Golf ball retrieving system

Abstract

A golf ball retrieval device includes an annular collar sized for a snug friction fit onto a conventional golf ball. The collar in use is removable mounted on the grip end of a golf club and the collar tapped onto a golf ball so that the golf ball becomes frictionally lodged within the collar. The collar is stored in a resilient clip when not in use so as to journal a spike protruding from the collar into a corresponding elongate cavity in the handle of the clip.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A golf ball retrieving system comprising:
 an annular rigid cylindrical collar having a ball-receiving bore defining opposite rims of said collar and an annular outer surface therebetween, said bore having a corresponding bore axis of symmetry, and further comprising an elongate outer surface spike mountable so as to extend substantially orthogonally outwardly from said outer surface and wherein said spike is adapted to mate with a distal end of a golf club grip and further comprising a clip having opposite first and second ends maybe provided wherein said first end includes a resiliently encircling pair of tongs sized to resiliently and snugly encircle, to thereby releasably hold, said outer surface of the collar, and said second end includes a handle mounted to said pair of tongs and extending therefrom. A bore is formed in and along said handle. The bore has an opening between said pair of tongs for receiving said spike journalled in said bore.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1  wherein said outer surface is a substantially cylindrical outside surface disposed radially outwardly of said bore axis,
 and wherein said bore and said chamfer are sized to snugly receive the golf ball in frictional engagement in said bore and said chamfer, 
 and wherein said bore has at least a smooth-bore opening and has a diameter sufficient for a snug friction fit of said collar onto the entire outer circumference of the golf ball without the maximum girth of the golf ball fitting into said bore. 
 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 2  wherein an outside diameter of said collar forms a ratio of substantially 2:1 with a height dimension of said collar. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 3  wherein said outside diameter is substantially two inches and said height dimension is substantially one inch.
 and further comprising an elongate to said outer surface spike mountable so as to extend substantially orthogonally outwardly from said outer surface and wherein said spike is adapted to mate with a distal end of a golf club grip. 
 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 2  wherein said outer surface includes a threaded aperture and one end of said spike is correspondingly threaded for threaded mating in said aperture. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 2  wherein said bore is a cylinder. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 6  wherein said bore is entirely smooth-bored.