Golf accessory holder

Abstract

A golf accessory holder is made up of an oblong housing for a spring-loaded spool, a divot repair tool is slidable through a guideway on the housing, the tool being attached at one end to a flexible line which is wound upon the spool to enable extension of the tool when grasped by the golfer to repair a divot in the ground and to automatically retract the tool when released to slide upwardly into the groove; and other accessories, including a ball marker and golf tees may be releasably mounted on the housing.

1 . A golf accessory holder comprising:
 a housing having spaced front and rear walls, an upper end wall and upwardly convergent sidewalls joining said housing and an upper plate member in overlying spaced relation to said front wall;   means for retracting a flexible, elongated line extending through said housing; and   a divot repair tool secured to a free end of said line for downward extension through a guideway on said housing, said tool being manually extendable away from said holder.   
   
   
       2 . A golf accessory holder according to  claim 1  wherein said guideway is open-ended at its lower end for downward extension of said tool and said line away from said housing for a distance sufficient to enable a golfer to repair a divot in the ground. 
   
   
       3 . A golf accessory holder according to  claim 1  wherein said retracting means includes a spring-loaded spool journaled in said housing. 
   
   
       4 . A golf accessory holder according to  claim 3  wherein said upper plate member is recessed over said guideway and has a rounded end overlying the lower end of said guideway. 
   
   
       5 . A golf accessory holder according to  claim 1  wherein said guideway is sized to receive one end of said tool. 
   
   
       6 . A golf accessory holder according to  claim 1  wherein said spool is interposed between front and rear walls of said housing. 
   
   
       7 . A golf accessory holder according to  claim 1  including a ball marker releasably positioned on said upper plate member above said guideway. 
   
   
       8 . A golf accessory holder according to  claim 7  wherein said upper plate member includes means for removing said ball marker. 
   
   
       9 . A golf accessory holder according to  claim 7  wherein said ball marker is magnetically secured to said upper plate member. 
   
   
       10 . A golf accessory holder according to  claim 1  including a clip member mounted on said housing; said clip member having a spring-loaded arm extending externally of said rear wall. 
   
   
       11 . A golf accessory holder according to  claim 1  including recesses in said housing for insertion of golf tees. 
   
   
       12 . A golf accessory holder according to  claim 11  wherein said recesses extend transversely of the length of said housing. 
   
   
       13 . A golf accessory holder comprising:
 an oblong housing having spaced parallel front and rear walls;   a guideway defined by an upper casing joining upwardly convergent sidewalls in spaced relation to said front wall;   a spool journaled in said housing including a flexible, elongated line extending around said spool for downward extension through said guideway;   a divot repair tool secured to a free end of said line for downward extension through said guideway, said guideway being open-ended at its lower end for downward extension of said tool and said line away from said housing for a distance sufficient to enable a golfer to repair a divot in the ground; and   said tool being manually extendable away from said holder and said spool including means for retracting said line and rewinding around said spool until said tool returns into a seated position within said guideway.   
   
   
       14 . A golf accessory holder according to  claim 13  wherein said housing includes a belt clip mounted on said rear wall. 
   
   
       15 . A golf accessory holder according to  claim 13  wherein said guideway is of a length sufficient to receive an upper end of said tool. 
   
   
       16 . A golf accessory holder according to  claim 13  wherein said upper casing includes a recessed portion and a lower rounded rim overlying said guideway. 
   
   
       17 . A golf accessory holder according to  claim 13  including a magnetized surface on said upper casing and a ball marker releasably positioned on said magnetized surface. 
   
   
       18 . A golf accessory holder according to  claim 14  wherein said clip includes a spring-loaded arm extending externally of said rear wall. 
   
   
       19 . A golf accessory holder according to  claim 13  including a ledge having an exterior surface flush with an exterior surface of said ball marker.