US Patent 7530902 Iron-type golf club head

An iron-type golf club head 1 having an improved moment of inertia without impairing the productivity and comprising a face portion 1A which includes a body 10 having a club face 2 on its front side and an annular weight member 11 fixed to a peripheral edge portion on the back face side of the body 10 and having a larger specific gravity than the body 10, in which at least a part of the weight member 11 is exposed onto the club head's outer circumference surface including top, sole and toe, and the body 10 is provided on its back face 6 side with an annular recess portion 14 into which the weight member 11 is fixed and which has an outside-facing surface 13a fitted to an internal circumference surface 11i of the annular weight member 11.