hosel

[hoh-zuhl]

noun

Golf.

1. the socket in the club head of an iron that receives the shaft.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hosel¹

1895–1900; hose + -el diminutive suffix

Example Sentences

It featured an offset hosel that provided golfers a clean view of the face, and lines parallel to the face to help in squaring the putter to the ball.

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He was in a bunker right of the green and hit it off the hosel of the club at a 45-degree angle away from the pin, over the green.

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“I came down and it didn’t move and I presented hosel first and shanked it.”

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“My back was spasming the last couple holes and it was locking up. I came down and it didn’t move and I presented hosel first and shanked it.”

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It snags in thick rough, but much good it does Europe, the grass strangling Casey’s hosel and sending the ball into a hazard even further right.

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