Patent ID: 7628315

Claim:
A golf stroke counter, comprising: a generally flat, disc-shaped, circular base member having a diameter and twelve equally spaced circumferentially arrayed indentations in an upper surface thereof forming detents in said upper surface that correspond generally to the number and positions of hour marks on an analog clock; an elongate, generally rectangularly shaped indicator member rotatably mounted to said base member in overlying relationship to said base member upper surface, said indicator member having at least one detent ball resiliently yieldably biased outwardly of the bottom surface thereof by a spring engaged between the indicator member and said at least one detent ball, after each stroke is taken said indicator member being manually rotated to move said at least one detent ball on its bottom surface from registry with one of the indentations in the base member upper surface to registry with an adjacent indentation in the base member upper surface, each movement of said at least one detent ball on the indicator member from one indentation on the base member to a successive adjoining indentation on the base member indicating that one stroke has been taken, wherein engagement of said at least one detent ball in a respective indentation provides a tactile feel that the indicator member has been moved from one position to a next adjoining position without having to visually observe the golf stroke counter, and the correspondence of the indentation positions to the positioning and number of hour marks on an analog clock enable the user to quickly and easily determine the number of strokes that have been taken with only a quick glance at the golf stroke counter.