Patent ID: 6872152

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a golf club head, comprising: forming a strike plate from a metallic material, said strike plate defining an inner surface and an outer surface and forming at least a portion of a crown of the golf club head, said strike plate defining an outwardly facing first attachment surface, at least a portion of said first attachment surface being formed on said crown; providing a shell made of composite material comprising an inner surface and an outer surface, an inwardly facing second attachment surface, at least a portion of said second attachment surface being formed On said crown, a first abutment surface transverse to said outer surface and said inner surface of said shell; and attaching said strike plate to said shell, said first abutment surface abutting a second abutment surface defined by said strike plate, said second abutment surface transverse to said outer surface and said inner surface of said strike plate, said first attachment surface generally parallel to and spaced outward from a corresponding portion of said inner surface of said strike plate, said second attachment surface spaced inward from a corresponding portion of said outer surface of said shell.