portion to close the interior cavity with the face portion having a front surface, a back surface having a center portion, and a reinforcement section extending into the interior cavity from the back surface. A polymer material in the interior cavity may be coupled to at least the center portion of the back surface and at least partially surrounded by the reinforcement section. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
1. A golf club head comprising:
a body portion having an interior cavity, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a sole portion, a front portion, and a back portion;
a face portion coupled to the front portion to close the interior cavity, the face portion comprising:
a front surface including a first groove extending between the toe portion and the heel portion, a second groove extending between the toe portion and the heel portion, and a front center portion between the first groove and the second groove,
a back surface opposite of the front surface,
a reinforcement section extending into the interior cavity from the back surface, the reinforcement section including a first reinforcement portion extending between the toe portion and the heel portion, a second reinforcement portion extending between the toe portion and the heel portion, and
a back center portion between the first reinforcement portion and the second reinforcement portion;
a first face portion thickness defined by a distance between the front center portion and the back center portion;
a second face portion thickness defined by a distance between a bottom of the first groove and an outermost surface of the first reinforcement portion or a distance between a bottom of the second groove and an outermost surface of the second reinforcement portion;
a third face portion thickness at or proximate to a periphery of the face portion, the third face portion thickness being greater than the first face portion thickness and the second face portion thickness; and
a first set of ports above a horizontal midplane of the body portion, at least one port of the first set of ports being connected to the interior cavity;
a second set of ports below the horizontal midplane, at least one port of the second set of ports being connected to the interior cavity;
a first set of weight portions and a second set of weight portions, each port of the first set of ports and each port of the second set of ports configured to receive at least one of the weight portions of the first set of weight portions or the second set of weight portions;
a polymer material infected into the interior cavity from the at least one port of the first set of ports that is connected to the interior cavity or the at least one port of the second set of ports that is connected to the interior cavity, the polymer material being coupled to the back center portion and filling a portion of the interior cavity between the first reinforcement portion and the second reinforcement portion,
wherein the first face portion thickness is equal or substantially equal to the second face portion thickness, and
wherein a distance between the at least one port of the first set of ports and the face portion is less than a distance between the at least one port of the second set of ports and the face portion.
2. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , wherein a distance between the first reinforcement portion and the top portion is less than a distance between the first reinforcement portion and the sole portion.
3. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , wherein a distance between the second reinforcement portion and the sole portion is less than a distance between the second reinforcement portion and the top portion.
4. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , wherein a width of the first groove or a width of the second groove is less than a width of the first reinforcement portion and less than a width of the second reinforcement portion.
5. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , wherein the reinforcement section at least partially surrounds at least a portion of the polymer material.
6. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , wherein a distance between the at least one port of the first set of ports and the toe portion is less than a distance between the at least one port of the first set of ports and the heel portion.
7. A golf club head comprising:
a body portion having an interior cavity, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a sole portion, a front portion, and a back portion;
a face portion coupled to the front portion to close the interior cavity, the face portion having a front surface with a plurality of grooves, a back surface opposite of the front surface, and a plurality of reinforcement portions extending into the interior cavity from the back surface;
a first set of ports above a horizontal midplane of the body portion, at least one port of the first set of ports being connected to the interior cavity;
a second set of ports below the horizontal midplane, at least one port of the second set of ports being connected to the interior cavity;
a first set of weight portions and a second set of weight portions, each port of the first set of ports and each port of the second set of ports configured to receive at least one of the weight portions of the first set of weight portions or the second set of weight portions; and
a polymer material infected into the interior cavity from the at least one port of the first set of ports that is connected to the interior cavity or the at least one port of the second set of ports that is connected to the interior cavity, the polymer material being coupled to the back surface of the face portion between adjacent reinforcement portions of the plurality of reinforcement portions,
wherein a thickness of the face portion is similar or substantially similar between adjacent grooves of the plurality of grooves, between adjacent reinforcement portions of the plurality of reinforcement portions, at each groove of the plurality of grooves, and at each reinforcement portion of the plurality of reinforcement portions,
wherein a distance between the at least one port of the first set of ports and the face portion is less than a distance between the at least one port of the second set of ports and the face portion, and
wherein a thickness of the face portion at or proximate to a periphery of the face portion is greater than the thickness of the face portion between adjacent grooves of the plurality of grooves, greater than the thickness of the face portion between adjacent reinforcement portions of the plurality of reinforcement portions, greater than the thickness of the face portion at each groove of the plurality of grooves, and greater than the thickness of the face portion at each reinforcement portion of the plurality of reinforcement portions.
