Patent ID: 8888607

Claim:
A golf club, comprising: a shaft having a butt end and a tip end; a club head defining an interior cavity, a sole defining a bottom portion of the club head, a crown defining a top portion of the club head, a skirt portion defining a periphery of the club head between the sole and crown, a face defining a forward portion of the club head, and a hosel defining a hosel bore; a channel positioned in the sole of the club head and extending into the interior cavity of the club head, the channel extending substantially in a heel-to-toe direction and having a channel length (L g ) and an average channel width (W g ); a recessed port positioned in the sole of the club head and extending into the interior cavity of the club head, the recessed port having a port width (W p ), the recessed port being located proximate a bottom end of the hosel such that a passage in the bottom end of the hosel provides communication between the hosel bore and the recessed port; a sleeve mounted on the tip end of the shaft and adapted to be inserted into the hosel bore; a fastener having a head portion located in the recessed port and a shaft portion extending through the passage, the shaft portion being selectively attachable to the sleeve when the sleeve is inserted into the hosel bore; wherein the recessed port and the channel define a port-to-channel junction, and wherein W p >W g ; wherein the club head has a height less than about 45 mm and a volume of between about 120 cm 3 and about 240 cm 3 .