Lefty May Have a Fallback Career
Earlier this year I authored a post titled “A Big Day for Lefty; Golf Club Designer Phil Mickelson Granted His Second Patent.” Well, last week a utility patent application directed to the functional aspects of his club design was published as US Pub. No. 
The application goes on to explain:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0005] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0006] The prior art discloses many hybrid golf club heads.
[0007] The inventors wanted a hybrid that could play like an iron in the fairway and perform better from the rough. The inventors didn’t like how the current hybrids would tend to hit “fliers” from the rough and lose backspin.
[0008] The inventors also wanted the golf club to slide easily through the grass and play from a variety of lies and face angles.
[0009] These features were not available in current hybrid golf clubs.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0010] In order to provide a hybrid with the desired qualities, the inventors moved the center of gravity forward and higher to give a trajectory more like an iron. The inventors also added iron grooves to help with grass & debris removal.
[0011] The inventors also designed the sole such that the leading edge wouldn’t lift up when the face angle was very open.
[0012] One aspect of the present invention is a hybrid golf club head. The hybrid golf club head includes a body comprising a crown section, a sole section and a face section. The sole section is relieved to allow for a face angle to open without a leading edge lifting too high.
[0013] Another aspect of the present invention is a hybrid golf club head comprising a body comprising a crown section, a sole section and a face section with at least one of a plurality of scorelines placed high on the face section.
[0014] Yet another aspect of the present invention is a hybrid golf club head comprising a body comprising a crown section, a sole section and a face section with the body having an increased heel/toe camber to minimize drag through rough during a golf swing.
[0015] Yet another aspect of the present invention is a hybrid golf club head comprising a body comprising a crown section, a sole section and a face section with the body having a forward center of gravity.
[0016] Yet another aspect of the present invention is a hybrid golf club head comprising a body comprising a crown section, a sole section and a face section with a mass placed rearward on an interior of the sole section to increase the moment of inertia of the body.
Perhaps Phil has a fallback career as a golf club designer! Would you buy this club?
Dave Dawsey – Monitoring PGA Golfer’s Patent Applications
PS – click HERE to check out Phil’s other patent