secured to the tubular member in overlying relationship to each neck portion the two piece sleeve defines a small central gap filled by a compressible ring to allow the two otherwise longitudinally aligned sleeve pieces to pivot relative to one another under dynamic loading of the tubular member during a golf swing and then upon reaching a limit point restrict additional deflection or bending of the tubular member application_number US 201314109605 A description various embodiments and aspects of the present invention will be described with reference to details discussed below and the accompanying drawings will illustrate the various embodiments the following description and drawings are illustrative of the invention and are not to be construed as limiting the invention numerous specific details are described to provide a thorough conceptual understanding of various embodiments of the present invention however in certain instances well known or conventional details are not described in order to provide a concise discussion of embodiments of the present inventions fig1 illustrates a golf club having a head 10 grip 14 and shaft 18 therebetween an outer deflection limiting sleeve 22 is secured to the shaft 18 in the vicinity of the head 10 the club and head illustrated in fig1 is for a driver but it will be appreciated that the present disclosure is applicable to other types of clubs as well especially longer clubs like fairway woods and long irons unless otherwise noted the shaft 18 is typical of conventional golf club shafts and has a hollow tubular body that generally.