Iron golf club head and iron golf club

Abstract

There can be provided an iron golf club head including a face plate that can provide an enhanced stereoscopic visual effect while minimizing increased weight, and an iron golf club therewith. The iron golf club head, having a face with a back side provided with a face plate, has said face plate formed of a metal plate having a plurality of holes, and a colored, transparent resin cover covering said metal plate, said resin cover gradually varying in thickness in a range that covers at least a portion of a pattern region formed of said plurality of holes.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An iron golf club head having a face with a back side provided with a face plate,
 said face plate being formed of a metal plate having a plurality of holes, and a colored, transparent resin cover covering said metal plate,   said resin cover gradually varying in thickness in a range that covers at least a pattern formed of said plurality of holes.   
     
     
         2 . The iron golf club head according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 said at least a pattern is a pattern that can indicate a specific direction of said at least a pattern; and   said resin cover varies in thickness in said specific direction.   
     
     
         3 . The iron golf club head according to  claim 2 , wherein:
 said at least a pattern is formed of a plurality of holes different in geometry; and   said specific direction is determined based on a direction in which an elongate hole region that is a constituent of said plurality of holes extends.   
     
     
         4 . An iron golf club characterized by comprising the iron golf club head according to  claim 1 .