Hosel construction and method of making the same
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1. A hosel construction for connecting a shaft to a club head having a given generally upwardly directed pre-formed opening and a club face, comprising:
- a plug member adapted to be received in the given pre-formed opening, said plug member having a plurality of sides, the pre-formed opening being complementary shaped for substantially limiting the rotation of said plug member within the pre-formed opening;
a neck member extending generally angularly relative to said plug member for engaging the shaft wherein the plug member is connected to the neck member to enable the shaft and the club member to be connected fixedly together at a predetermined angular relationship in a manner to resist any change in said angular relationship;
said neck member and said plug member securing the shaft relative to the club head to cause the shaft to be extending in a generally transverse dimension to position the shaft at a desired lie angle relative to the given pre-formed opening in the club head; and
said neck member and said plug member securing the shaft relative to the club head to cause the shaft to be extending in a generally longitudinal dimension to position the club face at a desired longitudinal angle relative to the given pre-formed opening in the club head.
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The hosel construction includes a plug member extending downwardly for engaging a club head having a club face. A neck member, extending angularly upwardly from the plug member, engages a shaft to complete a golf club. The neck member extends in a generally transverse dimension to determine a lie angle between the shaft and the club head. The neck member also extends in a generally longitudinal dimension to determine a longitudinal angle, such as a face angle for the club face.
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1. A hosel construction for connecting a shaft to a club head having a given generally upwardly directed pre-formed opening and a club face, comprising:
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a plug member adapted to be received in the given pre-formed opening, said plug member having a plurality of sides, the pre-formed opening being complementary shaped for substantially limiting the rotation of said plug member within the pre-formed opening;
a neck member extending generally angularly relative to said plug member for engaging the shaft wherein the plug member is connected to the neck member to enable the shaft and the club member to be connected fixedly together at a predetermined angular relationship in a manner to resist any change in said angular relationship;
said neck member and said plug member securing the shaft relative to the club head to cause the shaft to be extending in a generally transverse dimension to position the shaft at a desired lie angle relative to the given pre-formed opening in the club head; and
said neck member and said plug member securing the shaft relative to the club head to cause the shaft to be extending in a generally longitudinal dimension to position the club face at a desired longitudinal angle relative to the given pre-formed opening in the club head. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of making a golf club, comprising:
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providing a golf club head and a shaft, the golf club head having a pre-formed opening;
selecting discreet combinations of lie angle and longitudinal angle that most nearly correspond to particular golfing characteristics of golfers;
constructing hosels for implementing said selected discreet combinations of lie angle and longitudinal angle, the hosels each having a neck portion and a plug portion, the plug portion constructed to be received into the pre-formed opening in the golf club head, and the neck portion and the plug portion formed to connect fixedly the golf club head and the shaft at a fixed angular relationship corresponding its selected discreet combination; and
utilizing one of said hosels to interconnect the club head via its pre-formed opening and the shaft to form the golf club.
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