Golf club head
A hollow golf club head includes a face portion, a sole portion, a side portion, a crown portion and a hosel portion. A main portion of the crown portion is made of a fiber plastic resin. At least the face portion, a front edge portion of the crown portion continuous with the face portion, and a central portion of the sole portion in a toe-heel direction are made of a metal. A loft angle is in a range of 14° to 25°. A head volume is in a range of 100 cc to 230 cc. A weight of a fiber plastic resin portion of the golf club head is in a range of 6% to 30% of a weight of the golf club head.
1. A hollow golf club head comprising:
a face portion;
a sole portion;
a side portion;
a crown portion; and
a hosel portion,
wherein:
a main portion of the crown portion is made of a fiber plastic resin,
at least the face portion, a front edge portion of the crown portion continuous with the face portion, and a central portion of the sole portion in a toe-heel direction are made of a metal,
a front edge portion of the side portion and a front edge portion of the sole portion are made of a metal and are continuous with the face portion,
a metal portion of the sole portion extends to a rear face portion of the golf club head,
a first weight member made of a metal is disposed at a rear portion thereof;
a loft angle is in a range of 14° to 25°,
a head volume is in a range of 100 cc to 230 cc, and
a weight of a fiber plastic resin portion of the golf club head is in a range of 6% to 30% of a weight of the golf club head.
2. The golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein a weight of the first weight member is in a range of 10% to 25% of the weight of the golf club head.
3. The golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein a sole-face side of the first weight member is covered with a metal or a resin.
4. The golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein a second weight member is disposed on an inner surface of the metal portion of the sole portion, is in front of the first weight member, and is closer to a toe side than a halfway portion of the sole portion in the toe-heel direction.
5. The golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein a third weight member is disposed inside the fiber plastic resin portion on a toe side or is disposed to be in contact with the fiber plastic resin portion.
6. The golf club head according to claim 5 , wherein the third weight member has a thin-plate shape and is embedded in the fiber plastic resin constituting the side portion on the toe side.
7. The golf club head according to claim 6 , wherein the third weight member is made of a rubber or a synthetic resin containing powder of a metal.
8. The golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein:
the metal portion constituting the golf club head is formed of a face plate made by forging or press molding,
a remaining portion of the golf club head is formed of a forged piece, and
the face plate is fixed to the forged piece.
9. The golf club head according to claim 8 , wherein a thickness of the face plate in a vicinity of a central portion of thereof is larger than that of a peripheral edge portion thereof.
10. The golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein the weight of the golf club head is in a range of 215 g to 240 g.
11. The golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein the metallic portion of the sole portion rises obliquely at the rear face portion of the club head.