Patent ID: 8210965

Claim:
A golf club head comprising: a body with an opening defining an internal periphery region and a face insert adapted to be connected to a forward portion of said body around said internal periphery region; wherein said internal periphery region further comprises; an engagement portion; and a non-engagement portion; a vibration dampening material sandwiched between said body and said face insert at said non-engagement portion of said golf club head, the vibration dampening material filling a part of the non-engagement portion and a remainder of the non-engagement portion comprises at least one opening from a face of the golf club head to a back of the golf club head, and wherein said face insert is adapted to be connected to said body at said internal periphery region only via said engagement portion and separated from said body along said non-engagement portion; and wherein said engagement portion encompasses less than about 100% of said internal periphery region.