Golf ball recovery and ball mark repair tool

Abstract

A golf accessory comprises a ball retrieval tool on one end and a ball mark repair tool on the opposite end which facilitates use of both tools without requiring a golfer to bend down. The golf accessory may further comprise telescoping members inside a shaft for extending the golf accessory to various lengths away from a golfer desiring to use the tools on each end thereof.

1 . A golfing accessory for use in the game of golf comprising: 
 a telescoping shaft having first and second ends;    a ball retrieval apparatus secured to the first end of the shaft for retrieving golf balls;    a ball mark repair tool secured to the second end of the shaft for repairing ball marks and for securing the shaft in a substantially vertical orientation when the ball mark repair tool is engaged with the earth; and    means for securing the golfing accessory to the exterior of a golf bag consisting of a first member rigidly secured to the telescoping shaft, a second member supported for pivotal movement relative to the first member and comprising an elongate lever having a gripping component at one end and a handle component at the opposite end, and a spring for biasing the gripping component of the second member into engagement with the first member;    the handle component of the lever of the securing means further comprising means for supporting a golf club in a substantially upright orientation when the telescoping shaft is maintained in a substantially vertical orientation by engagement of the ball mark repair tool with the earth.