Patent ID: 7785213

Claim:
A golf club head comprising a metallic head body having a cavity therein and an opening being formed in a face part therethrough to the cavity, and a metallic face plate welded to the opening, wherein the opening is demarcated by an upper edge along an upper end of the face part and a U shaped curved edge located within the face part, and is also formed so that, in a state in which the head body is soled in accordance with the lie angle, a projection line on the face part surface of the perpendicular passing through the lowermost portion (X) of the opening coincides with a projection line on the face part surface of the perpendicular passing through a ground contact point (Y) of a sole part, or the projection line drawn with the lowermost portion (X) of the opening being the reference is positioned close to a heel part with respect to the projection line drawn with the ground contact point (Y) of the sole part; a ratio of a width of the opening on the toe side with respect to the projection line drawn with the ground contact point (Y) of the sole part to a width of the opening on the heel side with respect to the projection line drawn with the ground contact point (Y) of the sole part, is higher at a portion of the opening toward a crown part as compared with a portion of the opening toward the sole part; the width of the opening on the toe side with respect to the projection line drawn with the ground contact point (Y) of the sole part increases when moving toward the crown part along the projection line, and a point of the opening that is closest to the toe is adjacent to the crown part; and the width of the opening on the heel side with respect to the projection line drawn with the ground contact point (Y) of the sole part decreases when moving toward the crown part along the projection line at the crown part side with respect to a point that is closest to the heel, the point that is closest to the heel being positioned close to the sole part with respect to a center between the crown part and the sole part, and the face plate is formed so as to have a shape matching the opening.