Patent ID: 7530902

Claim:
An iron-type golf club head comprising a face portion including a front face for hitting a golf ball, a top extending from the upper edge of said front face and forming an upper surface of the club head, a sole extending from the lower edge of said front face and forming a bottom surface of the club head, a toe connecting said top and said sole on a toe side of the club head, and a back face, in which said face portion comprises a body having said front face on its front side, and an annular weight member which annularly extends along a peripheral edge portion on the back face side of said body and is fixed to the back face of said body and which has a larger specific gravity than that of said body, at least a part of said weight member is exposed onto the outer circumference surface of said face portion, said body is provided on its back face side with an annular recess portion which has an outside-facing surface capable of fitting to an internal circumference surface of said annular weight member and into which said weight member is fitted, and said body comprises a face plate and an annular protruding portion disposed on the rear surface of said face plate, in which said face plate includes a central portion surrounded by said annular protruding portion and a peripheral edge portion located outside of said annular protruding portion, the rear surface of said face plate is parallel to said front face at said central portion, and said protruding portion provides said outside-facing surface.