Patent ID: 8556745

Claim:
A sand wedge type golf club comprising: an elongated shaft; a metal club head including a wedge body and a hosel, said hosel being secured to said elongated shaft, said wedge body having a covered, generally U-shaped frame portion with a cross bar section positioned across the open portion of said U-shape, a front face and a back face between a toe and a heel, said front face being planar at a toe portion, said generally U-shaped frame portion forming a cavity on said front face, when said generally U-shaped frame portion is viewed from in front of said front face; a replaceable metal face plate having a contact surface, a mounting surface and a body therebetween, said mounting surface engaging said cavity and having female connecting means formed on said mounting surface, said contact surface being co-planar with said front face of said metal club head at a toe portion of said wedge body, said contact surface having a plurality of grooves; said female connecting means including internal threads wherein said internal threads extend into but not through said body of said replaceable metal face plate; a plurality of headed screws extending through said cross bar and the bottom of said generally U-shaped frame portion to threadably engage said internal threads of said female connecting means on said mounting surface of said replaceable metal face plate.