Patent ID: 7468008

Claim:
In combination with a golf tee having a dish-shaped top portion for supporting a golf ball, a neck portion, a shaft section with a certain diameter and a pointed end, a device adapted to assist in inserting the golf tee into the ground to ensure the stability and a pre-determined height for the golf ball, comprising: (a) a generally tubular sleeve having a neck portion, a shaft portion, a flanged slotted-end portion divided into a first flanged side and a second flanged side, and a hollow cylindrical cavity formed within the longitudinal center of said tubular sleeve to receive said golf tee shaft therethrough, said first flanged side and said second flanged side forming an opening with a diameter smaller than the diameter of said shaft section of golf tee and being adapted to flare outwardly with respect to the shaft portion when engaged by the tee shaft which has been inserted into the device and be disposed to bear against said ground surface; and (b) an enlarged tubular top section diverging upwardly from said generally tubular sleeve to engage and abut said neck portion.