Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads
Embodiments of golf club heads, golf clubs, and methods to manufacture golf club heads and golf clubs are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head includes a hollow body portion including a material having a first density and an interior cavity. A face pocket portion may be in the first interior cavity at or proximate to the front portion of the body portion, define a second interior cavity, and at least partially enclose the first interior cavity. A face portion is coupled to the front portion to enclose the second interior cavity. A first filler material may be injected into the first interior cavity from an external port. A second filler material may fill the second interior cavity. The first filler material and the second filler material may have at least one different physical property. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
1. A golf club head comprising:
a body portion being hollow to define a first interior cavity, the body portion comprising a toe portion with a toe portion edge, a heel portion with a heel portion edge, a front portion, a back portion with a back wall portion, a top portion with a top portion edge, and a sole portion with a sole portion edge, a maximum distance between the top portion edge and the sole portion edge is greater than a maximum distance between the front portion and the back wall portion;
a face pocket portion in the first interior cavity at or proximate to the front portion, the face pocket portion defining a second interior cavity;
a face portion coupled to the front portion to enclose the first interior cavity and the second interior cavity;
a first port on the body portion connected to the first interior cavity;
a second port in the face pocket portion to connect the first interior cavity and the second interior cavity;
a first filler material at least partially filling the first interior cavity; and
a second filler material at least partially filling the second interior cavity,
wherein the first filler material and the second filler material have at least one different physical property.
2. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , wherein the first filler material is injected into the first interior cavity from the first port.
3. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , wherein the second filler material is injected into the first interior cavity from the second port via the first port.
4. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , wherein the second filler material comprises a pre-formed insert placed in the second interior cavity.
5. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , wherein a volume of the second interior cavity is substantially less than a volume of the first interior cavity.
6. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , wherein the at least one different physical property is density or elasticity.
7. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 further comprising a mass portion constructed from a material having a greater density than a density of a material of the body portion, and wherein the first port is configured to receive the mass portion.
8. An iron-type golf club head comprising:
a hollow body portion comprising a material having a first density, a first interior cavity, a toe portion with a toe portion edge, a heel portion with a heel portion edge, a front portion, a back portion with a back wall portion, a top portion with a top portion edge, and a sole portion with a sole portion edge, a maximum distance between the top portion edge and the sole portion edge is greater than a maximum distance between the front portion and the back wall portion;
a face pocket portion in the first interior cavity at or proximate to the front portion, the face pocket portion defining a second interior cavity and at least partially enclosing the first interior cavity;
a face portion coupled to the front portion to enclose the second interior cavity;
a mass portion comprising a material having a second density greater than the first density;
an external port on the hollow body portion connected to the first interior cavity and configured to receive the mass portion;
a first filler material injected into the first interior cavity from the external port; and
a second filler material at least partially filling the second interior cavity,
wherein the first filler material and the second filler material have at least one different physical property.
9. An iron-type golf club head as defined in claim 8 further comprising an internal port connecting the first interior cavity and the second interior cavity, wherein the first filler material is injected into the first interior cavity from the internal port via the external port.
10. An iron-type golf club head as defined in claim 8 , the second filler material is coupled to a back surface of the face portion.
11. An iron-type golf club head as defined in claim 8 , wherein a volume of the second interior cavity is substantially less than a volume of the first interior cavity.
12. An iron-type golf club head as defined in claim 8 , wherein the at least one different physical property is density or elasticity.
13. An iron-type golf club head as defined in claim 8 further comprising a plurality of mass portions on the hollow body portion below a horizontal midplane of the hollow body portion, wherein each mass portion comprises a material having a density different from the first density.
14. A golf club comprising:
a shaft having a first end and a second end opposite the first end;
a grip attached to the first end of the shaft; and
a golf club head coupled the second end of the shaft, the golf club head comprising:
a body portion comprising a toe portion with a toe portion edge, a heel portion with a heel portion edge, a front portion including a face portion, a back portion with a back wall portion, a top portion with a top portion edge, and a sole portion with a sole portion edge, a maximum distance between the top portion edge and the sole portion edge is greater than a maximum distance between the face portion and the back wall portion;
a first interior cavity in the body portion;
a second interior cavity in the body portion between the first interior cavity and the face portion, the second interior cavity separated from the first interior cavity by an interior cavity wall;
a first port on the body portion connected to the first interior cavity;
a second port in the interior cavity wall to connect the first interior cavity and the second interior cavity;
a first filler material at least partially filling the first interior cavity; and
a second filler material at least partially filling the second interior cavity,
wherein a volume of the second interior cavity is substantially less than a volume of the first interior cavity.
15. A golf club as defined in claim 14 , wherein the first filler material is injected into the first interior cavity from the first port.
16. A golf club as defined in claim 14 , wherein the second filler material is injected into the first interior cavity from the second port via the first port.
17. A golf club as defined in claim 14 , wherein the first filler material and the second filler material have different densities.
18. A golf club as defined in claim 14 , the first filler material and the second filler material have different elasticities.
19. A golf club as defined in claim 14 further comprising a mass portion constructed from a material having a greater density than a density of a material of the body portion, and wherein the first port is configured to receive the mass portion.
20. A golf club as defined in claim 14 further comprising a plurality of mass portions below a horizontal midplane of the body portion, wherein the first port is configured to receive a mass portion of the plurality of mass portions to close the first port.