Patent ID: 6997820

Claim:
A golf club head comprising: a body having a top, a bottom, a toe portion, a heel portion, and a front; a face plate located at the front of the body, the face plate having an impact surface and an opposed rear surface, the rear surface having a toe zone disposed adjacent the toe, a heel zone disposed adjacent the heel, and a vertical zone disposed between the toe zone and the heel zone and extending from a top edge of the face plate to a bottom edge of the face plate, the vertical zone having a width at least 30% of the total distance measured in a toe to heel direction of the front of the body; wherein the thickness of the face plate within the toe zone and the heel zone is less than 2.5 mm and the thickness of the face plate within the vertical zone is at least 3.0 mm; a central recess formed in about the center of the face plate and surrounded by the vertical zone; an upper recess formed in the face plate, the upper recess intersecting a top edge of the face plate and surrounded by the vertical zone; wherein the vertical zone has a maximum width measured in a toe to heel direction across the central recess.