US Patent Issued to Topgolf Callaway Brands on July 1 for "Golf club head with sole compliance zone" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,600, issued on July 1, was assigned to Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Golf club head with sole compliance zone" was invented by Irina Ivanova (San Marcos, Calif.), Brandon D. DeMille (Carlsbad, Calif.), Alan Hocknell (Encinitas, Calif.), William C. Watson (Temecula, Calif.), Timothy G. Scott (Encinitas, Calif.), Romulus M. Tomimbang (San Diego) and Justin Del Rosario (Temecula, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf club head with a sole having a low stiffness compliance zone, which allows the face to deflect downward upon impact with a golf ball, is disclosed herein. The compliance zone comprises a plurality...