Patent ID: 7713140

Claim:
A golf club head comprising: a body having a crown, a sole and a front wall having an opening, the body having a toe end and a heel end, the body also having a hosel located at a heel end of the body; a face insert positioned in the opening of the front wall, the face insert comprising a perimeter section, a heel vertical section, a toe-vertical section and a central horizontal section connected to each of the heel vertical section and toe vertical section, the face also comprising an upper central region, a lower central region, a heel region and a toe region, wherein the each of the perimeter section, the heel vertical section, the toe-vertical section and the central horizontal section has a first thickness and each of the upper central region, the lower central region, the heel region and the toe region has a second thickness, and the first thickness is greater than the second thickness by at least 0.025 inch, the face insert composed of a metal material; wherein the golf club head has a characteristic time less than 257 microseconds according to the USGA test for characteristic time.