Patent ID: 7033288

Claim:
A multi-purpose tool assembly adapted to repair golf greens, said tool assembly comprising: a) a handle section having a handle grip portion and a connecting portion; b) an elongate operating section comprising a first end portion having a green divot repair portion and a second end portion having a coring tool portion; c) said operating section having a first operating position in which the second end portion of the operating section is connected to the connecting portion of the handle section and the first end portion of the operating section is spaced from the handle section with its green divot repair portion positioned to perform a green divot repair operation, said operating tool having a second operating position in which the first end portion of the operating section is connected to the connecting portion of the handle section and the second portion of the operating section is spaced from the handle section with the coring tool portion positioned to perform a coring operation; d) said green divot repair portion having a substantially flat end compression surface portion which, in the first operating position, is facing downwardly to engage a green surface and a fork portion extending downwardly from the compression surface to penetrate into the green surface as the end compression surface portion is coming into contact with the green surface; e) said coring tool portion comprising a generally cylindrically shaped and substantially tubular member having a generally circularly shaped end edge portion which in the second operating position, is positioned to dig into a sod surface of the green.