Abstract: A golf ball retriever having in combination a rake and an open-ended frusto conical tube having at least one outer opening larger than the diameter of a golf ball, and a smaller inner diameter which is large enough to allow a golf ball to be carried in the tube; with the rake having four tines connected perpendicularly to a pivoting axis and extending beyond the larger outer opening in an arcuate configuration around and parallel to the axis of the tube. The tines are pivotable into an operative or inoperative position around the pivoting axis which is perpendicular to the axes of both the tube and the handle, and are spaced less than a golf ball diameter both from the axis of the tube and from each other.