A distal reamer for reaming an intramedullary canal of a patient's femur during a surgical procedure to implant a distal stem component of a modular orthopaedic hip prosthesis, has an elongated shank with a cutting head formed in a distal end of the elongated shank. The cutting head has a plurality of helical cutting flutes arranged in a geometry that corresponds with the geometry of the distal stem component. A drive connector is formed in a sidewall of the shank at an opposite, proximal end. The drive connector has (a) a female drive socket, and (b) a number of locking slots formed in the sidewall so as to open into the female drive socket.
