US 11,596,848 B1Granted

Training device for wedge shots and method of using same

AssigneeG & R Golf, LLC

InventorMatthew Raitz

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Abstract

A training device to practice wedge shots on a golf course and a method of using the training device are described. The training device includes a base with one or more retaining elements to releasably retain a head of the wedge while the wedge shaft is angled backward and thereby demonstrate an approximate optimal angle at which a user should hold the wedge when practicing the wedge shot. A user places the device on a surface, like a sand trap or rough, and inserts the wedge so that the head is retained by the retaining elements while the shaft in angled backward. The user stands on one side of the device, removes the wedge from the retaining elements, shifts the wedge to an opposite side of the device while maintaining the demonstrated angled alignment of the shaft, and initiates a golf swing to hit the ball back onto the green.

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Dependent claims

A training device for use in training a user to correctly address a golf ball for one or more particular types of wedge shots, the training device, in combination with a golf wedge club, comprising:

a golf wedge club, referred to herein as a wedge;
a base of the training device having a front and a back;
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one or more retaining elements on an upper surface of the base that are configured to releasably retain a head of the wedge in a first position whereby a shaft of the wedge is tilted back from a vertical position toward the back of the base with an angled alignment to demonstrate to the user an approximate optimal angle at which the user should hold the wedge when initiating a golf swing for one or more specific types of wedge shots, and to enable removal of the wedge from the one or more retaining elements to allow the user to maintain the angled alignment of the shaft of the wedge after removal of the wedge from the one or more retaining elements to allow the user to practice addressing the golf ball adjacent to the base of the training device;
wherein the one or more retaining elements comprise at least one L-shaped structure including a first portion extending upwards from the base and a second portion extending perpendicular to the first portion with an underside of the second portion being a vertical distance in a range of 0.5-0.8 inches directly above a portion of an upper surface of the base such that when the wedge is placed with a sole of the wedge contacting the portion of the upper surface of the base, the underside of the second portion of the L-shaped structure engages the wedge head and is sufficiently rigid such that the wedge is retained in the first position.

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