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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1991
Henry H Liao, Los Alamitos, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
In a first embodiment, a golf tool comprises an upper tee portion including a tee cup, and a lower green repair portion including a body portion adjacent to the upper tee portion and a pair of prongs extending downwardly from said body portion. A ball marker is removably attached to the body portion. In a second embodiment, the inner edges of the prongs comprise a range-finder for determining the distance between a golfer holding the tool and a pin of known height, and a golf tee is attached to the tee portion by a cord. The golf tee and cord function to position the range-finder a predetermined distance from the eyes of the golfer. In a third embodiment, the golf tool comprises first, second, and third members, and cords respectively attaching the second and third members to the first member. The first member includes a body portion and a pair of prongs extending downwardly from the body portion, the inner edges of the prongs comprising a range-finder. The second and third members comprise golf tees of different heights. Each of the tees in combination with its cord functions to position the range-finder a predetermined distance from the eyes of the golfer. A ball marker can be removably attached to the body portion of the first member.