ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,823, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to PARSONS XTREME GOLF LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads" was invented by Caleb S. Kroloff (Phoenix), Bradley D. Schweigert (Cave Creek, Ariz.) and Michael R. Nicolette (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples of hosels and methods to manufacture hosels are generally described herein. In one example, a hosel may include a neck portion configured to receive a golf shaft. The neck portion may have a transition portion that tapers in a downward direction. An insert portion may extend downward from the transition portion and may be c...