Definition of "hosel" [hosel]

• The socket or neck in the head of a golf club into which the shaft is inserted. (noun)

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• "The hosel, securing the head to the shaft, has a ring and a sleeve—each with four settings."
• "Titleist Titleist 910D2 and D3 Clubs: Launched last year, Titleist says these adjustable clubs are a "tour van in a hosel.""
• "To our interview he brought an old wooden driver from his workshop in Latrobe, Pa., to show how back in the day he filed the face of his clubs to achieve the kind of ball-flight adjustments that the new Callaway RAZR Fit driver, which is adjustable, makes possible by moving weights and rotating a cog in the hosel."