The present invention provides golf clubs and golf club heads that can be weight adjusted to move the center of gravity of the clubs and heads. The wood-type clubs have heads with crown and soles plates containing weighted and non-weighted sections. The crown and sole plates can be rotated or removed. In this manner, the weighted sections of the crowns and sole plates can be moved to a particular location, and this adjusts the center of gravity of the club head.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0008] The present invention relates to golf clubs and golf club heads that can be weight-adjusted to move the center of gravity of the clubs and heads. In one embodiment, the wood-type golf club head includes a body having a heel end, a toe end, and a front ball-striking surface; a crown extending between the heel and toe ends and from a top edge of the front ball-striking surface, the crown having a front portion and a rear portion; and a sole extending between the heel and toe ends and from a bottom edge of the front ball-striking surface, the sole having a sole aperture therein; and a sole plate positioned within the sole aperture so that the body defines an interior cavity.

[0009] The sole plate has at least two sections of differing weight and is rotatably attached to the sole so the sole plate can rotate from a first position to a second position. In this manner, the center of gravity of the club is changed. For example, the weighted section(s) of the sole plate may comprise a first metal material is selected from the group consisting of copper, tungsten, steel, magnesium tin, silver, gold, and platinum; while the crown plate may comprise a second metal material selected from the group consisting of titanium and aluminum alloys. The golf club head also may contain a crown plate having at least two sections of differing weight that is rotatably attached to the sole so the sole plate can rotate from a first position to a second position. The weighted and non-weighted sections of the crown plate also may be made of the above-described metal materials. The first position of the sole plate/crown plate provides the club with a first center of gravity and the second position provides the club with a second center of gravity, whereby the first and second centers of gravity are different.

[0010] In another embodiment, a first sole plate is positioned within the sole aperture and this plate is removably attached so it can be removed and a second sole plate attached in place thereof. The first and second sole plates are of differing weight, whereby the first sole plate provides the club with a first center of gravity and the second sole plate provides the club with a second center of gravity, the first and second centers of gravity being different.