Patent ID: 8235838

Claim:
A golf club, comprising: a club head; a shaft; and an adapter for releasably connecting the club head with the shaft, wherein the adapter includes: a body member having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the first end defines an opening into which the shaft is fixedly engaged, and wherein the second end defines an exterior surface having plural rotation-inhibiting sides; a thrust flange provided along the body member between the first end and the second end; a connection means for releasably connecting the body member with the club head, wherein the connection means includes a partially closed first end through which the first end of the body member extends, the partially closed first end further defining a thrust shoulder for engaging the thrust flange, and wherein the connection means further includes a second end opposite the partially closed first end, the second end of the connection means releasably engaging the club head and extending over at least a portion of the rotation inhibiting sides of the body member; and a hosel socket integrally formed within a hosel portion of the club head, wherein said shaft is able to extend within said hosel portion, the hosel socket includes an opening that defines interior surfaces for releasably receiving and engaging the exterior surfaces of the second end of the body member in a releasable and non-rotatable manner.