Patent ID: 8409022

Claim:
An iron-type golf club head comprising: a face having a ball-striking surface configured for striking a ball and a rear surface opposite the ball-striking surface; and a body connected to the face, the body having a sole member having a sole surface configured to confront a playing surface and a rear cavity defined at least partially by the sole member and the rear surface of the face, wherein the body has an elongated, recessed channel extending within the cavity along a juncture line between the rear surface of the face and the sole member, wherein the head is formed in part by a face member having a first leg forming at least a major portion of the face and a second leg extending rearwardly from a bottom end of the first leg and forming at least a portion of the sole member, and the head is further formed in part by a body member connected to the face member, the body member comprising a top portion connected to the first leg and forming at least a portion of a top side of the body, and a bottom portion having a front end connected to a rear end of the second leg and forming at least a portion of the sole member, wherein a difference in height is defined between the rear end of the second leg and the front end of the bottom portion, such that the channel is created by the difference in height, and the channel is recessed with respect to a top surface of the front end of the bottom portion, wherein the body member is welded to the rear end of the second leg along a lateral weld line, wherein the rear end of the second leg of the face member comprises a projection extending rearward from the second leg, the projection forming a portion of the sole surface, such that the weld line between the face member and the body member has a rearward jog formed by the projection, and wherein the body member has an indent cooperatively dimensioned with the projection, the incent receiving the projection when the body member is connected to the face member.