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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Terrill R. McCabe, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Assignee:
Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 5/302 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 5/302 ;
Abstract
A golf club is provided which includes a metal wood club head with a hosel receiving tube that extends from the neck to the sole, and a hosel configured and dimensioned to be received in the hosel receiving tube. The club shaft is received in a bore in the hosel, which may be oriented to produce a desired lie angle and loft. The hosel has an oblong and tapered geometry and is insertable into the tube bore from the sole. The hosel may positively engage the club head, and a ferrule also may be included.