Golf club head

An iron golf club head comprising a head main body and a face member, wherein

• the head main body is provided, on a front side of the head main body, with a face support surface to which the face member is fixed, and which has a width W1 when measured inwardly from an outer peripheral surface of the head main body, orthogonally to the outer peripheral surface of the head main body, and
• the face member comprises:
• a front plate portion of which a front surface forms at least a part of a surface for hitting a ball;
• a first portion extending backwardly of the head from the front plate portion to form an outer peripheral surface of the face member;
• and
• a second portion extending from the backwardly directed first portion, inwardly towards a plane oriented perpendicular to the face member and intersecting the face member center to have an inner peripheral edge, and to have a width W2 when measured orthogonally to the outer peripheral surface of the face member from the outer peripheral surface of the face member to the inner peripheral edge, wherein
• a thickness of the first portion is in a range from 0.5 to 4.0 mm,
• the second portion extends along the rear surface of the front plate portion while keeping a distance L in a range from 0.5 mm to 4.0 mm between a rear surface of the front plate portion and a front surface of the second portion,
• a minimum thickness t2 of the second portion measured perpendicularly to the front surface of the front plate portion is in a range from than 0.5 mm to 2.5 mm,
• the width W2 of the second portion is larger than the width W1 of the face support surface, and
• a rear surface of the second portion is contacted with and fixed to the face support surface of the head main body, and
• wherein
• the head main body comprises a peripheral weight portion spaced apart from the rear surface of the second portion toward a rear of the head, and
• wherein the rear surface of the second portion is provided with a protrusion projecting to the rear of the head, and the face support surface is provided with a recess for fitting the protrusion, and
• in a direction orthogonal to the outer peripheral surface of the face member, the peripheral weight portion extends inwardly beyond said inner peripheral edge of the second portion.