Patent ID: 7530900
Filing Date: 2009-05-12
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An iron-type golf club head comprising: an iron-type club head body including a hosel, the club head body having an opening formed in a sole of the club head body, the opening extending through to the hosel; and a tube mounted in the hosel of the club head body, the tube having an upper end with an inner diameter larger than an inner diameter at a lower end of the tube, the tube including a tapered portion and a rotation prevention portion, the rotation prevention portion defining a keyway having a non-circular configuration, the tube further including a flange that projects radially inward from a sidewall of the tube, wherein the tube is adapted to removably receive a tip end of a shaft with a sleeve mounted thereon, a lower section of the sleeve including a frustoconical portion, a keyed portion and a lower end of the sleeve, the frustoconical portion being received in the tapered portion of the tube, and the keyed portion being received in the rotation prevention portion of the tube, and wherein the flange is adapted to abut a mechanical fastener that is inserted into the opening in the sole of the club head body.