GOLF CLUB STRIKING SURFACE
A golf club head, including a striking face having a plurality of grooves formed therein, a center region, a toe region, and a heel region, a plurality of miniature grooves formed therein, the plurality of miniature grooves limited to the central region of the striking face, each of the plurality of miniature grooves extending across the striking face parallel to the grooves, each of the plurality of miniature grooves having a miniature groove width of less than 0.500 mm, wherein the miniature groove width is the distance between an uppermost intersection of each miniature groove and the front surface and a lowermost intersection of each miniature groove and the front surface; a plurality of arcuate grooves limited to the toe region; wherein the grooves, the miniature grooves, and the arcuate grooves do not intersect one another.
1 . A golf club head, comprising:
a body, said body comprising:
a striking face on a forward portion of said body, said striking face configured to strike a golf ball;
a sole on a bottom portion of said body;
a top line on a top portion of said body;
a hosel configured to receive a shaft, said hosel located on a heel side of said body, said heel side opposite a toe side of said body;
wherein said striking face comprises a plurality of grooves formed therein, each of said plurality of grooves extending horizontally across said striking face;
wherein said striking face comprises a center region, a toe region, and a heel region, said center region extending from a toe most portion of said grooves to a heel most portion of said grooves, said heel region located on a heel side of said center region and said toe region located on a toe side of said center region;
a plurality of miniature grooves formed in said striking face, said plurality of miniature grooves limited to said center region of said striking face, each of said plurality of miniature grooves extending across said striking face parallel to said grooves, and
a plurality of arcuate grooves limited to said toe region;
wherein said grooves, said miniature grooves, and said arcuate grooves do not intersect one another.
2 . The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein said striking face comprises a plurality of groove absent regions, said groove absent regions located between each pair of said plurality of grooves, wherein each groove absent region comprises at least three miniature grooves.
3 . The golf club head of claim 2 , wherein each groove absent region comprises at least four miniature grooves and less than eight miniature grooves.
4 . The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein each of said plurality of grooves has a groove width greater than or equal to 0.500 mm and each of said plurality of miniature grooves has a miniature groove width of less than 0.500 mm, wherein said striking face comprises a front surface, and wherein said groove width of each groove is the distance between an uppermost intersection of each groove and said front surface and a lowermost intersection of each groove and said front surface, and wherein said miniature groove width is the distance between an uppermost intersection of each miniature groove and said front surface and a lowermost intersection of each miniature groove and said front surface.
5 . The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein said plurality of grooves comprises a topmost groove and a lowermost groove, said topmost groove located higher on said striking face than the reaminder of said pluarlity of grooves and said lowermost groove located lower on said striking face than the remainder of said plurality of grooves, wherein a first group of said plurality of miniature grooves is formed above said topmost groove and a second group of said plurality of miniature grooves is formed below said lowermost groove.
6 . A golf club head, comprising:
a body, said body comprising:
a striking face on a forward portion of said body, said striking face configured to strike a golf ball;
a sole on a bottom portion of said body;
a top line on a top portion of said body;
a hosel configured to receive a shaft, said hosel located on a heel side of said body, said heel side opposite a toe side of said body;
wherein said striking face comprises a plurality of grooves formed therein, each of said plurality of grooves extending horizontally across said striking face;
wherein said striking face comprises a center region, a toe region, and a heel region, said center region extending from a toe most portion of said grooves to a heel most portion of said grooves, said heel region located on a heel side of said center region and said toe region located on a toe side of said center region;
a plurality of miniature grooves formed in said striking face, said plurality of miniature grooves limited to said center region of said striking face, and
a plurality of arcuate grooves limited to said toe region;
wherein said arcuate grooves do not intersect said grooves and said miniature grooves.
7 . The golf club head of claim 6 , wherein said striking face comprises a plurality of groove absent regions, said groove absent regions located between each pair of said plurality of grooves, wherein each groove absent region comprises at least three miniature grooves.
8 . The golf club head of claim 7 , wherein each groove absent region comprises at least four miniature grooves and less than eight miniature grooves.
9 . The golf club head of claim 6 , wherein each of said plurality of grooves has a groove width greater than or equal to 0.500 mm and each of said plurality of miniature grooves has a miniature groove width of less than 0.500 mm, wherein said striking face comprises a front surface, and wherein said groove width of each groove is the distance between an uppermost intersection of each groove and said front surface and a lowermost intersection of each groove and said front surface, and wherein said miniature groove width is the distance between an uppermost intersection of each miniature groove and said front surface and a lowermost intersection of each miniature groove and said front surface.
10 . The golf club head of claim 6 , wherein said plurality of grooves comprises a topmost groove and a lowermost groove, said topmost groove located higher on said striking face than the reaminder of said pluarlity of grooves and said lowermost groove located lower on said striking face than the remainder of said plurality of grooves, wherein a first group of said plurality of miniature grooves is formed above said topmost groove and a second group of said plurality of miniature grooves is formed below said lowermost groove.
11 . The golf club head of claim 6 , wherein each of said plurality of miniature grooves extends across said striking face parallel to said grooves.
12 . The golf club head of claim 6 , wherein said grooves, said miniature grooves, and said arcuate grooves do not intersect one another.
13 . A golf club head, comprising:
a body, said body comprising:
a striking face on a forward portion of said body, said striking face configured to strike a golf ball;
a sole on a bottom portion of said body;
a top line on a top portion of said body;
a hosel configured to receive a shaft, said hosel located on a heel side of said body, said heel side opposite a toe side of said body;
wherein said striking face comprises a plurality of grooves formed therein, each of said plurality of grooves extending horizontally across said striking face;
wherein said striking face comprises a center region, a toe region, and a heel region, said center region extending from a toe most portion of said grooves to a heel most portion of said grooves, said heel region located on a heel side of said center region and said toe region located on a toe side of said center region;
a plurality of miniature grooves formed in said striking face, each of said plurality of miniature grooves extending across said striking face parallel to said grooves, and
a plurality of arcuate grooves formed in said striking face;
wherein said arcuate grooves do not intersect said grooves and said miniature grooves.
14 . The golf club head of claim 13 , wherein said striking face comprises a plurality of groove absent regions, said groove absent regions located between each pair of said plurality of grooves, wherein each groove absent region comprises at least three miniature grooves.
15 . The golf club head of claim 14 , wherein each groove absent region comprises at least four miniature grooves and less than eight miniature grooves.
16 . The golf club head of claim 13 , wherein each of said plurality of grooves has a groove width greater than or equal to 0.500 mm and each of said plurality of miniature grooves has a miniature groove width of less than 0.500 mm, wherein said striking face comprises a front surface, and wherein said groove width of each groove is the distance between an uppermost intersection of each groove and said front surface and a lowermost intersection of each groove and said front surface, and wherein said miniature groove width is the distance between an uppermost intersection of each miniature groove and said front surface and a lowermost intersection of each miniature groove and said front surface.
17 . The golf club head of claim 13 , wherein said plurality of miniature grooves are limited to said center region of said striking face.
18 . The golf club head of claim 13 , wherein said plurality of arcuate grooves are limited to said toe region of said striking face.
19 . The golf club head of claim 13 , wherein each of said plurality of miniature grooves extends across said striking face parallel to said grooves.
20 . The golf club head of claim 13 , wherein said grooves, said miniature grooves, and said arcuate grooves do not intersect one another.