Patent ID: 7967696

Claim:
A golf club comprising a head, a shaft and a grip, wherein an elastic member is attached to an external surface of the shaft, the elastic member is ring-shaped and has no end, the elastic member is externally fitted on the shaft in a state in which an elastic contracting force is maintained, the elastic member can be elastically deformed in such a manner that an inside diameter thereof is greater than the maximum outside diameter of the grip, an area ratio (S 2 /S 1 ) of a sectional area S 2 of a hollow portion of the elastic member to a sectional area S 1 of the finest portion of the shaft is equal to or higher than 0.80 and equal to or lower than 1.1, and the elastic member can be freely attached to and removed from an assembled club, wherein concavo-convex portions are provided on an internal surface of the elastic member.