Iron-Type Golf Clubs and Golf Club Heads With a Wide Sole

An iron-type golf club head comprising:

• a ball striking face plate configured for striking a ball;
• a rear plate opposite the ball striking face plate;
• a body adjacent to the ball striking face plate, the body including a heel adjacent to a hosel and a toe opposite the heel, the body further having a sole extending rearward from a bottom edge of the ball striking face plate from the heel to the toe;
• and
• an elongated sole channel positioned within the sole, the channel being undercut into the sole and extending along at least a portion of the sole and extending towards the ball striking face and not parallel to the ball striking face,
• the sole channel having:
• a length defined by the distance from a first end of the sole channel proximate to the heel to a second end of the sole channel proximate to the toe, wherein the length is between approximately two inches and three inches,
• a depth defined by the distance from a front edge of the sole channel to a bottom of the sole channel, wherein the depth is between approximately 0.1 inches and 0.2 inches, and
• a channel angle defined by an angle taken from a reference line on a plane equivalent to the ball striking face plate, wherein the channel angle is between approximately ten degrees and twenty degrees.