US Patent 10898770 Golf club head

A head includes a head body and a face plate. The face plate includes a plate front surface and a plate rear surface. The head body includes an opening at which the face plate is disposed, a back support portion that includes a back receiving surface abutting on an outer peripheral edge portion of the plate rear surface and that supports the face plate from a back side, a face outer portion that is a part of a hitting face and that is located on a face peripheral side relative to the plate front surface, and a body groove that is located on the back side of the face outer portion and that is recessed toward the face outer portion.