8. A golf club head as defined in claim 7 , wherein a thickness of the face portion is less than or equal to 0.075 inch (1.9 mm).
9. A golf club head as defined in claim 7 , wherein a depth of each groove of the plurality of grooves is similar or substantially similar to a height of each reinforcement portion of the plurality of reinforcement portions.
10. A golf club head as defined in claim 7 , wherein each groove of the plurality of grooves is located on the face portion opposite a reinforcement portion of the plurality of reinforcement portions.
11. A golf club head as defined in claim 7 , wherein a width of each groove is less than a width of each reinforcement portion of the plurality of reinforcement portions.
12. A golf club head as defined in claim 7 , wherein the polymer material surrounds each reinforcement portion of the plurality of reinforcement portions.
13. A golf club head comprising:
a body portion having an interior cavity, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a sole portion, a front portion, and a back portion;
a face portion coupled to the front portion to close the interior cavity, the face portion having a front surface with a plurality of grooves, and a back surface opposite of the front surface, the back surface including a plurality of spaced apart reinforcement portions extending into the interior cavity from the back surface;
a first set of ports above a horizontal midplane of the body portion, at least one port of the first set of ports being connected to the interior cavity;
a second set of ports below the horizontal midplane, at least one port of the second set of ports being connected to the interior cavity;
a first set of weight portions and a second set of weight portions, each port of the first set of ports and each port of the second set of ports configured to receive at least one of the weight portions of the first set of weight portions or the second set of weight portions; and
a polymer material infected into the interior cavity, the polymer material surrounding the plurality of reinforcement portions,
wherein a thickness of the face portion between the front surface of the face portion and the back surface of the face portion is similar or substantially similar between the toe portion and the heel portion and between the top portion and the sole portion, and
wherein a thickness of the face portion at or proximate to a periphery of the face portion is greater than the thickness of the face portion between adjacent grooves of the plurality of grooves, greater than the thickness of the face portion between adjacent reinforcement portions of the plurality of reinforcement portions, greater than the thickness of the face portion at each groove of the plurality of grooves, and greater than the thickness of the face portion at each reinforcement portion of the plurality of reinforcement portions.
14. A golf club head as defined in claim 13 plurality of weight portions on the body portion extending from a location proximate to the heel portion to a location at or proximate to the toe portion, wherein the second set of ports includes a first port and a second port, wherein a distance between the first port and the toe portion is less than a distance between the first port and the heel portion, and wherein a distance between the second port and the toe portion is greater than a distance between the second port and the heel portion.
15. A golf club head as defined in claim 13 , wherein a width of each groove of the plurality of grooves is less than a width of each reinforcement portion.
16. A golf club head as defined in claim 13 further comprising at least, wherein a distance between the at least one port of the first set of ports and the face portion is less than a distance between the at least one port of the second set of ports and the face portion.
17. A golf club head as defined in claim 13 , wherein at least one weight portion of the second set of weight portions is made from a material having a greater density than a material of the body portion.
18. A golf club head as defined in claim 13 , wherein the thickness of the face portion is less than or equal to 0.075 inch (1.9 mm).
19. A golf club head as defined in claim 13 , wherein at least one weight portion of the first set of weight portions is made from a material having a greater density than a material of the body portion.
20. A golf club head as defined in claim 13 , wherein each weight portion of the first set of weight portions and the second set of weight portions is threaded, and wherein each port of the first set of ports and each port of the second set of ports is internally threaded to receive at least one of the weight portions of the first set of weight portions or the second set of weight portions.