Patent ID: 8083606

Claim:
A golf club having a detachable head, comprising: a first shaft segment and a second shaft segment, the first shaft segment having a grip or handle attached thereto and the second shaft segment being fixedly attached to a golf club head, wherein one of the first shaft segment and the second shaft segment has an insertion pin having a conical insertion section, the conical insertion section having a top and a base, the base having a radius greater than a radius of the top such that the length of the conical insertion section from the base to the top is greater than the radius of the base of the conical insertion section and the other of the first shaft and the second shaft has a receptor pin having a conical receptor section; and a coupler affixed to either the first shaft segment or the second shaft segment for reversibly mating the handle to the club head, wherein the coupler comprises a pull-back sleeve movable with respect to the conical receptor section to allow for movement of one or more first ball bearings within the couple such that in a first pull-back sleeve position, the ball bearings allow insertion of an insertion pin during mating of the first and second shaft segments, and in a second pull-back sleeve position, the ball bearings exert a force on the conical insertion section to tightly couple the first shaft segment to the second shaft segment.