Patent ID: 7931543

Claim:
A golf club, comprising: a club head; a shaft; and an adapter for releasably connecting the club head with the shaft, wherein the adapter includes: an adapter insert tube having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the first end defines an opening into which the shaft is fixedly engaged, and wherein the second end defines an exterior surface having plural rotation-inhibiting structures; a thrust flange provided along the adapter insert tube between the first end and the second end; a compression nut for releasably connecting the adapter insert tube with the club head, wherein the compression nut includes a thrust shoulder for engaging the thrust flange; and an insert sleeve fixedly engaged with the club head, wherein the insert sleeve includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the first end of the insert sleeve defines an opening for releasably receiving and engaging the exterior surface of the second end of the adapter insert tube in a non-rotatable manner and the second end of the insert sleeve includes exterior surfaces that fixedly engage a hosel portion of the club head, wherein said shaft is able to extend within said hosel portion.