Golf club head with enlarged hosel
OwnerAl Jacksoninventor
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Abstract
A golf club head, and more specifically a hosel for a golf club head, and a method of angularly orienting a golf club shaft relative to a golf club head. The hosel defines a hollow interior for receiving a golf club shaft through an opening, generally along a central longitudinal axis of the hollow interior. The hollow interior is bounded by a substantially noncylindrical wall adjacent the opening, preferably including a substantially planar portion. A cross section of the wall taken approximately perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis preferably is substantially rectangular.
Claims15
A golf club for use in striking a golf ball, the club comprising:
- an elongate shaft having a mounting end;
- a golf club head attached to the shaft, the head including a face for striking a golf ball and including a hosel for receiving the mounting end of the shaft;
- and
- an insert operatively connected to the shaft and the head,
- wherein the hosel includes a hollow interior for encompassing the mounting end of the shaft and receiving the insert for attaching the head to the shaft, the hollow interior being substantially larger than the mounting end of the shaft so that the face of the head can be selectively oriented relative to the shaft by changing the orientation of the shaft relative to the hosel.
A method of angularly orienting a golf club shaft relative to a golf club head, comprising the steps of:
- providing a shaft with a head-mounting end thereon;
- providing a head with a hosel formed therein, the hosel including a hollow interior for receiving the shaft along a longitudinal axis, and the hollow interior being defined by boundary structure having differential cross-sectional dimensions when measured along lines that intersect the longitudinal axis at approximately right angles;
- providing an insert sized to conform to the boundary structure of the hosel;
- fixing the insert to the boundary structure of the hosel;
- forming in the insert a hole sized to conform to the head-mounting end of the shaft, the hole oriented to place the hole at a desired angle relative to the head when the insert is fixed to the boundary structure of the hosel;
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- fixing the shaft within the hole in the insert.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.