Patent ID: 8961330
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A golf club, comprising: a golf club head including a golf club head body and a hosel, the hosel defining a hosel bore and a plurality of hosel alignment features, wherein the hosel alignment features are disposed in a proximal portion of the hosel; an elongate shaft; a shaft sleeve coupled to a distal end portion of the shaft, the shaft sleeve including a sleeve body and a plurality of sleeve alignment features extending outward from an outer surface of the sleeve body at a plurality of locations spaced circumferentially about a portion of the sleeve body, the shaft body defining a longitudinal axis and a shaft bore; a first tubular member comprising a plurality of alignment features that engage the plurality of sleeve alignment features, the tubular member defining a sleeve bore; a second tubular member comprising a plurality of alignment features that engage a plurality of alignment features of the first tubular member and the plurality of hosel alignment features; a retainer that is disposed on the shaft sleeve so that at least one of the first tubular member and the second tubular member is retained on the shaft sleeve between the sleeve alignment features and the retainer when the shaft sleeve and the retainer are separate from the golf club head; and a fastener that releasably couples the shaft sleeve to the club head so that the first tubular member and the second tubular member are interposed between a portion of the shaft sleeve and the hosel, wherein the alignment features are configured to provide an even number of relative positions between the first tubular member and the second tubular member.