US Patent 6960141 Golf club head and golf club

A sole portion of a golf club head includes a first portion contacting with ground in address position and a second portion being raised in a direction from the first portion toward a toe portion. The first and second portions are each in a shape of a curved surface convex toward the outside of a head body. An angle of the second portion with respect to the first portion is adjusted such that an angle formed by a first plane contacting with a vertex of the first portion in address position with a prescribed lie angle and a second plane contacting with a vertex of the second portion becomes at least 30° and at most 60°.