Patent ID: 8147346

Claim:
A system for improved golf flag stick stability and reduced golf cup and/or flag stick ferrule wear, the system comprising: a ferrule locatable on an end of a golf flag stick that is insertable in a golf hole, the ferrule having a top portion, a bottom portion, and a plurality of sidewalls, wherein the each of the sidewalls tapers inward at an angle in the range of 5 degrees to 30 degrees from the top portion to the bottom portion; and a golf cup having a central aperture for receiving the flag stick ferrule, the central aperture being defined by a plurality of sidewalls that taper inward at an angle substantially corresponding to the angle of the sidewalls of the flag stick ferrule, wherein, when the ferrule is inserted in the central aperture, the sidewalls of the ferrule directly contact the sidewalls of the central aperture over a substantial portion of the surface of each sidewall of the ferrule extending from the top portion of the ferrule to the bottom portion of the ferrule.