Patent ID: 7682263

Claim:
A golf club head having a hollow structure comprising: a club face for striking a ball having a toe-side extreme end and a heel-side extreme end between which a club face maximum width Wf is defined; and a rear part being rear of the club face and having a toe-side extreme end and a heel-side extreme end between which a head maximum width Wh is defined; and a hosel portion to be attached to an end of a club shaft disposed on said rear part in vicinity to the club face on the heel-side, wherein the ratio (Wh/Wf) of the head maximum width Wh to the club face maximum width Wf is more than 1.0, but not more than 1.5, said toe-side extreme end of the club face is located on the heel-side of the toe-side extreme end of the rear part, and said heel-side extreme end of the club face is located on the toe-side of the heel-side extreme end of the rear part, and a distance of the toe-side extreme end of the rear part and a distance of the heel-side extreme end of the rear part are not more than 0.2 times a distance of a front-side extreme end of the head, each distance measured in the back-and-forth direction of the head from a rear-side extreme end of the head.