The present disclosure is directed to a novel golf ball stopping device. The golf ball stopping device includes an upper plate, set at a height so it slows or stops a golf ball which rolls under the plate. The underside of the plate includes a material and structure that provides resistance to the golf ball as it contacts the device. The plate may be supported by a center post, so the golf ball can be aimed at the device from any direction and perform the same function. The center post fits together with a base, and is adjustable to the base so the plate can be positioned at a desired height. The base may be weighted to achieve the optimal friction on the golf ball and to provide stability to the device. The base may include a plurality of downward facing protrusions in order to grip the surface on which it is set and keep the device from spinning when a golf ball rolls under the outer edge of the device.

A system for dropping golf balls at pre-determined, repeatable patterns and distances from a hole or target for putting and chipping practice may include a removable ball holder and retrieval device to retrieve golf balls that have been struck for efficiently reloading the system for repeated golf ball dispensing.

A two-piece putter grip is provided wherein a divot repair tool and ball marker are incorporated into the removable end of the putter grip. The putter grip encompasses two separate interlocking parts, (a) a lower section which is permanently attached to the putter and (b) a removable upper section which contains both the divot repair tool and the ball marker. The removable upper section attaches to the permanent lower section using a mating system to firmly attach to the lower section, while allowing the removable upper portion to be readily removed for use in repairing divots on the green. A ball marker is attached to this removable upper portion in such a way as to be readily available to the golfer for use in marking the golf ball position on the green.

A three-dimensional golf ball marker for marking a position of a golf ball on a putting green includes a housing with a bottom surface and a spherical cap including a texture selected from the group consisting of golf ball like dimples, smooth, grooved, ridged, rubbery, and polished. The spherical outer surface of the housing may rotate and includes an alignment mark formed around at least part of a diameter of the housing. The three-dimensional golf ball marker may include a removable marking disc, with an alignment mark formed on at least one side, which is retained adjacent the bottom surface of the housing by a magnet or retained within a slot. The three-dimensional golf ball marker may include a wireless location device that transmits a wireless signal to allow a tracking device to determine a location of the three-dimensional golf ball marker and to generate information of the golfer.

A kit for building sand bunkers for accelerated water removal low maintenance multi-hole golfing facility. The sand bunkers are water permeable and water shuttling. Each kit creates a plurality of sand bunker each having a continuous bunker edge, a drain assembly, a synthetic tufted surface, a continuous integral edge overlapping polymer mesh, a non-woven dual smooth surfaced geo-textile, and a sand layer. Once built with the kit, the water in the sand bunker flows from the continuous bunker edge over the synthetic tufted surface, through the non-woven dual smooth surfaced geo-textile to the drain assembly while preventing the drain assembly from clogging, thereby maintaining an unclogged drain assembly for the water permeable and water shuttling sand bunker.

A portable lighting apparatus is disclosed. The portable lighting apparatus includes a shaft, a lighting assembly coupled to a first end of the shaft, and a base coupled to a second end of the shaft. The lighting assembly includes a housing, a bulb coupled to an outer surface of the housing, and a cover coupled to the housing and overhanging the bulb. An inner surface of the cover facing the bulb is adapted to reflect light emitted from the bulb. The portable lighting apparatus also includes a rechargeable battery coupled to the bulb.

Disclosed is a golf ball marker having a clip part. The golf ball marker includes: a clip part including a curved elastic body elastically deformed while a curved shape thereof is reversed in response to an external force applied thereto, and a pressing piece connected to an end of the curved elastic body to be spaced apart from the curved elastic body or to come into compressive contact with the curved elastic body, the clip part being selectively attached to/detached from a pocket, a belt, a visor or head and used as a marker; and a fixing portion protruding from one side of the clip part to fix the clip part to a ground of a golf course.

Disclosed is a golf ball marker having a clip part. The golf ball marker includes: a clip part including a curved elastic body elastically deformed while a curved shape thereof is reversed in response to an external force applied thereto, and a pressing piece connected to an end of the curved elastic body to be spaced apart from the curved elastic body or to come into compressive contact with the curved elastic body, the clip part being selectively attached to/detached from a pocket, a belt, a visor or head and used as a marker; and a fixing portion protruding from one side of the clip part to fix the clip part to a ground of a golf course.

A combination ball marker and alignment device has a base and an aiming device. The base has a top surface and an opposing bottom surface. The base further has a ball contact side, disposed on a sidewall between the top and bottom surfaces, having a shape configured to contact a spherical ball along a surface line of the ball that is orthogonally oriented with a vertical axis of the ball, and an opposing back side disposed between the top and bottom surfaces. The aiming device includes a linear indicator. The aiming device is coupled to the base and configured to move along an arcuate path above the top surface. The arcuate path defines an axis rotation, and the linear indicator remains radially oriented to the axis of rotation regardless of the position of the aiming device on the arcuate path.

A golf tee box marker device includes a base having a planar front surface, a steel plate secured to the planar front surface and having a first polarity, and an advertising panel comprised of a flexible material and having a second polarity. The advertising panel is removably secured to the steel plate using magnetic forces. At least one support extends from a lower portion of the base and is threaded into a lower portion of the base and configured to be pushed into a ground surface using a sharpened edge until the lower portion of the base is substantially flush to the ground surface. The base may be at an angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the pair of supports causing the advertising panel to be tilted upwards.