Patent ID: 8657128

Claim:
An apparatus embedded in the ground for holding golf clubs, said apparatus comprising: a base located at or below ground level and having a plurality of openings extending through the base from a topside to an underside to allow insertion of a butt of a golf club into one of the plurality of openings of the base; a plurality of tubular casings, each tubular casing having a threaded end and a non-threaded end, wherein each of said plurality of tubular casings are adapted to house a golf club; each tubular casing being attached to said base at one of said plurality of openings at said threaded end, wherein each tubular casing extends from said underside of said base such that the exterior of each of the plurality of tubular casings is not visible from above ground; each of said plurality of tubular casings having a plurality of transverse holes in walls thereof and a pin above said plurality of transverse holes, said transverse holes allowing draining of water; whereby a golfer can slide a butt of a golf club into one of the openings in the base and down one of the tubular casings to rest on a respective pin so that the golf club is retained to stand in a substantially vertical position.