Patent ID: 8616995

Claim:
A golf club head/shaft connection assembly, comprising: a shaft engaging member including an exterior surface and an open first end that define an interior chamber for receiving a golf club shaft, wherein an exterior surface of the first end includes an extending portion extending away from the cylindrical interior chamber, wherein the shaft engaging member further includes a rotation-inhibiting structure beginning longitudinally beyond the interior chamber and extending in a longitudinal direction away from the open first end; a club head engaging member configured to be engaged with a golf club head, the club head engaging member including an opening providing access to an interior chamber for releasably receiving at least a portion of the shaft engaging member, wherein the interior chamber of the club head engaging member includes a retaining structure for engaging the rotation-inhibiting structure; and a securing system for releasably securing the shaft engaging member with respect to the club head engaging member, wherein the securing system includes a securing member that extends over the extending portion of the shaft engaging member and releasably engages the club head engaging member.