Golf ball position marker and ground repair tool

DETAILED DESCRIPTION I claim: 1.
A device for use in holding and placing a ball marker and in ground repair comprising: a.
a ball marker structurally comprising a substantially flat bottom, a substantially flat top, and a body extending from said substantially flat bottom to said substantially flat top; b.
a structure containing a center section; c.
a plurality of prongs extending from said center section and operative for use in ground repair; d.
a ball marker retaining section secured to said center section and operative to hold said ball marker comprising: 1.
a ball marker retaining area, the approximate shape and size of said ball marker and indented into said ball marker retaining section with the shoulder of said indented ball marker retaining area forming a guide for the movement of said ball marker, said ball marker retaining area being of appropriate depth so that said ball marker would extend above said structure which includes said ball marker retaining section wherein movement of an object from said center section toward said ball marker retaining section would encounter the perimeter of said ball marker causing said ball marker to slide outward from said device; and 2.
a magnet secured onto said ball marker retaining area; e.
a second ball marker retaining area which is the side of said ball marker retaining section opposite from the side of said ball marker retaining section containing said indented ball marker retaining area; and f.
a second magnet secured onto said second ball marker retaining area and operative to hold a second ball marker.
2.
A device according to claim 1 further comprising a second ball marker sized and shaped to fit into said second ball marker retaining area.




Description:
This invention relates to sports apparatus and, more particularly, to the ball marking and ground repair function associated with the game of golf.
In playing the game of golf, a golf ball is hit onto the green near the golf hole.
Many times the golf ball makes a mark or indentation on the green