Iron-type golf club head

An iron-type golf clubhead comprising

• a face plate having a front surface forming a clubface, a back surface and a circumferential surface, and
• a main body provided with a face mount in which the face plate is fitted,
• the face mount comprising
• a side wall for supporting said circumferential surface and
• a back-support wall for supporting a periphery part of said back surface, whereby said face plate is provided with an unsupported part,
• said back-support wall comprising a part whose thickness (T, Tt, Ts) is less than a thickness (t1) of said periphery part supported by the back-support wall, wherein the thickness (t1) is in a range of from 1.5 to 2.5 mm, and
• the thickness (T) is in a range of from 50 to 95% of the thickness (t1), and
• wherein said face plate comprises a thick central part and a thinner part, the thinner part formed between the thick central part and said periphery part so that the thick central part is surrounded by the thinner part.