Patent ID: 8096894

Claim:
A golf club, comprising: a shaft; a shaft engaging member engaged with the shaft, wherein the shaft engaging member includes a rotation-inhibiting structure having a circular cross section and a first set of circumferentially spaced teeth around an entire circumference of the shaft engaging member; a club head engaging member releasably engaged with the shaft engaging member, wherein the club head engaging member includes a retaining structure engaged with the rotation-inhibiting structure, the retaining structure having a circular opening with a second set of circumferentially spaced teeth around an entire circumference of the club head engaging member, the second set of teeth engaging the first set of teeth on the rotation-inhibiting structure to prevent rotation of the club head engaging member with respect to the shaft engaging member, wherein the retaining structure is configured to engage multiple different rotation-inhibiting structures, and wherein the first set of circumferentially spaced teeth includes a different number of teeth from the second set of circumferentially spaced teeth; a golf club head engaged with the club head engaging member; and a securing system for releasably securing the club head engaging member with respect to the shaft engaging member.