Patent ID: 7955182

Claim:
A golf club head/shaft connection assembly, comprising: a shaft engaging member having an exterior surface and an open first end that define a cylindrical 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 a second end includes a rotation-inhibiting structure, and wherein the exterior surface extends in a first axial direction and the interior chamber extends in a second axial direction that differs from the first axial direction; a club head engaging member having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the club head engaging member further includes a securing structure, and wherein the second end of the club head engaging member includes a rotation-inhibiting structure for engaging the rotation-inhibiting structure of the shaft engaging member; and a securing member extending over the extending portion of the shaft engaging member and releasably engaging with the securing structure of the club head engaging member, wherein the securing member, at least in part, releasably secures the shaft engaging member with the club head engaging member.