Golf club head and a golf club using this head
AssigneeMacGregor Golf Japan LTD
InventorMasayoshi Masuda
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Abstract
A golf club head includes a tubular shaft attaching portion which is provided to a hosel portion so as to serve as a fixing portion that fixes a distal end portion of a shaft to the head. The tubular shaft attaching portion has an upper end which is located below a corresponding upper surface of a crown portion. In this head, the effective length of the shaft that can flex during a golf swing can be extended at the distal end portion, so that the head speed can be increased by sufficiently utilizing the flexure at the distal end portion of the shaft. Also, damage to the shaft can be prevented effectively.
Claims16
A golf club head comprising:
- a hosel portion including a tubular shaft attaching portion for fixing a distal end portion of a shaft to said head,
- wherein said hosel portion has an upper connecting portion which is located below a corresponding upper surface of a crown portion of said head, said upper connecting portion connecting said crown portion to said shaft attaching portion, said upper connecting portion defining a recess below said crown portion to allow a portion of the shaft to be disposed in said recess between said crown portion and said shaft attaching portion thereby to allow said portion of the shaft to flex.
A golf club comprising:
- a golf club head provided with a hosel portion having a tubular shaft attaching portion for fixing a distal end portion of a shaft to said head, wherein said portion has an upper connecting portion which is located below a corresponding upper surface of a crown portion of said head, said upper connecting portion connecting said crown portion to said shaft attaching portion, said upper connecting portion defining a recess below said crown portion;
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- a shaft having a distal end portion which is fixed to said tubular shaft attaching portion of said hosel portion of said head such that a portion of said shaft is disposed in said recess between said crown portion and said shaft attaching portion thereby to allow said portion of said shaft to flex.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.