Golf club holder and related methods of use

Abstract

A golf club holder has: a ground penetrating spike; and a quick release golf club shaft coupling with guide clips that open away from one another in opposite directions, and that are coaxial with one another and spaced to define a shaft receiving slot therebetween. A golf club holder may have: a ground penetrating spike; and a quick release golf club shaft coupling that is structured to receive and retain a golf club shaft by, in sequence: a first movement where a golf club shaft inserts a shaft receiving slot of the quick release golf club shaft coupling; and a second movement where the golf club shaft coupling rotates relative to the golf club shaft to reversibly retain the golf club shaft in the quick release golf club shaft coupling.

1 . A golf club holder comprising:
 a ground penetrating spike; and   a quick release golf club shaft coupling with guide clips that open away from one another in opposite directions, and that are coaxial with one another and spaced to define a shaft receiving slot therebetween.   
     
     
         2 . The golf club holder of  claim 1  further comprising a backing member mounting the ground penetrating spike and the quick release golf club shaft coupling. 
     
     
         3 . The golf club holder of  claim 2  in which the backing member comprises:
 a base part from which the ground penetrating spike depends; 
 an upper clip mount part from which the quick release golf club shaft coupling extends laterally from; and 
 an elongate main body part that extends between the base part and the upper clip mount part. 
 
     
     
         4 . The golf club holder of  claim 3  in which a front wall surface of the elongate main body part and an underside surface of the quick release golf club shaft coupling collectively define a golf club head receiving region. 
     
     
         5 . The golf club holder of  claim 3  in which the base part defines a ground contacting face. 
     
     
         6 . The golf club holder of  claim 1  in which each guide clip defines a respective shaft retaining passage and a respective shaft retaining mouth. 
     
     
         7 . The golf club holder of  claim 6  in which the shaft receiving slot defines a slot axis perpendicular to a shaft retaining axis defined by the respective shaft retaining passages. 
     
     
         8 . The golf club holder of  claim 6  in which each guide clip forms a respective broken ring. 
     
     
         9 . The golf club holder of  claim 8  in which each respective broken ring is defined by a pair of jaws, whose tips defined the respective shaft retaining mouth and whose throat defines the respective shaft retaining passage. 
     
     
         10 . The golf club holder of  claim 9  in which, for each respective broken ring, one or more jaw of the pair of jaws is resilient to form a friction fit around a golf club shaft in use. 
     
     
         11 . The golf club holder of  claim 1  in which a shaft retaining axis defined by the guide clips is parallel to an axis of the ground penetrating spike. 
     
     
         12 . An apparatus comprising the golf club holder of  claim 1  with a golf club shaft retained within the respective shaft retaining passages. 
     
     
         13 . A method comprising:
 inserting a golf club shaft laterally into the shaft receiving slot of the golf club holder of  claim 1 ; and   rotating the golf club holder relative to the golf club shaft, about an axis that is perpendicular to and intersects an axis of the golf club shaft, to insert and retain the golf club shaft within the guide clips.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13  further comprising inserting the ground penetrating spike into a ground surface. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14  in which a head of the golf club is received between the quick release golf club shaft coupling and the ground surface. 
     
     
         16 . A golf club holder comprising:
 a ground penetrating spike; and   a quick release golf club shaft coupling that is structured to receive and retain a golf club shaft by, in sequence:
 a first movement where a golf club shaft inserts a shaft receiving slot of the quick release golf club shaft coupling; and 
 a second movement where the golf club shaft coupling rotates relative to the golf club shaft to reversibly retain the golf club shaft in the quick release golf club shaft coupling. 
   
     
     
         17 . The golf club holder of  claim 16  structured such that, in the first movement, the golf club shaft inserts in a radial direction into the golf club shaft receiving slot. 
     
     
         18 . The golf club holder of  claim 16  structured such that, in the second movement, the golf club shaft coupling rotates in a plane parallel to an axis of the golf club shaft, into a reversibly retained position within the quick release golf club shaft coupling. 
     
     
         19 . A method comprising:
 inserting a golf club shaft into a shaft receiving slot of a quick release golf club shaft coupling; and   rotating the golf club shaft coupling relative to the golf club shaft to reversibly retain the golf club shaft in the quick release golf club shaft coupling.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19  further comprising inserting the ground penetrating spike into a ground surface.