Golf club head

Abstract

When a golf club head is placed in a reference state, a distance A from a lowest part of a sole to a leading edge in a vertical direction is 6 mm≦A≦10 mm. A distance B from a bottom of the face to a top of a club head main body is 14 mm≦B≦18 mm. The distances A and B satisfy a relationship 13 mm≦(A+B)/2≦19 mm. When the sole is lifted for 6 mm from the ball bottom, a center of the face is about 3.6 mm above a ball equator and 2.4 mm below the ball equator. When the distance A is the minimum value of 6 mm and the distance B is the minimum value of 14 mm, the center of the face is located at about 7.0 mm below the ball equator.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A golf club head, comprising:
 a head main body;   a sole portion on the head main body; and   a face portion having a leading edge at a lower portion thereof,   wherein said sole portion is arranged so that a lowest point of the sole portion is away from the leading edge by a distance A in a vertical direction and the lowest point of the sole portion is away from an highest point of the head main body by a distance B to satisfy the following conditions when the golf club head is placed in a reference state where the head main body is placed on a horizontal surface while maintaining a specific lie angle and a specific loft angle:   6 mm≦ A≦ 10 mm,   14 mm≦ B≦ 18 mm,   13 mm≦( A+B )/2≦19 mm,   said face portion is arranged so that a center of the face portion is situated near a ball equator between about 3.6 mm above and 2.4 mm below in a height direction of the face portion when the sole portion is lifted for 6 mm from a ball bottom, and   said face portion is arranged so that the center of the face portion is situated at about 7.0 mm below the ball equator in the height direction of the face portion when the distance A is 6 mm and the distance B is 14 mm even when the sole portion is lifted only for 1.4 mm from the ball bottom.