Golf club shaft and method of making the shaft

A golf shaft for connection to a golf club head including a first upper section having a first diameter and an upper butt end;

• a second lower section having a second lesser diameter than said first diameter and a lower tip end for connection to said golf club head;
• and, a gradually tapering intermediate section connected between the first upper section and the second section that reduces the outside diameter of the shaft from the diameter of the upper section to the diameter of the lower section, wherein the improvement comprises:
• a location of said intermediate section relative to said upper butt end of said shaft;
• said location being determined by a weight value of said shaft.

A method of making a golf shaft having an upper butt section, a lower tip section and a tapered intermediate section connecting the upper butt section and the lower tip section including the steps of:

• a) forming said upper butt section in a cylindrical configuration having a first diameter;
• b) forming said lower tip section in a cylindrical configuration having a second diameter lesser than said first diameter of said upper butt section;
• c) forming said tapered intermediate section with a first end connected to said upper butt section and having a diameter equal to said first diameter and with a second end connected to said lower tip section and having a diameter equal to said second diameter;
• wherein the improvement comprises:
• measuring the overall weight of the materials used to make shaft to obtain a preselected shaft weight;
• locating said tapered intermediate section relative to an upper edge of said upper butt section in accordance with said preselected weight measurement.