Abstract: A shaft for a golf club which can exhibit a vibration characteristic close to that of a steel shaft without imparting at all the characteristics of a carbon shaft is constructed with metal fibers incorporated in an outer layer portion of a carbon shaft with the direction of the metal fibers specified approximately in the axial direction of the shaft.

Abstract: A golf club head includes a body having a front face which is adapted to engage a golf ball, the front face being disposed at an acute angle relative to vertical when a player addresses the ball by viewing the golf club head when the golf club head is in a position to engage the golf ball. The front face has an upper edge portion which is chamfered to form a chamfer face which is disposed at an obtuse angle relative to the front face. The chamfer face has an upper edge which defines the upper boundary of the head body while the front face has a lower edge which defines the lower boundary of the head body. The chamfer face and the front face are disposed such that when a player addresses the ball, the player perceives the plane extending between the upper and lower edges as the ball-engaging plane such that the player thereby perceives the loft angle to be greater than the actual loft angle, the actual loft angle being the acute angle of the front face relative to vertical when a player addresses the ball.