Abstract: A golf club including a golf club shaft having a cylindrical shaft portion with a first end and a second end. The first end of the cylindrical shaft portion may be attached to a golf club head. The golf club shaft also includes a flattened handle portion in the vicinity of the second end of the cylindrical shaft portion and integral with the cylindrical shaft portion. The flattened handle portion is flattened in a plane extending in a direction parallel to a direction faced by a golfer addressing a golf ball to be hit by the golf club. The flattened handle portion has a thickness in a direction parallel to the plane at least three times the thickness of the flattened handle portion in a direction perpendicular to the plane. A golf club head is attached to the golf club shaft in the vicinity of the first end of the cylindrical shaft portion.