Patent ID: 7338387

Claim:
An iron golf club head comprising: a main body composed of a titanium alloy material, the main body comprising a front wall, a sole wall, a toe wall extending upward from the sole wall at a first end of the sole wall, a hosel extending upward from the sole wall at a second end of the sole wall, a heel wall extending upward from the sole wall, a top wall extending from an upper end of the toe wall to an upper end of the heel wall, the top wall, the sole wall, the heel wall, the toe wall and the front wall defining a rear cavity, the sole wall having a recess located below the rear cavity, the recess extending from a bottom of the golf club head to a rear end of the golf club head, the main body having a mass ranging from 150 grams to 200 grams; a central member disposed in the rear cavity of the main body, the central member being composed entirely of a non-metal material and having a body portion with an interior surface, an exterior surface, a sole surface, a top surface, a toe surface, and a heel surface, the central member preferably has a mass ranging from 15 grams to 40 grams; and a mass member disposed in the recess of the sole wall of the main body, the mass member extending from a bottom of the golf club head to the rear end of the golf club head, the mass member composed of a nickel-tungsten alloy comprising at least approximately 50 weight percent nickel and at least approximately 20 weight percent tungsten, the mass member having a density greater than each of the density of the first metal material of the main body and the non-metal material of the central member, the mass member having a mass ranging from 40 grams to 80 grams; wherein the golf club head has a mass ranging from 235 grams to 300 grams; wherein the golf club head has a moment of inertia Ixx through the center of gravity of at least 2600 g-cm 2 and a moment of inertia Izz through the center of gravity of at least 2400 g-cm 2 and wherein the mass member further comprises a projection extending upward, and the sole wall of the main body has an aperture extending from the rear cavity to the recess, wherein the projection of the mass member is inserted into the aperture of the sole wall of the main body.