Patent ID: 7407445
Filing Date: 2008-08-05
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A golf club comprising: a shaft; a grip at an upper end of the shaft, the grip defining a grip axis inclined with respect to the vertical, said inclined grip axis defining a vertical plane, the grip defining a radius about the grip axis; and a head secured to a lower end of said shaft, said head having a striking face, a club head mass, a club head volume, a heel end nearest the shaft connection, a toe end furthest from the shaft connection, a sweet spot, and a tailing edge; wherein a portion of the head between the heel end and the sweet spot projects forward of the striking face and no portion of the head between the sweet spot and the toe end extends forward of the striking face; and wherein said grip axis is within a distance defined by the grip radius from the striking face, said head has a gravitational center which is further from the trailing edge than the striking face and wherein said gravitational center is disposed substantially on said grip axis, and the shaft is secured to the portion of the head between the heel end and the sweet spot that projects forward of the striking face.