Patent ID: 8496540

Claim:
A golf club comprising: a shaft; a club head; and a hosel, wherein an end of said hosel attaches to said golf club head, said hosel further comprising a connection mechanism applies a tangential force to secure said shaft to said hosel, wherein said connection mechanism contracts an internal circumference of said hosel to directly contact said shaft within said hosel, said connection mechanism is further comprising: a first flap running lengthwise along said hosel extending outward from said hosel; a second flap substantially parallel to said first flap running lengthwise along said hosel extending outward from said hosel such that said first flap and said second flap creates a gap in said internal circumference of said hosel; and a rotating clamp adapted to rotationally compress said first flap with said second flap, wherein said rotating clamp decreases said internal circumference of said hosel when it compresses said first flap with said second flap, wherein said hosel comprises a solid protrusion at a bottom portion of said hosel adapted to engage a receptacle well located near a heel portion of said club head.