Patent ID: 8133131

Claim:
A golf club comprising: a shaft; a club head; and a connection system releasably connecting the shaft to the club head, said connection system further comprises; a sleeve, distinct from the shaft wherein the shaft partially passes through, that is connected to the shaft, a hosel, distinct from the sleeve wherein the shaft partially passes through, that is integrally formed into a heel portion of the golf club head, and a ring, distinct from the sleeve and the hosel, that is disposed between the sleeve and the hosel, wherein the ring is askew, altering at least one of a loft angle and a lie angle of the golf club head depending on the orientation of the ring, wherein the sleeve further comprises a first non-linear mating surface, located near an external portion of the sleeve, the hosel further comprises a second non-linear mating surface near a top of the hosel, and the ring further comprises a third non-linear mating surface near a top of the ring and a fourth non-linear mating surface near a bottom of the ring and wherein an entire tip end of the shaft is able to be removed upward out a top of the hosel.