Patent ID: 7025693

Claim:
A golf club head comprising: a face member forming at least a part of the golf club face for hitting a ball, said face member having a joint surface, and a main body having a joint surface, said joint surface of the face member and said joint surface of the main body being attached to each other to form a junction, at least one of the joint surface of the face member and the joint surface of the main body being a machined joint surface, wherein the face member has a front face, a back face and a side face, said side face having a step configuration; the main body has an opening forming a mounting surface for the face member, wherein the mounting surface includes a side-support circumferential wall contacting and supporting the stepped side face of the face member, and a back-support wall extending into the opening from the side support circumferential wall and contacting and supporting the back face of the face member, and said at least one joint surface that is machined includes said side-support circumferential wall and the back support wall of the main body and said side face and a peripheral part of the back face of the face member, and the contour defined by the side-support circumferential wall is slightly smaller than the contour of the face member defined by the side face, and the side-support circumferential wall and the side face are jointed to each other by press fitting.