Patent ID: 7850546

Claim:
A golf club head having a volume of at least 300 cc, comprising: a body having a crown, a skirt, and a sole, the body defining a transition edge and a front opening; a face insert having at least a portion comprising prepreg plies having a fiber areal weight, the face insert closing the front opening of the body; a metallic cap adhesively attached to the prepreg plies wherein the prepreg plies are configured to reinforce a majority of a metallic cap striking surface, the metallic cap abutting the transition edge to form a substantially flush golf club head front surface; wherein the face insert's total thickness is within a range of about 3.0 mm to about 4.5 mm, the golf club head having a coefficient of restitution of at least 0.79; and the prepreg plies including carbon fiber reinforcement having a fiber areal weight of less than 100 g/m 2 ;