Patent ID: 7052416

Claim:
A golf range tee for supporting a golf tee to tee up a golf ball, comprising: a hollow supporting frame having an upper end and a lower end, and defining a holding channel extending from said upper end towards said lower end for the golf tee to slidably insert into said holding channel so as to selectively adjust a height of the golf tee with respect to a ground level, wherein said holding channel is a circular channel coaxially formed on said supporting frame from said upper end thereof, wherein said holding channel has a size slightly smaller than a diameter of said shaft of the golf tee, such that said inner wall of said holding channel is adapted for frictionally holding the golf tee in position when the golf tee is slidably inserted into said holding channel, wherein said supporting frame further has an inclined top ceiling formed at said upper end thereof, wherein said top ceiling is inclinedly and downwardly extended towards to said holding channel to form a golf ball cavity for supporting the golf ball thereon; a retention arrangement having a sliding slot radially formed at said supporting frame to extend from said upper end towards said lower end, wherein said sliding slot has an inner opening formed at an inner wall of said supporting frame to communicate with said holding channel and an outer opening formed at an outer wall of said supporting frame such that said holding channel communicates with an exterior of said supporting frame through said sliding slot, wherein a width of said inner opening is smaller than that of said outer opening, wherein said supporting frame is made of elastic material that said sliding slot is adapted to be forced to slightly increase a width thereof to self-adjust a diameter of said holding channel for securely holding the golf tee in position when the golf tee is slidably inserted into said holding channel; and a tee base supporting said supporting frame thereon, wherein said tee base has a hitting guider formed thereon to align with said sliding slot for guiding a hitting direction of the golf ball; whereby when an impact force is applied at the golf tee, the golf tee is forced to slide from said holding channel through said sliding slot so as to distribute said impact force at the golf tee.