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A golf club includes a first and a second hollow shaft members that are releasably connected by a hollow connector. The hollow connector has a hollow male connector that has a first portion and a second portion. The second portion is threaded on an exterior surface. The first portion of the male con

A golf club includes a first and a second hollow shaft members that are releasably connected by a hollow connector. The hollow connector has a hollow male connector that has a first portion and a second portion. The second portion is threaded on an exterior surface. The first portion of the male connector is coupled to one of the connecting ends of the shaft members. The hollow connector also has a hollow female connector that is coupled to an interior portion of the other shaft member. The threads on the exterior of the male connector are releasably mated with interior threads on the female connector to provide an assembled golf club that may be disassembled for travel, but has characteristics that do not substantially vary from a similar conventional club. A method of manufacturing a separable-shaft golf clubs is also presented.

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1. A golf club having a length, L, and a center of gravity comprising:a first hollow shaft member having a first end and a second end; a second hollow shaft member having a first end and a second end; a club head coupled to the second end of the second hollow shaft member; a hollow male connector ha

1. A golf club having a length, L, and a center of gravity comprising:a first hollow shaft member having a first end and a second end; a second hollow shaft member having a first end and a second end; a club head coupled to the second end of the second hollow shaft member; a hollow male connector having a first portion (which has an interior diameter of IDa) and a second portion (which has an interior diameter of IDb), the first portion coupled in an interior portion of the second end of the first hollow shaft member or to an interior portion of the first end of the second shaft member, and the second portion of the hollow male connector having external threads; a hollow female connector portion (which has an interior diameter of IDc) having an exterior and a threaded interior, the exterior of the female connector coupled to the interior portion of the first end of the second shaft member or the interior portion of the second end of the first shaft member; wherein the external threads of the second portion of the hollow male connector are sized and configured to mate with the threaded interior of the hollow female connector to provide a releasable connection allowing the club to have an assembled configuration and a disassembled configuration; and wherein the hollow male connector and the hollow female connector are operable to form a hollow connection when mated and wherein IDa>IDb and IDc>IDb.