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A golf club, such as a driver, includes a head designed for reducing spin imparted to a golf ball struck by the club head. The club head has a face portion for contacting a golf ball that is formed of a relatively hard material having a generally slippery characteristic. The golf ball slips on the f

A golf club, such as a driver, includes a head designed for reducing spin imparted to a golf ball struck by the club head. The club head has a face portion for contacting a golf ball that is formed of a relatively hard material having a generally slippery characteristic. The golf ball slips on the face portion when a plane of the face portion at a point of contact between the ball and face portion is not generally normal to a direction of travel of the club head. The slippery characteristic may be obtained by forming the face of the club head from a sintered material impregnated with a lubricant such as PTFE. The club head may also include a plastic insert with a self-lubricating filler.

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1. A golf club with a ball contacting surface comprisinga coating of a lubricating material, wherein the improvement comprises a matrix material harder than the lubricating material reinforcing the lubricant material to resist indentation of the lubricating material when subjected to a force of a go

1. A golf club with a ball contacting surface comprisinga coating of a lubricating material, wherein the improvement comprises a matrix material harder than the lubricating material reinforcing the lubricant material to resist indentation of the lubricating material when subjected to a force of a golf ball impact, the matrix material being a metal, the matrix material having peaks and valleys with said lubricating material therein, said ball contacting surface being formed by said lubricating material and said matrix material, and said matrix material being disposed on a substrate.