ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,123, issued on May 12, was assigned to Cobra Golf Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Low drag golf club head with improved mass properties" was invented by D. Clayton Evans (Vista, Calif.) and Michael S. Yagley (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf club head includes a body defining an internal cavity. The body includes a crown portion, a sole portion, a skirt portion extending along a perimeter of an aft side of the body between the crown portion and the sole portion, and a hosel extending from a heel side of the body. The skirt portion includes a distalmost point along a toe side of the body. The hosel defines a hosel axis ...