Golf tee placement and retrieval device

A golf tee placement and retrieval device for utilization with a separate elongated member and to place and retrieve a golf tee having a circular head, a shank smaller in diameter than the head extending along an axis and a tip, the device comprising:

• a tee container having sidewall portions arranged to contain the tee head and a portion of the tee shank, said sidewall portions defining a tee insertion opening for laterally receiving the tee head and shank portion,
• a tee retainer disposed inside said sidewall portions, and having yieldable portions defining a lateral slot communicating with the tee insertion opening, said lateral slot being of a width such that the yieldable portions yield to laterally receive and grip the tee shank portion to temporarily hold it in place in the tee container,
• a tee driver comprising a pressure member disposed in the tee container and adapted to apply force to the tee head primarily at a location laterally offset from the tee shank axis on a side thereof toward the tee insertion opening, so as to force the tee shank away from the tee insertion opening as the tip of the tee is inserted, and
• temporary attachment means connected to the tee container and adapted for connection to the end of an elongated member.