Abstract: A golf club head includes a tubular shaft attaching portion which is provided to a hosel portion so as to serve as a fixing portion that fixes a distal end portion of a shaft to the head. The tubular shaft attaching portion has an upper end which is located below a corresponding upper surface of a crown portion. In this head, the effective length of the shaft that can flex during a golf swing can be extended at the distal end portion, so that the head speed can be increased by sufficiently utilizing the flexure at the distal end portion of the shaft. Also, damage to the shaft can be prevented effectively.