Patent ID: 8439771

Claim:
A golf training tee comprising: a tee riser having at a top end a cup adapted for receiving a golf ball thereon, and at a bottom end thereof a substantially spherical ball member; a base having a socket at a top end thereof, the socket adapted for pivotally receiving the ball member of the tee riser therein and having an open portion on a front side thereof, the open portion having a substantially flat stop surface, a lower end of the base having a ground attachment member; wherein the ball member is slightly ovoid-shaped, such that the socket of the base is forced to expand as the tee riser drops from an upright position to a knocked-down position; whereby when the golf ball is struck with a golf club, the tee riser pivots downwardly in a direction of the golf club at impact therewith, stopping its downward pivot at the stop surface of the socket.