Shaft cap associated with golf clubs and methods to manufacture golf clubs
A golf club comprising a grip, a shaft having a first end and a second end, with the first end of the shaft having the grip disposed upon it, a shaft cap disposed at the second end of the shaft, and a head having a face portion and a hosel portion with the second end of the shaft having the shaft cap disposed on the shaft coupled to the head.
1. A method comprising:
disposing a shaft cap on an exterior surface of a golf club shaft without the shaft cap entering an interior of the golf club shaft, the shaft cap having a plurality of wings coupled to a base, each wing of the plurality of wings being entirely spaced from a next adjacent wing of the plurality of wings on the shaft cap, the plurality of wings being placed on the exterior surface of the golf club shaft, and the shaft cap at a hosel end of the golf club shaft forms a shaft assembly;
disposing an epoxy in a hosel bore of a club head, and
inserting the shaft assembly into the hosel bore with the shaft cap disposed between the hosel bore and the golf club shaft, and the exterior surface of the golf club shaft being configured to define a region located between a wall of the hosel bore and the exterior surface of the golf club shaft.
2. The method of claim 1 , in which the hosel bore is straight.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising aligning a shaft graphic with a club face of the club head.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising forcing the epoxy in the hosel bore into a gap between the wall of the hosel bore and the exterior surface of the golf club shaft.
5. The method of claim 4 , in which forcing the epoxy in the hose bore is accomplished by inserting the shaft assembly into the hosel bore.
6. The method of claim 1 , in which the shaft cap is inserted until it reaches a bottom of the hosel bore.
7. The method of claim 1 , in which the shaft cap includes an aperture disposed in the base.
8. The method of claim 7 , in which a diameter of the base is less than an outside diameter of the golf club shaft.
9. A hosel assembly comprising:
an adhesive;
a hosel with a hosel bore, wherein the adhesive is disposed therein;
a shaft cap including a plurality of wings coupled to a base, each wing of the plurality of wings is entirely spaced from a next adjacent wing of the plurality of wings; and
a shaft with the shaft cap disposed at an end of the shaft, the shaft cap on an exterior surface of the golf club shaft without the shaft cap entering an interior of the golf club shaft, and the exterior surface of the golf club shaft being configured to define a region located between a wall of a hosel bore of a golf club head and exterior surface of the golf club shaft, and the golf club shaft and the shaft cap being assembled to the hosel bore such that the adhesive is displaced in the hosel bore to bond the exterior surface of the golf club shaft to the wall of the hosel bore.
10. The hosel assembly of claim 9 , in which the hosel bore is parallel.
11. The hosel assembly of claim 9 , in which the shaft cap centers the golf club shaft in the hosel bore.
12. The hosel assembly of claim 9 , in which the shaft cap includes a base that is of a diameter less than that of an outer diameter of the golf club shaft.