ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,571, issued on May 19, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).
"Fairway wood golf club" was invented by Thomas Orrin Bennett (Carlsbad, Calif.), Mitchell E. Bac (Temecula, Calif.) and Grant M. Martens (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf club head formed of an alloy of steel that is capable of improving the center of gravity (CG) location while maintaining traditional external dimensions of the golf club head. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention achieves a relatively low CG while maintaining traditional external dimensions by reducing the amount of mass contributed by the...