To enable a user to easily capture golf balls existing in bushes or at the roots of standing trees or the like in a standing posture.

The bottom end of a supporting rod 1 having a prescribed length is provided with a ball capturing part 2 for capturing the golf balls. The ball capturing part 2 has a cavity part 5 for housing the golf balls picked in from an aperture 4 at the bottom end. An elastic member 6 for supporting the golf balls by their own weights in a manner as to prohibit the discharge thereof from the aperture is mounted at the inner peripheral surface 5a of the cavity part 5. The ball capturing part 2 is bored with an insertion hole 11 which is communicated with the cavity part 5 and acts to forcibly discharge the golf balls from outside.