Golf club head with hosel hole cover
A golf club head with a hosel hole cover that helps improve the performance of the golf club head is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention relates to a golf club head having a hosel hole cover at a bottom portion of an interchangeable connection system that not only provides improved performance of the golf club head by strategically utilizing an existing opening to adjust the weighting of a golf club head, but it also improves the aerodynamics of the golf club head by eliminating undesirable recesses that could be detrimental to the aerodynamics of a golf club head.
1. A golf club head comprising:
a body portion comprising a crown portion, a sole portion, a heel portion, and a toe portion;
a hosel region located near a heel portion of said golf club head, said hosel region further comprising;
an upper end having a releasable hosel mechanism,
a lower end having a hosel hole, and
a hosel hole cover, adapted to engage said lower end of said hosel hole, said hosel hole cover further comprising a receptacle opening,
said receptacle opening has a surface area of between about 55 mm 2 to about 300 mm 2 .
2. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein said surface area of said receptacle opening has an area of between about 65 mm 2 to about 200 mm 2 .
3. The golf club head of claim 2 , wherein said surface area of said receptacle opening has an area of opening has an area of about 90 mm 2 .
4. The golf club head of claim 1 , further comprising;
a retention mechanism, adapted to secure said hosel cover to said golf club head.
5. The golf club head of claim 4 , wherein said retention mechanism is a glue.
6. The golf club head of claim 4 , further comprising;
a retention mechanism, adapted to secure said hosel hole cover to said golf club head, wherein said retention mechanism comprises one or more non-threaded protrusions, and
wherein said one or more non-threaded protrusions are adapted to engage a one or more non-threaded recessed undercuts within said hosel hole to secure said hosel hole cover to said golf club head.
7. The golf club head of claim 6 , wherein said retention mechanism is only adapted to rotate 90 degrees.
8. The golf club head of claim 6 , wherein said rotation of said retention mechanism linearly moves one or more non-threaded protrusions with said one or more non-threaded recessed undercuts.
9. The golf club head of claim 8 , wherein said retention mechanism is only adapted to rotate 90 degrees.
10. The golf club head of claim 6 , wherein said hosel hole cover further comprises one or more attachment openings, said one or more attachment openings adapted to allow said one or more non-threaded protrusions to protrude out of said hosel cover.
11. The golf club head of claim 10 , wherein said hosel hole cover further comprises two or more attachment openings and two or more non-threaded protrusions, said two or more attachment openings adapted to allow said two or more non-threaded protrusions to protrude out of said hosel hole cover.
12. The golf club head of claim 11 , wherein said hosel cover further comprises three attachment openings and three non-threaded protrusions, said three attachment openings are adapted to allow said three non-threaded protrusions to protrude out of said hosel hole cover.
13. The golf club head of claim 12 , wherein two of said three non-threaded protrusions have the same shape.
14. The golf club head of claim 6 , wherein said hosel hole cover further comprises a male ledge at a bottom of said hosel hole cover, adapted to engage a female ledge located at a bottom of said hosel hole to retain said hosel hole cover to said hosel hole.
15. A golf club head comprising:
a body portion further comprising a crown portion, a sole portion, a heel portion, and toe portion;
a hosel region located near a heel portion of said golf club head, said hosel region further comprising:
an upper end having a releasable hosel mechanism,
a lower end having a hosel hole, said hosel hole further comprising;
a one or more non-threaded recessed undercuts along a side wall of said hosel hole,
a hosel hole cover, adapted to engage said hosel hole, and
a retention mechanism, adapted to secure said hosel hole cover to said golf club head, wherein said retention mechanism comprises one or more non-threaded protrusions, and
wherein a rotation of said retention mechanism rotatably engages said one or more non-threaded protrusions with said one or more non-threaded recessed undercuts.
16. The golf club head of claim 15 , wherein said hosel hole cover further comprises a receptacle opening, adapted to receive said retention mechanism;
said receptacle opening has a surface area of between about 55 mm 2 to about 300 mm 2 .
17. The golf club head of claim 16 , wherein said surface area of said receptacle opening has an area of between about 65 mm 2 to about 200 mm 2 .
18. The golf club head of claim 17 , wherein said surface area of said receptacle opening has an area of opening has an area of about 90 mm 2 .