Patent ID: 7367900

Claim:
A hollow golf club head comprising a face portion having a front face which defines a club face; a sole portion, a hollow disposed behind the face portion; a face component made of a metal material and including a face plate forming the face portion, and a turnback extending backward from the face plate; a FRP component made of a fiber reinforced resin to which the face component is attached; and an elastomeric insert made of an elastomeric material disposed between the turnback and the FRP component, wherein said turnback is formed continuously around the face plate so as to form an upper turnback, a toe-side turnback, a heel-side turnback and a lower turnback, and the lower turnback forms the sole portion, said elastomeric insert has a certain length between the ends thereof so as to extend along the upper turnback, toe-side turnback and heel-side turnback, and the face component is integrally provided with a hosel tubular portion extending from the lower turnback, while leaving space between the hosel tubular portion and the face plate, wherein the FRP component is provided at the front thereof with an overhang, and the elastomeric insert is provided at the front thereof with a slit into which the upper, toe-side and heel-side turnbacks are inserted, and further the elastomeric insert is provided at the back thereof with a slit into which the overhang is inserted.