Provided is a golf club having a head disposed at a front end of a shaft and a grip disposed at a back end of the shaft. A club weight is not larger than 265 g, and a ratio (head weight/club weight) of a head weight to a club weight is not lower than 0.67 but not higher than 0.75. When a distance from the front end of the shaft to a center of gravity of the shaft is L G and when a full length of the shaft is L S , 0.52≦L G /L S ≦0.65 is satisfied, and when a frequency of flexural vibration of the club is F, 180 cpm≦F≦210 cpm is satisfied.
1. A golf club having a head disposed at a front end of a shaft and a grip disposed at a back end of the shaft, wherein
a club weight is not larger than 265 g,
a ratio (head weight/club weight) of a head weight to the club weight is not lower than 0.67 but not higher than 0.75,
when a distance from the front end of the shaft to a center of gravity of the shaft is L G and when a full length of the shaft is L S , 0.52≦L G /L S ≦0.65 is satisfied, and
when a frequency of flexural vibration of the club is F, 180 cpm≦F≦210 cpm is satisfied.
2. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein a club length is not larger than 46 inches.
3. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein a grip weight is not smaller than 27 g but not larger than 45 g.
4. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein the club weight is not smaller than 240 g.
5. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein a club length is not smaller than 42.0 inches but not larger than 46.0 inches.
6. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein the frequency of the flexural vibration of the club is not lower than 185 cpm but not higher than 205 cpm.
7. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein the head weight is not smaller than 160 g but not larger than 200 g.
8. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the head weight to the club weight is not lower than 0.68 but not higher than 0.735.
9. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein a weight of the grip is not smaller than 30 g but not larger than 41 g.
10. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein a weight of the shaft is not smaller than 25 g but not larger than 50 g.
11. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein the shaft length is not smaller than 1050 mm but not larger than 1200 mm.
12. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein said L G /L S is not lower than 0.53 but not higher than 0.64.
13. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein a weight of a butt partial layer of the shaft with respect to a weight of the shaft is not smaller than 5 wt % but not larger than 50 wt %.
14. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein when a weight of a butt partial layer existing in a range from a butt end of the shaft to a point separated from the butt end by 250 mm is represented as Wa, and when a weight of the shaft in said range is represented as Wb, Wa/Wb is not lower than 0.4 but not higher than 0.7.
15. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein a fiber elastic modulus of a butt partial layer is not lower than 5 t/mm 2 but not higher than 20 t/mm 2 .
16. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein a resin content of a butt partial layer is not lower than 20 mass % but not higher than 50 mass %.
17. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein a weight of a butt straight layer is not smaller than 2 g but not larger than 30 g.
18. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein a weight of a butt straight layer with respect to a weight of the shaft is not smaller than 5 mass % but not larger than 50 mass %.
19. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein a fiber elastic modulus of a butt straight layer is not lower than 5 t/mm 2 but not higher than 20 t/mm 2 .
20. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein a resin content of a butt straight layer is not lower than 20 mass % but not higher than 50 mass %.