Patent ID: 7762906

Claim:
A golf club, comprising: a head having a strike face, a crown, a sole, a heel, and a toe, said head having a passage therethrough from said crown to said sole in a proximity of said heel, said head including titanium, wherein the strike face has a geographic center; a bore-through hosel insert positioned within said passage, said hosel insert abutting an interior heel wall of said head; and a shaft positioned within said bore-through hosel insert and extending to said sole; wherein: said bore-through hosel insert has a first specific gravity less than 2.5 and containing magnesium; said passage includes a step near but not abutting said sole; said bore-through hosel insert abuts said step; said shaft has a longitudinal axis; and said head, with said bore-through hosel insert positioned within said passage, has a center of gravity located more than 1.3 inches from said axis and aligned less than 0.11 inch from the geographic center of the strike face; and wherein said center of gravity is located approximately 1 inch from an outer surface of said sole.