Patent ID: 8235834

Claim:
A golf club, comprising: a club head including a hosel and a plurality of hosel alignment features, wherein the hosel defines a sleeve bore and the hosel alignment features are disposed closer to a proximal end of the hosel than a distal end of the hosel; an elongate shaft; a shaft sleeve coupled to a distal end portion of the shaft, the shaft sleeve including a sleeve body and at least one sleeve alignment feature that is shaped to complement the shape of the hosel alignment features, wherein at least a portion of the shaft sleeve is received within the sleeve bore and the sleeve alignment feature engages at least one of the plurality of hosel alignment features so the shaft sleeve does not rotate in a circumferential direction within the sleeve bore, and wherein the at least one sleeve alignment feature includes curved side edges that forcibly and slidably abut side walls of at least one of the plurality of hosel alignment features when the shaft sleeve is fully inserted within the sleeve bore so that the entire shaft sleeve tilts relative to the hosel; and a fastener that releasably couples the shaft sleeve to the club head.