Patent ID: 6887169
Filing Date: 2005-05-03
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A tee setting device for setting a golf ball and tee in the ground, comprising: a hollow shaft having an indexed tee height control cut-out at an upper end thereof and a sliding operating handle slidably disposed on said hollow shaft about said tee height control cut-out; a leg assembly at a lower portion of said shaft for steadying said ball cage at variable controlled heights above the ground; a control rod internal to said shaft, said control rod having a ball saddle at a lower end for urging a golf ball and tee downwardly, said control rod being fixedly connected to said operating handle by a guide screw coupled there between and that passes through the tee height control cut-out in said shaft for slidably traversing said tee height control cut-out so that downward urging of the operating handle is guided by the guide screw engagement with said tee height control cut-out to move said ball saddle downward an indexed amount; a ball cage assembly at the lower end of said shaft for constraining said ball and tee during downward movement of said control rod and for releasing said ball and tee once initially implanted; whereby said tee setting device allows a golfer to implant a tee in the ground with ball atop without squatting or bending over the ball.