Patent ID: 6186903
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A golf club head of an iron-type comprising:a body having a front face arranged for impact with a golf ball, a heel portion and a toe portion;a hosel having an outside diameter and containing a bore for receiving one end of a golf club shaft, said bore having a desired orientation relative to said body, said hosel having a neck connected to said heel portion of said body, said hosel neck having an outer peripheral surface including an upper surface and a lower surface when viewed from a direction which is generally normal to said front face; anda notch formed only in the lower surface of said hosel neck and extending around only a portion of said hosel neck, said notch having a depth that varies along its length, a critical dimension measured between the upper surface of said hosel neck and a point on said depth of said notch being less than the outside diameter of said hosel whereby the desired orientation of said bore relative to said body may be adjusted by bending said neck at said notch.