Golf club with multi-component construction

Abstract

A golf club head with multi-component construction. The golf club head includes heel and toe portions that generally provide ground contacting surfaces and a raised central region. A portion of a club head wall is spaced away from a second portion of the club head wall by a less than about 2 cm.

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         21 . A hollow, wood-type golf club head, comprising:
 a crown;   a heel body extending downward from a side of the crown;   a toe body extending downward from a toe side of the crown;   a sole surface comprising a lower surface of the heel body, a lower surface of the toe body, and a raised central sole surface of the club head extending between the heel and toe bodies; and   a face body including a ball striking surface, the face body extending forward from the crown, the heel body, the toe body, and the raised central sole surface, wherein the raised central sole surface does not form a part of the face body,   wherein the heel body, the toe body, the raised central sole surface, and the face body combine to define a central cavity underneath the club head openly exposed downward,   wherein a portion of the raised central sole surface within the central cavity is angled upwards from the heel body towards the toe body to define a rise angle with the horizontal when the club head is at address, wherein the rise angle is between about 20° and about 40°.   
     
     
         22 . The club head of  claim 21 , wherein an entirety of the crown portion is convex upwards with no concave areas. 
     
     
         23 . The club head of  claim 22 , wherein a portion of the crown is spaced away from the raised central sole surface. 
     
     
         24 . The club head of  claim 23 , wherein the portion of the crown is spaced away from the raised central sole surface by a distance of less than 2 cm. 
     
     
         25 . The club head of  claim 23 , wherein the portion of the crown that is spaced away from the raised central sole surface has a surface area of at least 3 cm 2 . 
     
     
         26 . A golf club head, comprising:
 a striking face;   a crown portion extending back from the face;   a sole portion extending from the face and joining the crown portion at a heel side, a toe side, and an aft area when the club head is at address;   a hosel extending from the heel side;   a span member comprising an area of the crown that is spaced away from an area of the sole;   wherein a portion of the crown is spaced away from a portion of the sole by a vertical distance that is greater than about 2 cm in a heel-ward, forward, and toe-ward direction of the span member when the club head is at address, wherein the span member comprises a raised central sole surface that faces downwards and is angled upwards from the heel side towards the toe side to define a rise angle with the horizontal when the club head is at address.   
     
     
         27 . The golf club head of  claim 26 , wherein the rise angle optimizes an MOI of the club head according to actual hit patterns. 
     
     
         28 . The golf club head of  claim 26 , wherein the rise angle is between about 20° and about 40°. 
     
     
         29 . The club head of  claim 28 , wherein an entirety of the crown portion is convex upwards with no concave areas. 
     
     
         30 . The club head of  claim 29 , wherein the crown portion and the sole portion comprise a metallic material. 
     
     
         31 . The club head of  claim 30 , wherein the metallic material is titanium. 
     
     
         32 . A wood-type golf club head, comprising:
 a striking face;   a crown extending back from the striking face;   a sole extending back from the striking face and joining the crown at a heel side, a toe side, and an aft area when the club head is at address, wherein the sole portion comprises a heel body, a toe body, and a raised central sole surface that define a central cavity underneath the club head when the club head is at address, wherein the central cavity is openly exposed downward,   wherein the raised central sole surface is spaced away from a central, aft portion of the crown,   wherein portions of the crown are spaced away from portions the sole by a vertical distance that is greater than 2 cm in a heel-ward, forward, and toe-ward direction from the central, aft portion of the crown; and   a hosel extending from the heel side,   wherein the raised central sole surface faces downward and is angled upwards from the heel body towards the toe body to define a rise angle between 20° and 40° with the horizontal when the club head is at address.   
     
     
         33 . The club head of  claim 32 , wherein an entirety of the crown portion is convex upwards with no concave areas 
     
     
         34 . The club head of  claim 33 , wherein the crown and the sole comprise a metallic material. 
     
     
         35 . The club head of  claim 34 , wherein the metallic material is titanium.