Abstract: A golf shaft assembly is a stand-alone component for subsequent use with a golf club-head. The assembly includes a shaft with an adapter that is affixed to the bottom end of the shaft for engaging with the club-head. An adapter-spline is formed near the top end of the adapter that meshes with a club-head spline on the hosel of a club-head to hold the club-head in a base position relative to the golf shaft. In this base position the club-head has a predetermined loft angle ? and a predetermined face angle ? that are presented preparatory to a golf swing by a golfer. Optionally, the assembly can include at least one annular shaped collar that can be positioned between the adapter-spline and the club-head spline for introducing loft and/or club-face adjustments to optimize the user's golf swing.

Abstract: A club shaft for a golf club and method for making a club shaft for a golf club are provided herein. The club shaft includes a shaft butt section, a shaft tip section and a shaft intermediate section which connects the shaft butt section to the shaft tip section. The shaft intermediate section includes a shaft outer diameter which tapers from the shaft butt section to the shaft tip section. Uniquely, the amount of taper varies along the shaft intermediate section to avoid any abrupt transitions in the club shaft. The resulting club shaft has a continuous, smooth geometry, without stress concentration areas. This improves the strength, fatigue and fracture toughness of the club shaft. Further, the amount of taper can be specifically tailored to obtain a club shaft having the desired moment of inertia, resistance to torsion, mass distribution, flexure, frequency, strength, and stiffness properties.

Abstract: A shaft for a golf club includes a main shaft, a ring shaft and a flex shaft which are mounted onto the distal end of the main shaft, and a sleeve which may be used to cover the ring shaft portion and the flex shaft portion. Each portion of the shaft is made of a material that is specifically selected for its particular modulus of elasticity, and the modulus of each portion is selected relative to the moduli of the other portions. For the present invention, the ring shaft portion has the highest modulus of elasticity, and the flex shaft portion has the lowest. With this combination, a club head is affixed to the extreme distal end of the main shaft, and a grip is attached to the proximal end of the main shaft portion.