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 with an interior cavity and face portion, and weight portion and a wall portion on a bottom portion of the body portion extending into the interior cavity. A polymer material may be in the interior cavity located between and coupled to the wall portion and the weight portion. The wall portion may be farther from the face portion than to the weight portion. The weight portion may be closer to a front portion than to a rear portion of the body portion. A distance between the weight portion and the face portion may be greater than a distance between the weight portion and the wall portion. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
1. A golf club head comprising:
a hollow body portion defining an interior cavity, the hollow body portion including a front portion with a face portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a bottom portion having an inner surface, and a top portion, the hollow body portion comprising a first material having a first density;
a wall portion extending into the interior cavity from the inner surface of the bottom portion, the wall portion having a wall-portion length extending between the toe portion and the heel portion, a wall-portion height extending between the bottom portion and the top portion, and a wall-portion thickness extending between the front portion and the rear portion, the wall-portion length being substantially greater than the wall-portion height, and the wall-portion height being substantially greater than the wall-portion thickness;
a weight portion comprising a second material having a second density greater than the first density;
a weight port extending into the interior cavity from the bottom portion, the weight port located between the wall portion and the face portion, the weight port configured to receive the weight portion; and
a polymer material between the weight port and the wall portion, the polymer material having a rear portion coupled to the wall portion and a front portion coupled to the weight port,
wherein a length of the polymer material extending between the toe portion and the heel portion is less than or equal to a length of the wall portion, and
wherein a distance between an opening of the weight port inside the interior cavity and the face portion is greater than a distance between the opening of the weight port and the wall portion.
2. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , wherein the wall-portion length is greater than or equal to 1.0 inch (25.4 millimeters) and less than or equal to 3.0 inch (76.2 millimeters), and wherein a ratio of the wall-portion length to the wall-portion height is greater than or equal to 3.0.
3. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , wherein the wall-portion height is greater than or equal to 0.10 inch (2.54 millimeters) and less than or equal to 0.65 inch (16.51 millimeters), and wherein a ratio of the wall-portion height to the wall-portion thickness is greater than or equal to 4.0.
4. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a distance between the wall portion and the face portion to a distance between the weight port and the face portion is greater than or equal to 1.2.
5. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , wherein a distance between an opening of the weight port on the bottom portion and the face portion is the same or similar to the distance between the opening of the weight port inside the interior cavity and the face portion.
6. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , wherein the polymer material is a pre-manufactured insert configured to fit between the weight port and the wall portion.
7. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , wherein the wall portion extends in a same direction or substantially a same direction as the face portion.
8. A golf club head comprising:
a body portion comprising an interior cavity, a front portion having a front opening, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a bottom portion having an inner surface and an outer surface, and a top portion;
a face portion attached to the front portion to close the front opening;
a weight portion on the bottom portion extending into the interior cavity, a distance between the weight portion and the face portion being less than a distance between the weight portion and the rear portion;
a wall portion extending from the inner surface of the bottom portion into the interior cavity, a distance between the wall portion and the face portion being greater than the distance between the weight portion and the face portion to define a gap between the wall portion and the weight portion; and
a polymer material in the gap, the polymer material having a rear surface coupled to the wall portion and a front surface coupled to the weight portion,
wherein a distance between the weight portion and the face portion is greater than a distance between the weight portion and the wall portion,
wherein a length of the polymer material extending between the toe portion and the heel portion is less than or equal to a length of the wall portion, and
wherein a width of the polymer material extending between the front portion and the rear portion is less or equal to than a distance between a center axis of the weight portion and the wall portion.
9. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 , wherein the weight portion is an integral portion of the bottom portion.
10. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 further comprising a cylindrical port on the bottom portion extending into the interior cavity, wherein the weight portion is a cylindrical weight portion comprising a material having a greater density than a density of a material of the body portion, wherein the cylindrical port is configured to receive the cylindrical weight portion, and wherein a portion of the front surface of the polymer material includes a circular cutout portion configured to engage an outer surface of the cylindrical port.
11. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 , wherein the polymer material is a pre-manufactured insert placed between the weight portion and the wall portion.
12. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 , wherein the wall portion extends in a same direction or substantially a same direction as the face portion.
13. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 , wherein the bottom portion comprises:
a center portion extending in a direction from the front portion to the rear portion;
a toe-side portion between the center portion and the toe portion; and
a heel-side portion between the center portion and the heel portion,
wherein the toe-side portion and the heel-side portion are recessed relative to the center portion, and
wherein a substantial portion of the wall portion is on the center portion.
14. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 further comprising a crown portion manufactured from a composite material, wherein the top portion comprises a top opening, and wherein the top opening is configured to receive the crown portion to enclose the interior cavity from the top portion.
15. A golf club head comprising:
a hollow body portion defining an interior cavity, the hollow body portion comprising a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a bottom portion having an inner surface, and a top portion having a top-portion opening;
a face portion coupled to the front portion to enclose the interior cavity;
a crown portion comprising a composite material, the crown portion coupled to the top portion to close the top-portion opening;
a wall portion extending from the inner surface of the bottom portion toward the top portion, a distance between the wall portion and the face portion being less than a distance between the wall portion and the rear portion; and
a polymer material between the wall portion and the face portion, the polymer material coupled to the wall portion;
a weight portion extending into the interior cavity from the bottom portion and between the wall portion and the face portion,
wherein the wall portion extends in a same direction or substantially a same direction as the face portion, and
wherein a substantial portion of the polymer material in the interior cavity is between the wall portion and the weight portion.
16. A golf club head as defined in claim 15 , wherein a ratio of a length of the wall portion to a height of the wall portion is greater than or equal to 3.0.
17. A golf club head as defined in claim 15 , wherein a ratio of a height of the wall portion to a thickness of the wall portion is greater than or equal to 4.0.
18. A golf club head as defined in claim 15 further comprising a port on the bottom portion, wherein the port extends into the interior cavity between the wall portion and the face portion, and wherein the polymer material is coupled to the port.
19. A golf club head as defined in claim 15 wherein the weight portion comprises a material having a greater density than a density of a material of the body portion.
20. A golf club head as defined in claim 15 , wherein the bottom portion comprises:
a center portion extending in a direction from the front portion to the rear portion;
a toe-side portion between the center portion and the toe portion; and
a heel-side portion between the center portion and the heel portion,
wherein the toe-side portion and the heel-side portion are recessed relative to the center portion,
wherein the weight portion is on the center portion,
and
wherein a substantial portion of the wall portion is on the center portion.