Golf club head

A method for producing a golf club head, the method comprising:

• forming a face member;
• forming a body member;
• and
• joining the face member to the body member,
• said forming the face member including:
• cutting a rolled material into a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the face member;
• and
• forming the face member with a mold from the rolled material that has been cut into the predetermined shape, wherein
• the face member includes a face portion that forms a hitting face and a peripheral portion that extends toward a back side from a periphery of the face portion,
• the peripheral portion includes a sole-side peripheral portion that extends toward the back side from the periphery of the face portion on a sole side and a top-side peripheral portion that extends toward the back side from the periphery of the face portion on a top side,
• an inner surface of the sole-side peripheral portion includes a sole inner surface inclined portion that extends to reach a back end of the sole-side peripheral portion and that extends toward a top direction as the sole inner surface inclined portion goes toward a back direction,
• the inner surface of the sole-side peripheral portion and an inner surface of the top-side peripheral portion are formed such that, in a cross section perpendicular to a toe-heel direction, a first distance between the inner surfaces increases toward the back direction,
• an outer surface of the sole-side peripheral portion includes a sole outer surface inclined portion that extends to reach the back end of the sole-side peripheral portion and that extends toward the top direction as the sole outer surface inclined portion goes toward the back direction,
• an outer surface of the top-side peripheral portion and the sole outer surface inclined portion are formed such that, in the cross section perpendicular to the toe-heel direction, a second distance between the outer surface of the top-side peripheral portion and the sole outer surface inclined portion decreases toward the back direction,
• said forming the face member is performed by pressing or forging,
• the mold includes a male mold and a female mold, and
• for said face member forming, the male mold is used to form an inner surface of the face member, and the female mold is used to form an outer surface of the face member.