Golf tee and club face groove sharpening device

Abstract

A golf tee/club face groove sharpening device is provided and includes a golf tee article, wherein the golf tee article includes a tee stem having a tee stem top and a tee stem bottom. The golf tee/club face groove sharpening device further includes a sharpener article connected to the tee stem proximate the tee stem bottom, wherein the sharpener article includes at least one sharpening surface and is sized and shaped to fit into a golf club face groove such that the at least one sharpening surface contacts at least one side of the club face groove.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A golf tee/club face groove sharpening device, comprising:
 a golf tee article, wherein the golf tee article includes a tee stem having a tee stem top and a tee stem bottom; and   a sharpener article connected to the tee stem proximate the tee stem bottom, wherein the sharpener article includes at least one sharpening surface and is sized and shaped to fit into a golf club face groove such that the at least one sharpening surface contacts at least one side of the club face groove.   
     
     
         2 . The golf tee/club face groove sharpening device of  claim 1 , wherein the golf tee article includes a golf ball holding device located proximate the tee stem top. 
     
     
         3 . The golf tee/club face groove sharpening device of  claim 1 , wherein the golf tee article includes a golf ball cradle located proximate the tee stem top. 
     
     
         4 . The golf tee/club face groove sharpening device of  claim 1 , wherein the tee stem includes a tee stem outer surface extending between the tee stem top and tee stem bottom and having a tee stem height TSH. 
     
     
         5 . The golf tee/club face groove sharpening device of  claim 4 , wherein the tee stem bottom includes a tee stem bottom diameter TSB D  and the tee stem top includes a tee stem top diameter TST D  and wherein the tee stem top diameter TST D  is larger than the tee stem bottom diameter TSB D . 
     
     
         6 . The golf tee/club face groove sharpening device of  claim 4 , wherein the tee stem outer surface extends between the tee stem top and tee stem bottom at an angle of about 0.75°±15% relative to an imaginary vertical plane through the height of the tee stem. 
     
     
         7 . The golf tee/club face groove sharpening device of  claim 1 , wherein the sharpener article is at least one of triangular shaped, rectangular shaped and/or arcuate shaped. 
     
     
         8 . The golf tee/club face groove sharpening device of  claim 1 , wherein the sharpener article includes a first sharpening surface and a second sharpening surface. 
     
     
         9 . The golf tee/club face groove sharpening device of  claim 8 , wherein when the sharpening article is triangular shaped, each of the first sharpening surface and the second sharpening surface are angled at an angle of about 60°±15% relative to an imaginary vertical plane through the height of the sharpening article. 
     
     
         10 . The golf tee/club face groove sharpening device of  claim 8 , further comprising a third sharpening surface and a forth sharpening surface, wherein the third sharpening surface and the forth sharpening surface are angled at an angle of 90° relative to an imaginary vertical plane through the height of the sharpening article. 
     
     
         11 . The golf tee/club face groove sharpening device of  claim 8 , wherein at least one of the tee article and sharpening article are constructed from at least one of a plastic material, a composite material, a metallic material or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         12 . The golf tee/club face groove sharpening device of  claim 1 , wherein the tee stem defines a stem cavity having an anchoring means for securing a golf tee stem within the stem cavity. 
     
     
         13 . The golf tee/club face groove sharpening device of  claim 12 , wherein the anchoring means is at least one of,
 a resilient member configured to frictionally secure the golf tee stem within the stem cavity; and   a threaded portion configured to threadingly secure the golf tee stem within the stem cavity.   
     
     
         14 . A golf tee/club face groove sharpening device, comprising:
 a sharpener article, wherein the sharpener article includes at least one sharpening surface and is sized and shaped to fit into a golf club face groove such that the at least one sharpening surface contacts at least one side of the club face groove.   
     
     
         15 . The golf tee/club face groove sharpening device of  claim 14 , further comprising a golf tee article, wherein the golf tee article includes a tee stem having a tee stem top and a tee stem bottom and wherein the sharpener article is connected to the tee stem proximate the tee stem bottom. 
     
     
         16 . The golf tee/club face groove sharpening device of  claim 15 , wherein the golf tee article includes a golf ball holding device located proximate the tee stem top, wherein the golf ball holding device is at least one of a cradle and a brush. 
     
     
         17 . The golf tee/club face groove sharpening device of  claim 15 , wherein the tee stem includes a tee stem outer surface extending between the tee stem top and tee stem bottom and having a tee stem height TSH and wherein the tee stem bottom includes a tee stem bottom diameter TSB D , the tee stem top includes a tee stem top diameter TST D  and wherein the tee stem top diameter TST D  is larger than the tee stem bottom diameter TSB D . 
     
     
         18 . The golf tee/club face groove sharpening device of  claim 17 , wherein the tee stem outer surface extends between the tee stem top and tee stem bottom at an angle of about 0.75°±15% relative to an imaginary vertical plane through the height of the tee stem. 
     
     
         19 . The golf tee/club face groove sharpening device of  claim 14 , wherein the sharpener article is at least one of triangular shaped, rectangular shaped and/or arcuate shaped and wherein the sharpener article includes a first sharpening surface and a second sharpening surface. 
     
     
         20 . The golf tee/club face groove sharpening device of  claim 19 , wherein when the sharpener article is triangular shaped, at least one of,
 each of the first sharpening surface and the second sharpening surface are angled at an angle of about 60°±15% relative to an imaginary vertical plane through the height of the sharpening article; and   the golf tee/club face groove sharpening device further comprises, a third sharpening surface and a forth sharpening surface, wherein the third sharpening surface and the forth sharpening surface are angled at an angle of 90° relative to an imaginary vertical plane through the height of the sharpening article.