Tee-up apparatus for practicing golf

Claim 1

A tee-up apparatus for practicing stroking golf balls comprising: a ball pickup cylinder having a diameter larger than the diameter of golf balls and having means at one end thereof for trapping golf balls within said ball pickup cylinder upon bringing said one end down over said golf balls, and a collar at the other end of said ball pickup cylinder, the diameter of said collar being larger than that of said ball pickup cylinder, a ball receiving base having a hole at the center thereof adapted to receive golf balls, a passageway for golf balls extending outwardly in a radial direction from the center of said hole to means for teeing up golf balls, and at least one concave portion formed in said ball receiving base and adapted to receive part of said collar to align the end of said cylinder adjacent said collar with said hole, said ball receiving base being detachable from said ball pickup cylinder, and a lever mounted pivotally on a shaft attached to said ball receiving base and having a push portion at one end thereof capable of moving upwards and downwards within said hole, and a pushed portion at the other end thereof being positioned outside said hole and adapted to be pushed downwards to pivot said lever and push any golf ball positioned within said hole onto said passageway and towards said teeing means.