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 multifunctional self-contained system that wirelessly integrates actual sports equipment with a computer providing critical feedback to improve all aspects of a player's game, and also allows players to play an actual competitive real or visually simulated game or sports with one or more players. Therefore, an individual player may opt to play solo or practice to improve basic golfing skills and techniques. The system includes sport implements that include, but are not limited to, smart golf clubs, a golf ball receptacle and a golf club motion sensing device, all containing circuits with contact sensors and or motion sensors coupled with signal processing and radio frequency transmitter circuitry to wirelessly communicate game status and performance parameters to a remote receiver and computer. The computer then optionally displays important parameters such as proximity of a sports implement contact face to an object, the impact of a sports implement with a sports equipment item, wherein the contact force, contact time, impact location, face angle, spatial orientation of a sports implement in motion, and the subsequent energy, velocity, and trajectory of game projectile such as a golf ball. The sports implements can be further equipped with motion sensing devices, and its motion and swing trajectory is visually simulated on the computer display. Standard sport implements which include, but are not limited to, golf clubs may be retrofitted with the device sensors and associated electronic circuitry to convert such clubs into “smart clubs” for use with the system. The system employs specially developed computer software to process player performance data, control game play, communicate game information to players, generate and control visual simulations, and display player performance information.

A golf ball marker holder is designed to be removably attached to a cap in such a way that the holder is substantially vertical and outside the wearer's field of vision. A portion of the golf ball marker extends beyond an uppermost edge of the holder to facilitate removal during play. The marker may include a magnetic element enabling it to be removably secured to a golf ball marker holder.

A golf tee holder includes a thin box having a top, a bottom and lateral open sides and a thickness based on a diameter of a golf tee. Laterally overlapping filaments (LOF) line the plurality of open sides and provide a friction retention of multiple golf tees inserted through the LOF into the thin box. Furthermore, a clip disposed on the thin box attaches it to a ball cap bill. A golf ball marker comprises a component of the thin box in some embodiments. A spring element within the thin box returns a golf tee pressed into it back out through the lateral overlapping filaments to a user of the thin box. The lateral overlapping filaments comprise one of bristles, fibers, cord, string, fuzz and tuft.

An in-cup golf ball removal device including an upward facing concave circular shape is configured to attach to the bottom portion of a golf flagstick and fit within a golf cup. The in-cup golf ball removal device is configured to receive a plurality of golf balls and secure the golf balls within the upward facing concave circular shape when the flagstick with the attached in-cup golf ball removal device is removed from the golf cup.

A golf ball remover allows easy removal of a golf ball from a golf hole while the flagstick is left in place, thereby sparing physical strain on the golfer and potential damage to the hole. The golf ball remover may user the flagstick itself as a movement guide, with a ball grabbing component that is not kept within the hole, but instead is stored above the hole on the flagstick and is pushed down into the hole when used. The golf ball remover may be attached to a retractable cord and/or other movement component to automatically lift it out of the hole.

The present invention is directed to an integrated golf club support installed at the top of a golf club grip, distal from the club head. When the club is laid on the ground in the prone position, the support elevates the shaft of the club to prevent undesirable contact between the playing surface or ground and the golf club grip.

A golf pin ball tray comprising a support surface having an inner aperture having a diameter of size to receive a shaft of a golf pin, the diameter being less than a diameter of a ferrule on an end of the shaft that is inserted in a golf cup, the support surface having a maximum diameter of about 55% to about 80% of an inner diameter of the golf cup.

A golf flagstick device determines whether a golf ball has come to rest within a fixed distance of a golf hole such that a player is awarded a gimme putt. The device includes a sensor to detect whether a golf ball is near a golf hole. In operation, the device creates a visible perimeter surrounding the golf cup and measures the distance between the golf ball and the golf cup. The device can also record and detect other information related to pace of play and player activity on and around the putting green.

A spiked ball marker connected to a rotating alignment component is provided. The ball marker is designed to prevent rule violations for compromising the golf ball location on the putting surface when marked. The alignment component is adjustable and moves while the connected spiked ball marker is not allowed to move at all. The spikes of the spiked ball marker penetrate the ground to prevent the ball marker from moving as the alignment component is adjusted. The alignment component provides a golfer the option of adjustment by use of a putter in order to gain visual perspective of the putting surface terrain while in the act of adjusting the alignment component for the purpose of enhancing the accuracy of aiming towards a desired trajectory at the golf hole.