WOOD-TYPE GOLF CLUB HEAD

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase a flight distance by positioning the center of gravity on a face plane lower than the face center , and preventing the drawback of causing the difficulty of coming to the ready at address without feeling the peculiar shape at address. SOLUTION: A wood-type golf club head is so configured that when a head body (1) is set on a horizontal plane (B), a vertical plane (X) passing through the ground point (A) between the horizontal plane (B) and a sole portion (4) of the head body (1) and extending in a direction of a target line from the rear of the head, wherein a height from the horizontal plane to an intersection point where the face upper edge intersects the vertical plane (X) is defined as a face height (H1), and wherein a height (H3) from the horizontal plane to an intersection point where the vertical plane intersects the leading edge (3) is defined in a range between 1/3 and 1/2 of the face height H3. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT