Patent ID: 7677989

Claim:
A golf club stand, comprising: an elongate shaft having a top end and a distal end having a ground-insertion spike; a golf club grip adhered applied to said top end of said elongate shaft; and a dual-pivoting support arm secured to said shaft beneath said golf club grip for supporting one or more golf clubs in a substantially upright position when said ground-insertion spike is inserted into the ground, said support arm further comprising, a transverse strut fixedly attached to said shaft beneath said golf club grip and extending to opposed ends, and a pair of cradle brackets each comprising an elongate member pivotally attached at one end to a corresponding end of said transverse strut, and the other end extending to an orthogonally-oriented flange, each of said cradle brackets being moveable from a first position inline with said transverse strut to a second position substantially inline with said shaft.