Patent ID: 7955184

Claim:
A golf club, comprising: a shaft including a shaft axial direction change region; a shaft engaging member engaged with the shaft, the shaft engaging member having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end includes a cylindrical interior chamber for receiving an end of the shaft, wherein an exterior surface of the first end includes an extending portion extending away from the cylindrical interior chamber, and wherein the second end includes a rotation-inhibiting structure, and wherein the shaft axial direction change region is located outside the cylindrical interior chamber; a club head engaging member releasably engaged with the shaft engaging member, the club head engaging member having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the club head engaging member further includes a securing structure, and wherein the second end of the club head engaging member includes a rotation-inhibiting structure releasably engaging the rotation-inhibiting structure of the shaft engaging member; and a securing member extending over the extending portion of the shaft engaging member and releasably engaging with the securing structure of the club head engaging member, wherein the securing member, at least in part, releasably secures the shaft engaging member with the club head engaging member.