ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 24 -- Acushnet, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (9,682,289) developed by three co-inventors for a "golf club head with replaceable face." The co-inventors are Charles E. Golden, Encinitas, California, John Morin, Poway, California, and Helene Hipp, Norman, Oklahoma.

The patent application was filed on April 16, 2014 (14/254,118). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF& . . .