Patent ID: 7018305

Claim:
An iron-type golf clubhead comprising a face plate having a front surface forming a clubface, a back surface and a circumferential surface, and a main body provided with a face mount in which the face plate is fitted, the face mount comprising a side wall for supporting said circumferential surface and a back-support wall for supporting a periphery part of said back surface, whereby said face plate is provided with an unsupported part, said back-support wall comprising a part whose thickness (T, Tt, Ts) is less than a thickness (t 1 ) of said periphery part supported by the back-support wall, wherein the thickness (t 1 ) is in a range of from 1.5 to 2.5 mm, and the thickness (T) is in a range of from 50 to 95% of the thickness (t 1 ), and wherein said face plate comprises a thick central part and a thinner part, the thinner part formed between the thick central part and said periphery part so that the thick central part is surrounded by the thinner part.