Golf club and golf club head with interchangeable body component

Abstract

An iron type golf club head includes a club head having a first body component defining a striking face, and a second body component releasably secured to the first body component with a fastener. The second body component defines at least a perimeter portion of a rear face of the club head body and may define substantially an entire rear face of the club head body.

1 . An iron type golf club head comprising:
 a club head having a first body component defining a striking face, and a second body component releasably secured to the first body component with a fastener, wherein the second body component defines at least an entire perimeter of a rear face of the club head.   
   
   
       2 . The golf club head of  claim 1 , wherein the fastener comprises a plurality of apertures extending through one of the first and second body components, a plurality of threaded recesses formed in the other of the first and second body components, and a plurality of threaded fasteners, each threaded fastener being received in one of the threaded recesses. 
   
   
       3 . The golf club head of  claim 2 , wherein the threaded fasteners are screws. 
   
   
       4 . The golf club head of  claim 1 , wherein the rear face of the second body component is cavity backed. 
   
   
       5 . The golf club head of  claim 1 , wherein the first body component and the second body component define a blade head. 
   
   
       6 . The golf club head of  claim 1 , wherein the second body component includes a cavity and a weight removably secured within the cavity. 
   
   
       7 . The golf club head of  claim 6 , wherein the cavity is formed on a front surface of the second body component that abuts a rear surface of the first body component when the first and second body components are secured to one another. 
   
   
       8 . The golf club head of  claim 1 , further comprising at least one additional second body component configured to be releasably secured to the first body component. 
   
   
       9 . The golf club head of  claim 8 , wherein the second body component has a first shape and the at least one additional second body component has a second shape that is different than the first shape. 
   
   
       10 . The golf club head of  claim 8 , wherein the second body component has a first weight and the at least one additional second body component has a second weight that is different than the first weight. 
   
   
       11 . The golf club head of  claim 8 , wherein the second body component has a first weight distribution characteristic and the at least one additional second body component has a second weight distribution characteristic that is different than the first weight distribution characteristic. 
   
   
       12 . The golf club head of  claim 8 , wherein the second body component is formed of a first material and the at least one additional second body component is formed of a second material that is different than the first material. 
   
   
       13 . The golf club head of  claim 1 , further comprising a hosel provided on the first body component. 
   
   
       14 . The golf club head of  claim 1 , wherein the first body component includes a first alignment member and the second body component includes a second alignment member configured to mate with the first alignment member. 
   
   
       15 . An iron type golf club head comprising:
 a club head having a first body component defining a striking face, and a second body component releasably secured to the first body component with a fastener, wherein the second body component defines at least an entire perimeter of a rear face of the club head; and   a hosel on one of the first body component and the second body component;   wherein the fastener comprises a plurality of apertures extending through one of the first and second body components, a plurality of threaded recesses formed in the other of the first and second body components, and a plurality of threaded fasteners, each threaded fastener being received in one of the threaded recesses.   
   
   
       16 . The golf club head of  claim 15 , further comprising at least one additional second body component configured to be releasably secured to the first body component. 
   
   
       17 . The golf club head of  claim 16 , wherein the second body component has a first shape and the at least one additional second body component has a second shape that is different than the first shape. 
   
   
       18 . The golf club head of  claim 15 , wherein the first body component includes a first alignment member and the second body component includes a second alignment member configured to mate with the first alignment member. 
   
   
       19 . An iron type golf club head assembly comprising:
 a club head having a first body component defining a striking face, and a plurality of second body components, each second body component configured to be releasably secured to the first body component with a fastener, wherein each second body component defines at least a perimeter portion of a rear face of the club head body when secured to the first body component and has at least one characteristic different than a characteristic of each other second body component.   
   
   
       20 . An iron type golf club comprising:
 a club head having a first body component defining a striking face, and a second body component releasably secured to the first body component with a fastener, wherein the second body component defines at least an entire perimeter of a rear face of the club head;   a hosel provided on one of the first body component and the second body component; and   a shaft member engaged with the hosel.   
   
   
       21 . The golf club of  claim 20 , wherein the fastener comprises a plurality of apertures extending through one of the first and second body components, a plurality of threaded recesses formed in the other of the first and second body components, and a plurality of threaded fasteners, each threaded fastener being received in one of the threaded recesses. 
   
   
       22 . The golf club of  claim 20 , further comprising at least one additional second body component configured to be secured to the first body component. 
   
   
       23 . The golf club of  claim 22 , wherein the second body component has a first shape and the at least one additional second body component has a second shape that is different than the first shape. 
   
   
       24 . The golf club of  claim 22 , wherein the second body component has a first weight distribution characteristic and the at least one additional second body component has a second weight distribution characteristic that is different than the first weight distribution characteristic. 
   
   
       25 . The golf club of  claim 22 , wherein the second body component has a first weight and the at least one additional second body component has a second weight that is different than the first weight. 
   
   
       26 . The golf club head of  claim 20 , wherein the first body component includes a first alignment member and the second body component includes a second alignment member configured to mate with the first alignment member.