Patent ID: 7625297

Claim:
An improved golf club shaft having a tapered, tubular body with a grip-end and a head-end that is narrower than the grip end, the improvement comprising: a. at least one elongated tensioning member having a first end and a second end, the first end mounted to the grip-end of the shaft and the second end mounted to the head-end of the shaft; b. at least one manually adjustable tensioner assembly mounted to the shaft and connected to the tensioning member for increasing and decreasing axial tension in the tensioning member; c. a tubular shaft extension having a mounting portion and an extending portion, the mounting portion mounted axially within and rigidly affixed to the grip-end of the shaft, and the extending portion axially protruding from the grip-end of the shaft; d. an annular tensioning nut having a threaded interior surface, the tensioning nut mounted within the extending portion of the shaft extension and coaxial with the shaft; and e. a tubular tensioning barrel having a threaded exterior surface, the tensioning barrel mounted axially within and threadedly engaging the interior surface of the tensioning nut, the tensioning member extending axially through a passage through the tensioning barrel and terminating in a knot that is larger than the passage so that the knot is too large to pass through the passage of the tensioning barrel.