Patent ID: 6878073

Claim:
A wood golf club which comprises: a head having a face on a front, said head defining a toe at one end of the face and a heel at the other end thereof, having an outer shell made of metallic shells, defining a hollow interior, said head also having a rearmost side opposite the face on the front; a shaft connected to a heel side of the head; and one or more reinforcing members provided separately inside said outer shell of the head, each of said reinforcing members being tabular, projecting toward the hollow interior, so formed that it is provided nearly along a cross-sectional area of said hollow interior defined in a toe-to-heel direction, a preset distance away from the face to define a preset space therebetween, wherein: each reinforcing member is frame-shaped, having an opening on a center portion thereof, and makes up 20% or more of the cross-sectional area of the hollow interior in a toe-to-heel direction; said reinforcing member is positioned rearwardly of a shaft connecting portion of said head in a range of ±20% of a distance extending between said face on the front and said rearmost side of the head, with an intermediate position between the face to the rearmost side of the head being assumed to be a reference position; said reinforcing member and said face are provided essentially in parallel with each other; and said preset space adjacent to a rear surface of said face remains hollow so that said face may bend upon striking of a ball.