Patent 10471311 was granted and assigned to Sumitomo Rubber Industries on November, 2019 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The golf club head according to the present invention includes a face portion, a crown portion and a sole portion, the crown portion including a first region extending in a toe-heel direction along at least part of the face portion, a second region arranged further on a back side than the first region, and a step region extending in the toe-heel direction between the first region and the second region and extending downward toward the second region from the first region side, and the second region including a first part arranged in a vicinity of the middle in the toe-heel direction and contacting the step region, and a second part having a thinner wall thickness than the first part and arranged to surround a periphery of the first part on the back side, the toe side and the heel side of the first part.