Head-to-shaft connection for golf club

Claim 1

A golf club head-to-shaft connection comprising; a golf club head including an upstanding hosel having a bore therein substantially larger than the head end of the shaft, said hosel bore having an open end and a closed end, said open end having a stepped configuration, a golf club shaft having a handle end portion and a head end portion, said head end portion being untapered and inserted in said hosel bore, means for positioning the untapered head end portion of the shaft within the hosel bore with thE exterior of the shaft set apart from the wall of the bore, said positioning means including first means located at said closed end and separate from said hosel for axially positioning the lower extremity of the shaft at the base of the hosel bore and apart from the walls of the hosel bore, and second means separate from said hosel for axially positioning the shaft at the said open end of the hosel bore, said second means fitting tightly about said shaft head end, said second means having a correspondingly stepped configuration as said open end for placement thereon, with said second-means step being substantially wider than said open-end step thereby positioning said shaft away from the walls of the hosel bore and bonding material disposed and filling the void between the head end portion of said shaft and the wall of the hosel bore so as to bond the entire outer surface of that portion of the shaft within the bore directly to the wall of the hosel bore.