Patent ID: 7722476

Claim:
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, the inclined grip axis defining a vertical plane, and the grip defining a radius about the grip axis; a head secured to a lower end of the shaft, the 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 trailing edge; wherein a portion of the head between the heel end and the sweet spot projects forward of the striking face thereby producing a center of mass of the heel that is forward of the striking face; wherein the grip axis is within a distance defined by the grip radius from the striking face, the head has a gravitational center which is further from the trailing edge than the striking face, the portion of the head between the head gravitational center and the toe end has a toe center of mass and the toe center of mass is behind the striking face, 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; wherein the gravitational center is forward of the striking face; and wherein the gravitational center of the head is less than 0.65 inch from the grip axis.