Patent ID: 7604549

Claim:
An iron-type golf club head comprising a face plate comprising a base portion including a front surface forming a club face for hitting a ball and a circumferential surface forming a front zone of a circumference of the club head, a rib with an outer surface and an inner surface protruding from a back surface of the base portion backwardly and extending along the circumferential surface of the base portion so as to define a first region surrounded thereby on the back surface, the outer surface of the rib being spaced inwardly from the circumferential surface of the base portion so as to define a second region between the outer surface of the rib and circumferential surface of the base portion, and the inner surface of the rib intersecting the first region to form a corner edge, and a head main body being provided with a face mount, the face mount comprising a recess holding the rib without contacting the first region, the recess comprising an outer wall portion contacting the outer surface of the rib, an inner wall portion contacting the inner surface of the rib and a bottom between the outer wall and inner wall portions, a gap is provided between the inner wall portion and the first region on the back surface of the base portion, and the inner wall portion of the recess having a tapered shape with a sharp end confronting the corner edge without contacting the first region.