Golf club head and striking face
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1. A golf club head, comprising:
- a head main body formed of metal, having a rear wall defining a cup-shaped recessed portion in a face part thereof;
a face member formed of highly elastic synthetic resin material, and mounted in said cup-shaped recessed portion; and
a protective layer formed of a metal plate and disposed at a ball hitting surface side of said face member, wherein the protective layer is higher in hardness than said highly elastic synthetic resin material, is equal to or smaller than said head main body in specific gravity, and is smaller in thickness than said face member, and wherein said face member is thicker in section than said rear wall.
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Abstract
In a golf club head, a head main body formed of metal includes a recessed portion in the face part thereof, a face member formed of a highly elastic synthetic resin material is mounted in the recessed portion, and, at the ball hitting surface side of the face member, there is disposed a protective layer formed of a metal plate which is higher in hardness than the highly elastic synthetic resin material, is equal to or smaller than the head main body in specific gravity, and is smaller in thickness than the face member. The golf club head can prevent the ball hitting surface of the golf club head from being worn without impairing ball carry and ball hitting feeling.
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1. A golf club head, comprising:
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a head main body formed of metal, having a rear wall defining a cup-shaped recessed portion in a face part thereof; a face member formed of highly elastic synthetic resin material, and mounted in said cup-shaped recessed portion; and a protective layer formed of a metal plate and disposed at a ball hitting surface side of said face member, wherein the protective layer is higher in hardness than said highly elastic synthetic resin material, is equal to or smaller than said head main body in specific gravity, and is smaller in thickness than said face member, and wherein said face member is thicker in section than said rear wall. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A golf club head comprising:
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a head main body formed of metal, having a rear wall defining a recessed portion in a face part thereof; a face member formed of highly elastic synthetic resin material, and mounted in said recessed portion; and a protective layer formed of a metal plate and disposed at a ball hitting surface side of said face member, wherein the protective layer is higher in hardness than said highly elastic synthetic resin material, is equal to or smaller than said head main body in specific gravity, and is smaller in thickness than said face member; wherein said protective layer corresponds in shape to an open end of said recessed portion circumscribed by a periphery of said face part, and is mounted in said recessed portion so that said protective layer completely closes said open end.
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