Patent ID: 7037211

Claim:
A golf club comprising: a shaft having a player gripping end and a clubhead end; and a clubhead connected to said shaft at said clubhead end, said clubhead having a heel, a toe, a sole and a top and a striking face between said sole and said top said clubhead including: a combined elongate insert and hosel, said insert having a toe end, a heel end, an upper surface comprising a portion of said clubhead top, extending longitudinally between said ends and a striking surface forming a portion of said striking face extending downwardly from said upper surface, said hosel extending upwardly from said upper surface and extending from the clubhead end of said shaft; and a shell secured to said insert defining a longitudinal cavity behind the striking surface and within a space defined by said insert and said shell, said shell including a distal toe portion extending outwardly from the toe end of said insert, a heel portion extending outwardly from the heel end of said insert, and a medial portion extending between said toe portion and said heel portion, the material and shape of said heel portion and said toe portion being selected to provide mass concentration at the heel end and the toe end of said clubhead.