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A golf ball retriever has a picker roll comprised of a plurality of thin discs spaced one from the other along a common central axis by a uniform spacing slightly less than the diameter of a golf ball. The picker roll is readily removable from its supporting frame and, after such removal, the discs

A golf ball retriever has a picker roll comprised of a plurality of thin discs spaced one from the other along a common central axis by a uniform spacing slightly less than the diameter of a golf ball. The picker roll is readily removable from its supporting frame and, after such removal, the discs making up the roll may be successively disassembled from either end thereof to reach and remove a damaged or broken disc when repairing the roll. The retriever may be particularly designed for use in retrieving balls from water hazards or for retrieving balls from land. In either case, it is highly efficient in retrieving balls, especially from depressions or pockets in the bottom surface of the water hazard or in the surface of the land over which it is moved.

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A golf ball retriever comprising a picker roll including a plurality of circular discs arranged side by side and uniformly spaced one from the next along a common central axis, a frame, and means supporting said picker roll for rotation relative to said frame about said central axis, each of said ci

A golf ball retriever comprising a picker roll including a plurality of circular discs arranged side by side and uniformly spaced one from the next along a common central axis, a frame, and means supporting said picker roll for rotation relative to said frame about said central axis, each of said circular discs of said picker roll being made of sheet material and having two flat faces, the spacing between said discs being slightly less than the diameter of the golf balls with which said retriever is to be used, and a plurality of elongated guides carried by said frame and each associated with a respective one of said discs, means mounting each of said guides to said frame so as to have a normal position relative to said frame and so as to be yieldably movable from said normal position by contact with a ball of the type with which said retriever is to be used, each of said guides in its normal position having its longitudinal axis located in the plane of its associated disc and having an upper end located adjacent said frame and a free lower end, said guides in their normal positions defining openings therebetween having dimensions less than required for the free passage therethrough of balls with which the retriever is to be used.