Golf club head
A golf club head includes a body including a toe region, a heel region, and a medial region extending between the toe region and the heel region, and a face insert that is coupled to the body. The face insert and the body combine to form a front face on a front side. A top edge of the face insert is disposed within a face insert cavity and located between a central plane CP and a topline of the body. The face insert extends about 60% or less of a body height defined between the topline and the sole.
1 . A golf club head, comprising:
a body including a toe region, a heel region, a medial region extending between the toe region and the heel region, and a sole; and
a face insert that is coupled to the body, the face insert and the body combining to form a front face on a front side,
wherein an ideal impact point of the front face is located between the sole and a topline,
wherein a top edge of the face insert is disposed within a face insert cavity and located between a central plane and the topline of the body,
wherein the face insert extends about 60% or less of a body height defined between the topline and the sole,
wherein an inner surface of the face insert includes a plurality of concentric zones of varying thickness centered about the ideal impact point,
wherein the body further includes a lower cavity structure extending between the sole and an upper middle part of the front face, and wherein a majority of the lower cavity structure is located below the central plane.
2 . The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the face insert defines less than about 50% of a surface area of the front face.
3 . The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the face insert includes a sole portion that is coupled to the sole.
4 . The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein a bridge stiffener connects the face insert to a rear structure of the body.
5 . A golf club head, comprising:
a body that includes a face insert cavity; and
a face insert that is received within the face insert cavity,
wherein a front face is defined by the body and the face insert on a front side,
wherein the body includes a bridge stiffener extending rearwardly from the front face,
wherein the bridge stiffener connects the face insert to a rear structure of the body,
wherein the rear structure of the body extends from a trailing edge of the body to the bridge stiffener and at least partially defines an internal cavity between the rear structure and the face insert,
wherein a filler insert is disposed in the internal cavity, the filler insert comprising at least one material having a hardness that is between about Shore A5 and about Shore A40, and
wherein the bridge stiffener includes a convex portion or a concave portion extending between the rear structure of the body and the face insert.
6 . The golf club head of claim 5 , wherein the internal cavity includes an upper internal cavity and a lower internal cavity, the bridge stiffener separating the upper internal cavity from the lower internal cavity.
7 . The golf club head of claim 5 , wherein the concave portion defines a concave tab that extends downwardly from the bridge stiffener to the rear structure.
8 . The golf club head of claim 7 , wherein the concave tab forms a rear opening in communication with the internal cavity, the internal cavity being exposed through the rear opening.
9 . The golf club head of claim 5 , wherein the filler insert includes a polymer material.
10 . The golf club head of claim 9 , wherein the polymer material is a thermoplastic polyurethane or a thermoplastic elastomer.
11 . A golf club head, comprising:
a body that includes a face insert cavity; and
a face insert that is received within the face insert cavity,
wherein a front face is defined by the body and the face insert on a front side,
wherein the body includes a bridge stiffener extending rearwardly from the front face,
wherein the bridge stiffener extends across the body from a heel region to a toe region at an intersection with an inner surface of the front face,
wherein the bridge stiffener separates an upper internal cavity from a lower internal cavity, the bridge stiffener including at least one of a concave portion and a convex portion,
wherein a filler insert is disposed in the lower internal cavity, the filler insert comprising at least one material defining a hardness between about Shore A5 and about Shore A40,
wherein a geometric center of the front face is located between a topline of the body and a sole of the body, and wherein a central plane of the golf club head extends through the geometric center of the front face,
wherein the body further includes a lower cavity structure extending between the sole and an upper middle part of the front face, and
wherein a majority of the lower cavity structure is located below the central plane.
12 . The golf club head of claim 11 , wherein a height of the lower internal cavity is about 20% of a body height defined between the topline of the body and the sole of the body.
13 . The golf club head of claim 11 , wherein the body further includes an upper cavity structure, and wherein a first thickness of the upper cavity structure is less than a second thickness of the lower cavity structure.
14 . The golf club head of claim 11 , wherein the filler insert includes a polymer material.
15 . The golf club head of claim 14 , wherein the polymer material is a thermoplastic polyurethane or a thermoplastic elastomer.