A golf club according to one or more aspects of the present invention may have a mass less than 300 g, a length greater than about 45 inches, a swing weight between D0 and D6, a head weighing less than about 200 g, a club-head volume of at least about 360 cm 3 , a grip weighing less than about 50 g, and a shaft having a tip end, a butt end, and a shaft balance point located no more than 24 inches from the butt end. The shaft may have a torsional displacement angle greater than about 5.5° and a mass less than about 50 g. A coordinate system having x-, y-, and z-axes may have its origin at the center of gravity of the club head. The golf club head may have a moment of inertia of at least about 4500 g·cm 2 about the z-axis and a moment of inertia of at least about 3000 g·cm 2 about the y-axis.
1. A golf club comprising:
a club head having a mass less than 200 g and a volume greater than about 360 cm 3 ; and
a shaft attachable to the club head having a tip end and a butt end, the shaft having a shaft length, Ls, and a shaft balance point distance, BPs, as measured from the butt end,
wherein:
a mass of the golf club is less than 300 g;
the golf club has an overall club length, Lc, and a club balance point distance, BPc, as measured from the butt end, such that a ratio (BPc/Lc)/(BPs/Ls) is no less than 1.68; and
the shaft balance point is located no more than 19 inches from the butt end.
2. The golf club of claim 1 , further comprising an imaginary coordinate system having an origin located at a center of gravity of the club head, the coordinate system having an x-axis, a y-axis and a z-axis, and wherein the club head having a moment of inertia (MOI) about the z-axis of at least about 4000 g·cm2.
3. The golf club of claim 2 , wherein the MOI about the z-axis is about 4500 g·cm2.
4. The golf club of claim 1 , wherein the mass of the golf club is less than 295 g.
5. The golf club of claim 1 , wherein the mass of the golf club is between 285 g and 295 g.
6. The golf club of claim 1 , wherein the overall club length, Lc, is no less than 45 inches.
7. The golf club of claim 1 , wherein a ratio (BPc/Lc) is no less than 0.76.
8. The golf club of claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the mass of the club head to the club balance point distance, BPc, is no greater than 8.5 grams/inch.
9. The golf club of claim 1 , wherein the mass of the club head is between 190 g and 200 g.
10. The golf club of claim 1 , wherein the shaft length, Ls, is no less than 44 inches.