Claims
- 1. A golf club head comprising:
a body having a heel end and a toe end wherein a striking plate is disposed on the body and extends from the heel end to the toe end, wherein the striking plate is composed of a forged titanium material having an exterior surface with a depth, D, of the striking face ranging from 1.45 inches to 2.50 inches and a width, W, ranging from 2.50 inches to 4.00 inches, wherein the striking plate has an aspect ratio of at least 0.575, and a striking face thickness, T, ranging from 0.050 inch to 0.130 inch, and wherein the club head body has a volume ranging from 250 cubic centimeters to 400 cubic centimeters and wherein the club has a coefficient of restitution ranging from 0.81 to 0.93 as measured under conventional USGA test conditions.
- 2. The golf club head according to claim 1 wherein the striking plate is composed of a forged steel material.
- 3. The golf club head according to claim 1 wherein the striking plate has a thickness, T, in the range of 0.100 inch to 0.110 inch.
- 4. The golf club head according to claim 1 wherein the club head body has a volume in the range of 300 cubic centimeters to 380 cubic centimeters.
- 5. The golf club head according to claim 1 wherein the club has a coefficient of restitution in the range of 0.82 to 0.85.
- 6. A golf club head comprising:
a body having a heel end and a toe end wherein a striking plate is disposed on the body and extends from the heel end to the toe end, wherein the striking plate is composed of a forged titanium material having an exterior surface with a depth, D, of the striking face ranging from 1.45 inches to 2.50 inches and a width, W, ranging from 2.50 inches to 4.00 inches, wherein the striking plate has an aspect ratio of at least 0.575, and a striking face thickness, T, ranging from 0.100 inch to 0.110 inch, and wherein the club head body has a volume ranging from 300 cubic centimeters to 380 cubic centimeters and wherein the club has a coefficient of restitution ranging from 0.82 to 0.85 as measured under conventional USGA test conditions.
- 7. The golf club head according to claim 6 wherein the striking plate is composed of a material selected from the group consisting of steel, stainless steel, steel alloys, vitreous metals, ceramics, composites, carbon materials, carbon fiber materials, other fibrous materials and mixtures thereof.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part application of co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No., 09/475,752, filed on Dec. 30,1999, which is a continuation-in-part application of co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/454,695, filed on Dec. 3, 1999, which is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/120,433 filed on Jul. 22, 1998 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,007,432, which is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/735,601, filed on Oct. 23, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,830,084.
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