Patent ID: 7258623

Claim:
A golf club comprising: a golf club head having a hosel and shaft receiving opening in the hosel; a shaft having a lower end extending through the shaft receiving opening into the hosel; a first ferrule element having a first bore wall generally in axial alignment with the shaft receiving opening, and a first outer wall; and a second ferrule element having a second bore wall generally in axial alignment with the shaft receiving opening, and a second outer wall, wherein the second ferrule element does not axially overlap the hosel; the first outer wall having an enlarged portion sized to axially engage at least a portion of the second bore wall to create a contact fit therebetween, wherein the second bore wall axially overlaps the first outer wall, and having a hosel engaging portion sized to engage the shaft receiving opening of the hosel; the lower end of the shaft being in coaxial alignment with the hosel, first ferrule element and second ferrule element; the hosel having a third bore wall that is enlarged proximate the shaft receiving opening to receive the hosel engaging portion of the first ferrule element; the hosel engaging portion including plural raised projections spaced about a periphery of the hosel engaging portion; the raised projections defining channels therebetween adapted to receive a viscous material.