Golf glove with tee holder

Claim 1

A combination golf glove/holder for holding golf tees and for holding a ball marker, having a disc-shaped marker base and a marker tang projecting therefrom, comprising: (a) a glove including finger-receiving portions coupled with a body having a palm portion and a back portion presenting first and second segments adjacent a glove opening, one of said back segments including a flap member having fastening means for fastening said first and second back segments in closed relationship to said glove opening; (b) said flap member including a first layer presenting a first fastening surface, a second layer, a third tee-retaining layer including elongate channels presenting spaced openings at opposed ends for receiving golf tees therein, and an outermost covering layer; (c) said channels including elastic tee-retaining means for receiving and securing said tees to said glove in side-by-side relationship; (d) ball marker retaining means including a pocket having an opening and a slot coupled with said opening, said ball marker retaining means slidably receiving and securing said marker base overlying said channels with said marker tang projecting outwardly from said ball marker retaining means and slidably positioned within said slot; (e) said ball marker retaining means pocket opening being oriented in a first direction proximal to the body of a wearer of said glove and away from said finger-receiving portions to permit centrifugal forces associated with a golf swing in a second, centrifugal force directed to urge said marker in said centrifugal force direction, into said pocket and toward said finger-receiving portions; and (f) said marker retaining means being coupled with said covering layer.