A telescoping golf club includes a tubular proximal shaft segment; a tubular intermediate shaft segment telescopically and slidingly fitting into the proximal shaft segment; a distal shaft segment telescopically and slidingly fitting into the intermediate shaft segment and including a shaft distal end; a club head fastened to the shaft distal end; and a shaft segment stop structure preventing the intermediate shaft segment from sliding entirely out of the proximal shaft segment and preventing the distal shaft segment from sliding entirely out of the intermediate shaft segment.