Golf putter, ball retriever, ball marker, and puttin green repair device

Abstract

A golf putter having a magnetic ball marker mounted thereon, a ball retrieval and marker retrieval and putting surface repair device incorporated therein and to allow ball marker placement whereby a ball can be retrieved from a golf hole or putting surface, a marker can be placed or retrieved and a ball mark can be repaired by the user all from an erect or upright standing position.

I claim as my invention:  
     
         1 . A golf putter ball marker, ball marker retriever and ball retriever, comprising: 
 a shaft portion;    a putter head attached to the shaft portion, the putter head having a front face, upon which the ball is struck; a back side opposite the front face; a top surface, upon which the optimal striking point of the putter head to the ball is marked to be seen by a user; a bottom surface; a shaft end where the shaft portion attaches; a toe end opposite the shaft end; and, a ball marker receptacle of circular cross section defined in the back side wherein the ball marker is releaseably attached to the putter head;    a magnetized ball marker comprising a cylindrical stem portion with a diameter accommodatingly smaller than the diameter of the ball marker receptacle; and, a circular, flat top portion which can be placed on the putting surface by the user by removing it from the receptacle, magnetically attaching the top portion to the putter head bottom surface so that the stem portion faces outwardly, pressing the stem portion into the putting surface; and, removing the putter head with sufficient force to break the magnetic connection between the putter head and the ball marker, thereby leaving the ball marker in the desired location on the putting surface; a tongue portion extending from the toe end to provide a means for repairing marks in a putting surface, and dislodging the marker from the putting surface, while the user of the golf putter remains in an upright, standing position; and    a cavity defined in the back side accommodatingly larger than the size of a standard golf ball, to provide means for scooping up a golf ball from inside a golf hole, scooping up a golf ball from a putting surface, and scooping up a ball marker previously inserted into a putting surface.    
     
     
         2 . The invention of  claim 1  wherein the optimal striking point of the putter head is at a location between the point where the cavity ends opposite the toe end and the point where the shaft portion attaches and is marked on the top surface to be visible to a user in normal user position.  
     
     
         3 . The invention of  claim 2  wherein the bottom surface is of arched configuration.