Chunk Shot Reduction Golf Club and Method of Use Therefor

Abstract

A golf club contains a handle, a shaft attached to the handle, and a head attached to the shaft opposite to the handle. The head contains a front face, a top, and a bottom. The bottom has a bottom surface and a plurality of rails thereupon. The rails on the bottom surface thereof may allow the golf club to glide across, rather than digging into the ground. This may in turn reduce the incidence and/or frequency of chunk shots. A method of reducing chance shots is also provided.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A golf club comprising:
 A. a handle;   B. a shaft connected to the handle;   C. a head connected to the shaft opposite to the handle, the head comprising:
 i. a front face for contacting a golf ball; 
 ii. a top adjacent to the front face; and 
 iii. a bottom adjacent to the front face, the bottom opposite the top, the bottom further comprising:
 a. a bottom surface; and 
 b. a plurality of rails protruding from the bottom surface. 
 
   
     
     
         2 . The golf club according to  claim 1 , wherein the golf club is selected from the group consisting of a driver, an iron, a wedge, and a combination thereof. 
     
     
         3 . The golf club according to  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of rails comprises from about 2 to about 15 rails. 
     
     
         4 . The gold club according to  claim 1 , wherein the bottom surface has a bottom surface area, wherein each rail has a rail foot surface area, and wherein the total of all the rails' rail foot surface areas is from about 3% to about 75% of the bottom surface area. 
     
     
         5 . The golf club according to  claim 1 , wherein each rail has a height, and wherein the height is from about 1 mm to about 20 mm. 
     
     
         6 . The golf club according to  claim 1 , comprising a curved rail. 
     
     
         7 . The golf club according to  claim 1 , comprising a straight rail. 
     
     
         8 . The golf club according to  claim 5 , wherein the height of the rail varies within the same rail. 
     
     
         9 . The golf club according to  claim 8 , wherein the height of each rail varies within the same rail. 
     
     
         10 . The golf club according to  claim 10 , wherein each rail has a maximum height and wherein each maximum height is different. 
     
     
         11 . The golf club according to  claim 1 , wherein the head further comprises a back side opposite the front face, and wherein the plurality of rails runs between the front face and the back side. 
     
     
         12 . The golf club according to  claim 1 , wherein the front face is angled from about 0° to about 75° as measured from the shaft. 
     
     
         13 . A golf club comprising:
 A. a handle;   B. a shaft connected to the handle;   C. a head connected to the shaft opposite to the handle, the head comprising:
 i. a front face for contacting a golf ball; 
 ii. a top adjacent to the front face; and 
 iii. a bottom adjacent to the front face, the bottom opposite the top, the bottom further comprising:
 a. a bottom surface having a bottom surface area; and 
 b. from about 4 to about 8 rails protruding from the bottom surface,
 wherein each rail has a lower surface area, and wherein the total of all the rails' lower surface areas is from about 3% to about 75% of the bottom surface area. 
 
 
   
     
     
         14 . A method of reducing chunk shots comprising the step of swinging a golf club  claim 1 . 
     
     
         15 . A method of reducing chunk shots comprising the step of swinging a golf club  claim 13 .