Patent ID: 8029387
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An improved golf tee having a body with a lower end portion and an upper end portion, the lower end for inserting into the ground, the upper end terminating at a top surface, the improvement comprising: the top surface having a depression for accepting and retaining a golf ball and including at least one and not more than two elevated flanges, each elevated flange located along one edge of the top surface directly above the upper end portion and extending upwardly from the top surface to form an upper edge forming a straight line proximate the edge of the top surface for guiding the golf ball on impact, and each elevated flange being situated to the left or right of the golf ball in relation to the hitting direction such that the elevated flange does not support the golf ball when the golf ball rests in the depression prior to the impact.