Patent ID: 6902495

Claim:
A golf club head comprising: a front wall including a rearwardly sloped front strike side and a rear side, the rear side having an upper region and a lower region which are generally coplanar with respect to each other; a sole portion rearwardly extending from the lower region of the rear side, the sole portion including an upwardly extending rear wall having a forwardly facing inner surface, the rear side and the sole portion defining a forwardly extending cavity, the lower region of the rear side of the front wall and the sole portion, including the rear wall, defining a non-through sole portion recess, the recess downwardly extending into the sole portion and interconnected with the cavity, the recess being open in an upward direction and having variable rearward depth, the forwardly facing inner surface of the rear wall being substantially non-parallel, and rearwardly sloped with respect, to the lower region of the rear side of the front wall such that the rearward depth of recess is greatest at its upper open end; and a resilient insert assembly positioned in and substantially filling the recess, the insert assembly coupled to at least one of the sole portion and the lower region of the rear side, the upper region of the rear side being generally uncovered, the insert assembly being fabricated of at least one material, the material having a durometer of between 20 on a Shore A hardness scale and 75 on a Shore D hardness scale.