Golf clubs

Abstract

A head for a golf club has the leading edge ( 15 ) provided with a plurality of projections ( 17 ) formed with angled surfaces ( 20, 21, 22, 23 ). In this way, the resistance of the head ( 10 ) to passage through sand is reduced.

1 . A head for a sand iron comprising a face and a sole, the face and the sole meeting at a leading end of the head, the leading end being provided with formations for reducing the resistance of the head through sand, said formations including at least one sand diverting surface to divert sand at an angle relative to the direction of the head through sand.  
   
   
       2 . A head for a sand iron according to  claim 1  wherein said formations comprise a number of projections formed at said leading end, said at least one sand diverting surface being associated with the or each projection for diverting sand displaced by the associated projection to reduce the resistance of the head through sand.  
   
   
       3 . A head for a sand iron according to  claim 2  wherein the or each projection is associated with first and second sand diverting surfaces leading from and angled relative to the face, each surface being on a respective opposite side of the associated projection.  
   
   
       4 . A head for a sand iron according to  claim 2  wherein the or each projection is also associated with third and fourth sand diverting surfaces leading from and angled relative to the sole, each surface being on a respective opposite side of the associated projection.  
   
   
       5 . A head for a sand iron according to  claim 3  wherein said face includes at least one non-linear edge, the or each first and second surfaces extending from the or each respective non-linear edge.  
   
   
       6 . A head for a sand iron according to  claim 4  wherein said sole includes at least one non-linear edge, the or each third and fourth surface extending from the or each respective non-linear edge.  
   
   
       7 . A head for a sand iron according to  claim 5  wherein the or each non-linear edge is V-shaped.  
   
   
       8 . A head for a sand iron according to  claim 4  wherein the first, second, third and fourth surfaces associated with the or each projection meet at a pointed end of the associated projection.  
   
   
       9 . A head for a sand iron according to  claim 4  wherein, at the or each projection, each first surface meets each third surface and each second surface meets each fourth surface along a line lying in a plane between the plane of the face and the plane of the sole.  
   
   
       10 . A head for a sand iron according to  claim 4  wherein, two or more projections are provided and wherein between adjacent projections, each first surface meets the next adjacent second surface and each third surface meets the next adjacent fourth surface along a line lying in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the face.  
   
   
       11 . A head for a sand iron according to  claim 1  wherein the leading end of the head is formed with first and second sand diverting surfaces, the first sand diverting surface diverting sand at an angle relative to the direction of travel of the head through the sand to one side of said direction and the second sand diverting surface diverting sand at a second angle relative to the direction of travel of the head through sand to the other side of said direction.  
   
   
       12 . A head for a sand iron according to  claim 11  wherein the leading end of the head is formed with third and fourth sand diverting surfaces, the third sand diverting surface diverting sand at an angle relative to the direction of travel of the head through the sand to one side of said direction and the fourth sand diverting surface diverting sand at an angle relative to the direction of travel of the head through sand to the other side of said direction.  
   
   
       13 . A head for a sand iron according to  claim 11  wherein the intersections of said first and third surfaces and of said second and fourth surfaces form a series of linked V-shaped indentations extending from the leading end into the face.  
   
   
       14 . A head for a sand iron according to  claim 11  wherein said first, second, third and fourth surfaces form at least one projection.  
   
   
       15 . A head for a sand iron according to  claim 4  wherein said first, second, third and fourth surfaces are planar.  
   
   
       16 . A head for a sand iron according to  claim 4  wherein said first, second, third and fourth surfaces are curved.  
   
   
       17 . A head for a sand iron according to  claim 2  wherein said at least one projection has a pointed end.  
   
   
       18 . A head for a sand iron according to  claim 2  wherein said at least one projection has a curved end.  
   
   
       19 . A head for a sand iron according to  claim 2  wherein said at least one projection has a flattened end.  
   
   
       20 . A head for a sand iron according to  claim 2  including a plurality of projections.  
   
   
       21 . A sand iron including a head for a sand iron according to claims  1 .