Patent ID: 7874934

Claim:
A golf club, comprising: a club head including a hosel and at least one hosel alignment feature, wherein the hosel defines a sleeve bore and the hosel alignment feature is disposed adjacent a proximal 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 feature, wherein at least a portion of the shaft sleeve is received within the sleeve bore and the sleeve alignment feature engages the hosel alignment feature; a weight member coupled to the shaft sleeve; and a fastener that releasably couples the shaft sleeve to the club head, wherein shaft sleeve includes a shaft portion that receives the distal end portion of the shaft and a fastener portion, wherein said fastening portion is coupled to the fastener and the weight member is coupled to the fastener portion, wherein the weight member is annular and the fastener extends through at least a portion of the weight member, and wherein the weight member is either threadably coupled to the fastener portion or is coupled to the fastener portion by a second fastener extending radially through the weight member.