There’s a lot to keep track of in golf: 14 clubs, one or more golf balls, etiquette, score, playing partners, cigars, beer, and the course itself. Seems like I’m always fiddling with something or other – it’s a wonder I even remember to hit the ball. (Well, sometimes I do forget…)

I’ve just discovered a multifunction divot tool called the DivPro. But to call DivPro a “divot tool” is a massive understatement. I can count at least six functions for this Swiss Army Knife of golf.

First, it is a divot tool with extra-long tines and a sleek, curved shape that fits to your hand and makes the gardening on the green as easy an efficient as possible.

Second, it also has a magnetic ball marker that pops out with a slight push.

So far, pretty standard stuff, right?

Well, next we come to the cigar-holding brackets on the back of the DivPro, which will cradle your precious stogies and keep them several inches above the chemical hazards of the turf.

The brackets also do double-duty as club-holders, upon which you can prop a club or two to keep the grips off the dewy ground.

And those long tines? Well, they are tapered to a point fine enough to scrape out the grooves of your irons, wedges, or crow’s feet (yeah, they filled with sand on that last bunker shot into the wind).

Finally, the truly unique DivPro feature: The butt-end of the tool is slightly pointed, and when the cigar brackets are hooked underneath a beer can, you can pop open the suds from both the top and the bottom, creating a perfect beer shotgun.

The DivPro even comes with instructions for playing Shotgun Golf, including, for example, “A player hits a house, then the player shotguns a beer.”

But whether or not you choose to shotgun brews on the links, even with just five functions, the DivPro is by far the most well-rounded divot tool in the game. In essence, it can get you lit, keep you lit, and fix your divot.

Now if it could just call my wife to tell her I’m staying late to play another nine…

Here are my four favorite DivPro functions.

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