Patent ID: 7303484

Claim:
A golf club comprising: an elongated shaft; a golf head secured to one end of the shaft; an elongated grip adjacent the other end of said shaft and presenting a circumferentially and axially extending outer surface; a tool-receiving recess formed in said grip and in communication with said grip outer surface along a portion of the axial length thereof; and a ball mark repair tool normally seated within said recess and selectively removable therefrom, said tool presenting an axially extending tool outer surface, said tool outer surface mating with said grip outer surface to present a substantially flush continuation of the grip outer surface, when the tool is seated within said recess, said recess presenting a pair of opposed side surfaces extending inwardly from said grip outer surface, said tool having a pair of sidewalls which mate with said recess side surfaces, and said recess side surfaces and said mating tool sidewalls presenting elongated channels, while the other of said recess side surfaces or mating tool sidewalls present elongated projections received within said channels.