Golf club with improved coupling between head and shaft

A golf club including:

• an elongated shaft having a longitudinal axis, a club head, and a pivot coupling joining said head to an end of said shaft and accommodating pivotal movement of said head about a pivot axis coaxial with or parallel to the longitudinal axis of the shaft, said pivot coupling including lock mechanism for preventing movement of said head relative to said shaft, said pivot coupling including a sleeve member and a pin member coaxially received in said sleeve member for axial and rotational movement relative thereto, said sleeve member and said pin member having mating tapered portions engageable for limiting relative axial movement in one direction, said lock mechanism including a split tapered portion on said sleeve member and a tapered nut engageable with said split tapered portion for wedging said split tapered portion radially into firm gripping engagement with said pin member.

A golf club including:

• an elongated shaft;
• a wood-type head having a toe portion, a heel portion, and a top surface and upper and lower edge portions extending between said toe and heel portions, said head further having a forward striking wall including a striking side and a rear side, said top surface having a socket formed therein to define the rear side of the striking wall;
• and a coupling structure connected to an end of said shaft and disposed in the socket and connected to the rear side of said striking wall at only at least one of said upper and lower edge portions at a location spaced substantially from said toe and heel portions.