Patent ID: 8061008

Claim:
A method for assembling a golf club comprising: releasably inserting a shaft adapter into an interior chamber of a golf club head, wherein the shaft adapter comprises an axial direction change region, and wherein the interior chamber comprises a receiving mechanism proximate to an exterior portion of the golf club head configured to releasably receive and secure a shaft retainer, the interior chamber further comprising a rotation inhibiting structure forming a cross-sectional shape of a regular polygon that engages a rotation inhibiting structure of the shaft adapter as to prevent rotation of the shaft adapter within the golf club head, wherein the shaft adapter is configured to be fit within the interior chamber of the golf club at a plurality of different configurations, wherein at least one configuration provides different club characteristics than another configuration; and releasably securing the shaft retainer to the interior chamber of the golf club head so as to engage the rotation inhibiting structure of the shaft adapter with the rotation inhibiting structure of the interior chamber, wherein an interior perimeter of the shaft retainer permits the passage of an upper portion of the shaft adapter.