Patent ID: 7857710

Claim:
A golf club comprising: a shaft having a shaft proximal end, a shaft distal end, a shaft axis, and a forward bend section proximate the shaft distal end, the shaft axis defining a vertical plane; a grip secured to the shaft proximal end; a head secured to the shaft distal end, the head having a club head mass, a club head volume, a sweet spot, a club head center of gravity, a heel, a toe, a trailing edge, a striking face, a heel section having a heel section center of gravity, a toe section having a toe section center of gravity, and a sole; and wherein: (i) the heel section comprises the portion of the head from a heel end to the sweet spot such that the heel section center of gravity is forward of the striking face by a heel offset distance; (ii) the club head center of gravity is further from the trailing edge than the striking face; and (iii) the forward bend section projects from the vertical plane at an attachment angle and the shaft distal end is forward of the heel section center of gravity.