Adjustable Tee Marker

Abstract

An article of manufacture for providing an adjustable tee marker according to the present invention is an adjustable tee marker having a tee marker body having a front side, top side, and a rear side, a yardage display positioned on the front side of the tee marker body, the yardage display shows a plurality of numerical digits corresponding to a yardage distance from the adjustable tee marker to a specified location on golf course hole, a location name display positioned on the front side of the tee marker body, the location name display shows one of a plurality of changeable location names corresponding to the specified location on golf course hole, and an installation spike coupled to the tee marker body. A mechanism/winder accessible using a key may be inserted into the tee marker body. The mechanism/winder rotates when the key inserted into the tee marker body is rotated causing the location name display to change the changeable location name seen in the location name display.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An article of manufacture providing an adjustable tee marker on a golf course hole, the adjustable tee marker comprises:
 a tee marker body having a front side, top side, and a rear side;   a yardage display positioned on the front side of the tee marker body, the yardage display shows a plurality of numerical digits corresponding to a yardage distance from the adjustable tee marker to a specified location on golf course hole;   a location name display positioned on the front side of the tee marker body, the location name display shows one of a plurality of changeable location names corresponding to the specified location on golf course hole; and   an installation spike coupled to the tee marker body.   
     
     
         2 . The adjustable tee marker according to  claim 1 , wherein the adjustable tee marker further comprises:
 a mechanism/winder accessible using a key inserted into the tee marker body, the mechanism/winder rotates when the key inserted into the tee marker body is rotated causing the location name display to change the changeable location name seen in the location name display.   
     
     
         3 . The adjustable tee marker according to  claim 2 , wherein the mechanism/winder comprises:
 a set of rollers about an inner surface of the tee marker body;   a location band containing one or more changeable location names about an outer surface being positioned around the set of rollers, the outer surface is visible in the location name display making the one or more changeable location names visible; and   a set of rotation gears connecting the key inserted into the tee marker body to the location band, the key inserted into the body of the tee marker body is rotated to cause the each of the gears within the set of rotation gears to rotate and the set of rotation gears rotate to cause the location band to rotate about the set of rollers.   
     
     
         4 . The adjustable tee marker according to  claim 3 , wherein the location band comprises a flexible band having an outer surface with the location names contained thereon and an inner surface coupled to the set of rotation gears allowing the flexible band to rotate about the set of rollers when the mechanism/winder is engaged. 
     
     
         5 . The adjustable tee marker according to  claim 2 , wherein each of the plurality of numerical digits in the yardage display device comprise a plurality of separately rotating wheels, each wheel displays a single digit within the yardage display device, each single digit corresponds to a digit in a displayed number representing a distance from the tee marker body to a location of the item shown in the location name display.