Patent ID: 7568294

Claim:
A ball clip for use with a ball liner to hold a golf ball firmly in the ball liner for marking guidelines, the ball clip comprising: a smoothly arched clip body for holding down a golf ball in said ball liner, said smoothly arched clip body having a front end, a rear end, a grip extending from said front end, a pivot hole transversely cut through said rear end, and a protruding block protruded from the periphery of said rear end; a hollow mounting block fastened to said ball liner, said hollow mounting block comprising an opening, a bottom wall, a peripheral wall, an accommodation chamber surrounded by said bottom wall and said peripheral wall and disposed in communication with said opening, and two pivot holes cut through said peripheral wall and axially aligned at two sides above said opening; a pivot pin fastened to the pivot holes of said hollow mounting block and the pivot hole of said smoothly arched clip body to pivotally secure said smoothly arched clip body to said hollow mounting block; and an elastic member mounted in said accommodation chamber and stopped said bottom wall of said hollow mounting block and said protruding block of said smoothly arched clip body to impart an upward pressure to said protruding block of said smoothly arched clip body.