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 a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a sole portion, a front portion, a back portion, a hosel portion, a first interior cavity, and a hosel transition portion between the first interior cavity and the hosel portion. The golf club head may include a second interior cavity extending into the hosel transition portion and connected to the first interior cavity. The body portion may include a port connected to the first interior cavity. The first interior cavity may be filled with a polymer material from the port. The golf club head may include a mass portion located at or below a horizontal midplane of the body portion. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
1. A golf club head comprising:
a body portion having a toe portion with a toe portion edge, a heel portion with a heel portion edge and a hosel portion, a top portion with a top portion edge, a sole portion with a sole portion edge, a front portion, and a back portion with a back wall portion;
a face portion coupled to the body portion enclosing the front portion to create a first interior cavity;
a hosel transition portion between the first interior cavity and the hosel portion;
a second interior cavity extending into the hosel transition portion and connected to the first interior cavity, the second interior cavity extending from a location at or proximate to a top edge portion of the top portion to a location at or proximate to a sole edge portion of the sole portion, and the second interior cavity extending from the face portion toward the hosel portion;
a first set of ports above a horizontal midplane of the body portion, a distance between the first set of ports and the toe portion edge being substantially less than a distance between the first set of ports and the hosel portion; and
a second set of ports below the horizontal midplane, a distance between at least one port of the second set of ports and the toe portion edge being substantially less than a distance between the at least one port of the second set of ports and the hosel portion,
wherein at least one port of the first set of ports or at least one port of the second set of ports is connected to the first interior cavity to provide a connected port,
wherein the first interior cavity and the second interior cavity are at least partially filled with a polymer material from the connected port,
wherein a height of the second interior cavity extending between the top portion edge and the sole portion edge is substantially greater than a depth of the second interior cavity extending between the face portion and the hosel portion, and
wherein a height of the second interior cavity extending between the top portion edge and the sole portion edge is substantially greater than a width of the second interior cavity extending between the face portion and the back wall portion.
2. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , the body portion further comprising a channel on the back wall portion, the channel including at least one groove extending from the toe portion edge toward the heel portion edge, wherein a width of the at least one groove decreases from the toe portion edge toward the heel portion edge, and wherein a distance between the at least one groove and a horizontal midplane of the body portion increases from the toe portion edge toward the heel portion edge.
3. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , the body portion further comprising a channel on the back wall portion, the channel including at least one groove extending from the toe portion edge toward the heel portion edge, wherein a distance between the groove and any of the ports of the second set of ports is less than a distance between the groove and any of the ports of the first set of ports.
4. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , the body portion further comprising a channel on the back wall portion, the channel including at least one groove extending from the toe portion edge toward the heel portion edge, wherein the at least one groove is between the second set of ports and the horizontal midplane.
5. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , the body portion further comprising a channel on the back wall portion, the channel including at least one groove extending from the toe portion edge toward the heel portion edge, wherein a mass of the body portion below the groove decreases from the toe portion edge toward the heel portion edge of the body portion increases from the toe portion edge toward the heel portion edge.
6. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 further comprising a first set of mass portions including at least one mass portion and a second set of mass portions including at least one mass portion, wherein the at least one mass portion of the second set of mass portions has a greater height than the at least one mass portion of the first set of mass portions, wherein the at least one port of the first set of ports is configured to receive the at least one mass portion of the first set of mass portions, wherein the at least one port of the second set of ports is configured to receive the at least one mass portion of the second set of mass portions, and wherein the first set of mass portions and the second set of mass portions are made from a material having a greater density than a material of the body portion.
7. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 further comprising a first set of mass portions above the horizontal midplane and a second set of mass portions below the horizontal midplane, wherein the second set of mass portions includes a substantially greater number of mass portions than the first set of mass portions.
8. A golf club head comprising:
a hollow body portion having a toe portion with a toe portion edge, a heel portion with a heel portion edge and a hosel portion, a top portion with a top portion edge, a sole portion with a sole portion edge, a front portion, and a back portion with a back wall portion;
a face portion coupled to the body portion enclosing the front portion to create a first interior cavity;
a hosel transition portion between the first interior cavity and the hosel portion;
a second interior cavity extending into the hosel transition portion and connected to the first interior cavity;
a groove on the back wall portion extending from the toe portion edge toward the heel portion edge;
a first port above the groove; and
a second port below the groove,
wherein a distance between the first port and the toe portion edge is substantially less than a distance between the second port and the hosel portion,
wherein the first port or the second port is connected to the first interior cavity to provide a connected port,
wherein the first interior cavity and the second interior cavity are at least partially filled with a polymer material from the connected port,
wherein the groove is below a horizontal midplane of the body portion and above the second port, and
wherein a distance between the groove and the horizontal midplane increases from the toe portion edge toward the heel portion edge.
9. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 , wherein the second interior cavity comprises a height extending between the top portion edge and the sole portion edge and a depth extending between the face portion and the hosel portion, and wherein the height of the second interior cavity is substantially greater than the depth of the second interior cavity.
10. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 , wherein the second interior cavity comprises a height extending between the top portion edge and the sole portion edge and a depth extending between the face portion and the hosel portion, and wherein the height of the second interior cavity is substantially greater than a width of the second interior cavity extending between the face portion and the back wall portion.
11. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 , wherein a distance between the second port and the groove is less than a distance between the first port and the groove.
12. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 further comprising a channel including the groove, wherein a width of the channel is greater than or equal to 30% and less than or equal to 50% of a distance between the top portion edge and the sole portion edge.
13. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 further comprising a first mass portion and a second mass portion having at least one property different from the first mass portion, wherein the first port is configured to receive the first mass portion, wherein the second port is configured to receive the second mass portion, and wherein the first mass portion and the second mass portion are made from a material having a greater density than a material of the body portion.
14. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 further comprising a first mass portion above the groove and a second mass portion below the groove, wherein the second mass portion includes a greater mass than the first mass portion.
15. A golf club head comprising:
a hollow body portion comprising a material associated with a first density, the body portion having a toe portion with a toe portion edge, a heel portion with a heel portion edge and a hosel portion, a top portion with a top portion edge, a sole portion with a sole portion edge, a front portion, and a back portion with a back wall portion including a groove extending from the toe portion edge to the heel portion edge;
a face portion coupled to the body portion enclosing the front portion to create a first interior cavity;
a hosel transition portion between the first interior cavity and the hosel portion;
a second interior cavity extending into the hosel transition portion and connected to the first interior cavity, the second interior cavity extending from a location at or proximate to a top edge portion of the top portion to a location at or proximate to a sole edge portion of the sole portion, and the second interior cavity extending from the face portion toward the hosel portion;
a first port; and
a second port,
wherein a distance from the first port to the top portion edge is substantially less than a distance between the first port and the sole portion edge,
wherein a distance from the first port to the toe portion edge is substantially less than a distance from the first port to the hosel portion,
wherein a distance from the second port to the top portion edge is substantially greater than a distance between the second port and the sole portion edge,
wherein a distance from the second port to the toe portion edge is less than a distance from the second port to the hosel portion,
wherein the first port or the second port is connected to the first interior cavity to provide a connected port,
wherein the first interior cavity and the second interior cavity are at least partially filled with a polymer material from the connected port, and
wherein a distance between the second port and the groove is less than a distance between the first port and the groove.
16. A golf club head as defined in claim 15 , wherein the second interior cavity comprises a height extending between the top portion edge and the sole portion edge and a depth extending between the face portion and the hosel portion, and wherein the height of the second interior cavity is substantially greater than the depth of the second interior cavity.
17. A golf club head as defined in claim 15 , wherein the second interior cavity comprises a height extending between the top portion edge and the sole portion edge and a depth extending between the face portion and the hosel portion, and wherein the height of the second interior cavity is substantially greater than a width of the second interior cavity extending between the face portion and the back wall portion.
18. A golf club head as defined in claim 15 further comprising a channel including the groove, wherein a width of the channel is greater than or equal to 30% and less than or equal to 50% of a distance between the top portion edge and the sole portion edge.
19. A golf club head as defined in claim 15 further comprising a first mass portion and a second mass portion having at least one property different from the first mass portion, wherein the first port is configured to receive the first mass portion, wherein the second port is configured to receive the second mass portion, and wherein the first mass portion and the second mass portion are made from a material having a greater density than a material of the body portion.
20. A golf club head as defined in claim 15 further comprising a first mass portion above the groove and a second mass portion below the groove, wherein the second mass portion includes a greater mass than the first mass portion.