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Golf Ball & Tee Placer

I engineered a mechanical device designed to insert a tee and load a golf ball without requiring users to bend down.

Location
Dartmouth College
Date
Fall 2025

This device was engineered for golfers with limited mobility, back injuries, or joint issues. Existing market solutions often suffer from poor mechanical durability and lack tee-height adjustability. My goal was to create a reliable system that operates consistently across variable turf conditions.

Golf ball placer CAD model
Early CAD design
Loading the device

Architecture

The functional prototype combines an aluminum tube frame, Dyneema tension lines, a 3D-printed ball-and-tee delivery cage, threaded height adjustment stops, and a wide wooden base for ground stabilization.

Testing

During user testing, first-time operators successfully teed up a ball within an average of 1.8 attempts, achieving a peak cycle time of 5.26 seconds.

Golf ball placer, successful placement
The finished prototype
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