A wood golf club (10) which is not less than 44 inches in a length thereof and whose head (14) is not less than 190 g in a weight thereof. The value of a ratio of a rigidity value EIt at a position spaced at an interval of 130 mm from a head-side front end of a shaft (11) of the golf club (10) to a rigidity value EIb at a position spaced at an interval of 250 mm from a grip-side rear end of the shaft (11) is set to not less than 0.50.