Golf tee and ball placement aid

Abstract

A small, lightweight golf ball teeing device is disclosed for allowing a golfer to tee up a golf ball without bending or stooping, using a golf club as a handle for the device. A housing on the bottom side of the devise holds a golf tee for insertion into the ground while a golf ball is being supported on another section to be lowered down onto the inserted tee. Then with a sideways motion the device is moved away from the teed golf ball ready to be hit. The devise is attached to the grip end of a golf club shaft which allows the golf club to be used as a handle to operate the device. Additionally the device can be also be used to retrieve the golf tee as well. If the tee is still inserted into the ground, the tee holder is rotated back onto the tee and then the tee is pull up out of the ground. If the tee is lying on the ground, it can be scooped up using the section that had been used to support the golf ball. To the best of my knowledge, this is the only devise of its type that does not use some means of holding the golf ball. All devices I know of either use some form of mechanical device or compression material to hold the golf ball prior placement on the tee.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A golf aid for inserting a golf tee into the ground and placement of a golf ball onto the inserted tee, comprising: 
 A means for holding a golf tee for insertion into the ground.    A means for supporting a golf ball.    A means for moving golf aid away from a teed golf ball.    A means for temporally attaching golf aid to the grip of a golf club shaft.    
     
     
         2 . The golf aid of  claim 1  wherein said means for holding a golf tee is a Longitudinal slotted appendage on the bottom of the golf aid that includes a cavity, end opening and a means to grip a golf tee.  
     
     
         3 . The golf aid of  claim 1  wherein said a means for supporting a golf ball is a beveled hole in the longitudinal section of the golf aid adjacent to and at 90 degrees of the means of attaching said golf aid to the grip of a golf club shaft and means of holding a golf tee as described in  claim 2 .  
     
     
         4 . The golf aid of  claim 1  wherein said means for moving golf aid away from A teed golf ball is a passageway at the end of the longitudinal section extending to the beveled hole that supports the golf ball.  
     
     
         5 . The golf aid of  claim 1  wherein said means of temporally attaching golf aid to the grip of a golf club shaft is a circular appendage on the top of the longitudinal section with a cavity for the grip of a golf club shaft to be friction fitted into.  
     
     
         6 . The golf aid of  claim 2  wherein said a means to grip a golf tee is high density closed cell foam.  
     
     
         7 . The golf aid of  claim 3  wherein said means of attaching said golf aid to the grip of a golf club shaft is a circular appendage on the top of the longitudinal section with a cavity for the grip of a golf club shaft to be friction fitted into.  
     
     
         8 . A method for inserting a golf tee into the ground and placing a golf ball onto the inserted tee, comprising of: 
 (a) friction fitting the golf aid onto the grip of a golf club shaft, as described in  claim 5 .    (b) rotating a golf tee into the tee holding section described in  claim 2 .    (c) Inverting golf club shaft so that the tee is pointing towards the ground.    (d) Place a golf ball onto the ball support described in  claim 3 .    (e) Insert the golf tee into the ground with a downward motion of the golf shaft, rotate golf aid away from the tee.    (f) Using the golf club shaft, lower the golf ball down onto the inserted tee, continue lowering golf aid until golf ball comes to rest on the golf tee.    (g) Using the passageway described in  claim 4 , move the golf aid away from the teed golf ball with a sideways motion of the golf club shaft.    
     
     
         9 . A method of retrieving a golf tee using this device, comprising of: 
 (a) Using the tee holding section as described in  claim 2 , rotate the devise back onto a tee that is still inserted into the ground and pull it up out of the ground.    (b) Using the ball support section as described in  claim 3 , a tee lying horizontal on the ground can be picked up by sliding the device under it and raising it up.