Patent ID: 7115048
Filing Date: 2006-10-03
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An iron head for a golf club including a head body made of a metal and having a hosel part, and a plate-like face body welded to the head body and made of a metallic material different from the metal of the head body, the plate-like face body having first through fourth peripheries arranged adjacent to toe, heel, top, and sole portions of said head body respectively, comprising: a cavity portion between said plate-like face body and a back part of said head body, said cavity portion being defined so as to extend in said head body from a first position adjacent the toe portion of said head body to a second position adjacent to a heel portion of said head body, sand second position being remote from said secondary periphery in a direction toward said heel portion of said head body, said head body having a receipt portion thereof provided for receiving a rear face portion of said plate-like face body adjacent to said second periphery, said receipt portion having a length equal to or less than one fourth of a length of said second periphery, said second periphery being positioned in a specified position wherein a golf ball is prevented from coming into direct contact with said second periphery even when said golf ball is sized such that said golf ball is in contact with both a surface of said hosel part and a surface of said plate-like face body apart from said second periphery simultaneously.