Patent ID: 8147350

Claim:
A golf club assembly comprising; a club head having a hosel defining an upper opening, the club head also having a sole defining a lower opening in communication with the upper opening; a shaft having a lower end portion; a shaft sleeve mounted on the lower end portion of the shaft and adapted to be received in the upper opening of the club head, the shaft sleeve having a lower end portion defining a threaded opening; and a screw having a screw head and an externally threaded screw shaft extending from the screw head, wherein the shaft sleeve can be releasably secured to the club head by inserting the screw through the lower opening and tightening the screw into the threaded opening of the shaft sleeve, the screw head having an inclined surface configured to bear against another inclined surface in the club head when the screw is tightened into the threaded opening, the screw shaft has a distal end portion comprising external threads configured to engage the threaded opening and a necked down portion between the distal end portion and the screw head, the necked down portion having an outer diameter that is less than a thread minor diameter of the distal end portion.