Patent ID: 8858354

Claim:
A golf club comprising: a club shaft having a first end, a second end, and a longitudinally-extending interior space, a grip surface near the first end, and a head at the second end for hitting a golf ball, wherein the head has a top surface, a bottom surface with a recess, and a bore in the head that is open to the interior space of the shaft; an actuation assembly in said interior space and having an assembly first end near the first end of the club shaft and an assembly second end near the head, a magnet at the assembly second end, wherein the actuation assembly is slidable in said interior space to a first-position wherein the assembly is urged toward the head to place the magnet at least partially in the bore of the head for attracting a ball-marker comprising a magnetic material into the recess, and slidable in an opposite direction in said interior space to a second-position that moves the magnet away from the recess to distance the magnet from the ball-marker to release the ball-marker from the recess.