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Drill a hole slightly larger than 10mm and epoxy the threaded rod in would be a 'professional' approach. By that I mean likely to last long enough without having to understand the really long term effects on the wood of the epoxy+threaded rod.
If you drilled a 9mm hole you could probably get the threaded rod to thread into it with a couple of temporary nuts in place.
I would only drill part way into the post. It's kind of tricky to drill into the end of a rod as you can't fit it in a pillar drill. Fortunately you can bend the rod to straighten the post once it's in place.
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Dredging this post to ask how you would fix the threaded rod if they weren't already done? I could potentially get a chippy round the corner to drill some holes all the way through as mine will only be about 600mm but is an access hole in the side to tighten a nut usual method, or threaded insert a better bet?