Iron golf club head

Abstract

Disclosed is an iron golf club head 1 comprising: a face plate 2 having a joint 22 formed on its rear surface; and an L-shaped bar whose lateral and longitudinal sections are used as a lateral neck elongation 3 and a hosel 4 of a longitudinal stick or shaft 5 respectively. The neck elongation 3 is integrally connected to the joint 22, and the shaft 5 is inserted into the hosel 4, allowing the face plate 2 to lie on the front side of the shaft 5. The iron golf head is good in directivity, and is almost free of shank, sclaff or any other mishit.

1 . An iron golf club head comprising: a face plate having a joint formed on its rear surface; and a lateral neck elongation whose front and rear ends are integrally connected to the joint and to the hosel of a longitudinal stick or shaft respectively, allowing the face plate to lie on the front side of the shaft.  
     
     
         2 . An iron golf club head according to  claim 1  wherein the joint is formed so close to the heel of the face plate in the lower edge section that the sole is formed by the bottom of the face plate and the neck extension.  
     
     
         3 . An iron golf club head according to  claim 1  wherein the face plate is rectangular.  
     
     
         4 . An iron golf club head according to  claim 3  wherein the rectangle of the face plate has four rounded comers with the curvature of the lower rounded comers larger than that of the upper rounded comers.  
     
     
         5 . An iron golf club head according to  claim 1  wherein the face plate has lateral grooves of same length made in its face, the lateral grooves being parallel-arranged and extending all the way from the heel to the toe of the face plate.  
     
     
         6 . An iron golf club head according to  claim 1  wherein the thickness of the face plate gradually increases downward longitudinally from the top to bottom of the face plate.  
     
     
         7 . An iron golf club head according to  claim 1  wherein the face plate has bounce formed on its sole.  
     
     
         8 . An iron golf club head according to  claim 1  wherein the face plate has a recess formed on its rear side.