A golf club includes a club head having a volume of greater than about 360 cm 3 and a mass less than 200 g. A shaft attachable to the club head has a tip end, a butt end, and a shaft balance point distance, BP s , as measured from the butt end, of no more than 19 inches. And the golf club has a mass less than 300 g.
1. A golf club comprising:
a club head having a volume of greater than about 360 cm3 and a mass less than 200 g;
a shaft attachable to the club head having a tip end, a butt end, and a shaft balance point distance, BPs, as measured from the butt end, of no more than 19 inches; and
a golf club mass less than 300 g;
an overall club length, Lc; and
a club balance point distance, BPc, measured from the butt end of the shaft;
wherein a ratio (BPc/Lc) is no less than 0.76.
2. The golf club of claim 1 , wherein the shaft further comprises a shaft length, Ls, no less than 44 inches.
3. The golf club of claim 1 , wherein, respective to an imaginary coordinate system having an x-axis, a y-axis, a z-axis and an origin located at a center of gravity of the club head, the club head has a moment of inertia about the z-axis of at least about 4000 g-cm2.
4. The golf club of claim 3 , wherein the MOI about the z-axis is about 4500 g-cm2.
5. The golf club of claim 1 , wherein the mass of the golf club is less than 295 g.
6. The golf club of claim 1 , wherein the mass of the golf club is between 285 g and 295 g.
7. The golf club of claim 1 , wherein the overall club length, Lc, is no less than 45 inches.
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 , further comprising a torsional displacement angle of greater than about 5.5°.