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US 2012/0277019 A1Published application
Apparatus and method to practice golf swing
OwnerChristopher J. Millerinventor
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Abstract
A golf practice device replicates in large part a golf club, provided, however the weighting in the device facilitates maintaining a golfer's arms in close proximity in a “V” configuration and facilitates during a golf swing the return of a golf club to its starting position just prior to contacting and hitting a golf ball.
Claims3
An elongate golf practice device comprising
- (a) an elongate hollow shaft assembly having a length greater than that of a comparable conventional golf club and including
- a top section having a proximate end and a distal end,
- a bottom section having a proximate end and a distal end,
- a hollow middle section extending between and interconnecting said proximate ends of said top and said bottom sections;
- (b) a handle on said middle section;
- (c) a club head attached to said distal end of said bottom section;
- (d) a first counterweight attached to said distal end of said top section and spaced apart from said handle;
- said golf practice device having
- (e) a weight greater than that of a comparable conventional golf club;
- and,
- (f) a center of gravity spaced along said middle section a distance from said club head greater than the distance the center of gravity of a comparable conventional golf club is spaced apart from the club head of the conventional golf club.
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A method to practice a golf swing, comprising the steps of
- (a) providing a golf practice device comprising
- (i) an elongate hollow shaft assembly having a length greater than that of a comparable conventional golf club and including
- a top section having a proximate end and a distal end,
- a bottom section having a proximate end and a distal end,
- a hollow middle section extending between and interconnecting said proximate ends of said top and said bottom sections;
- (ii) a handle on said middle section;
- (iii) a club head attached to said distal end of said bottom section;
- (iv) a first counterweight attached to said distal end of said top section and spaced apart from said handle;
- said golf practice device having
- (v) a weight greater than that of a comparable conventional golf club;
- and,
- (vi) a center of gravity spaced along said middle section a distance from said club head greater than the distance the center of gravity of a comparable conventional golf club is spaced apart from the club head of the conventional golf club;
- (b) grasping said handle of said golf practice device;
- (c) taking a stance addressing a golf ball;
- (d) positioning said golf practice device such that
- (i) said club head of said golf practice device is adjacent said golf ball, and
- (ii) said first counterweight is in an operative position adjacent the torso;
- and,
- (e) swinging said golf practice device while
- (i) during the initial part of the back swing generally maintaining said first counterweight adjacent the torso, and
- (ii) during the down swing just prior to and just after contacting said golf ball with said club head of said golf practice device maintaining said first counterweight adjacent the torso.
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An elongate golf practice device comprising
- (a) an elongate hollow shaft assembly including
- (i) a hollow tubular middle section having a first end and a second end,
- (ii) a hollow tubular top section having
- a first end slidably and lockably connected proximate said first end of said middle section, and
- a second end,
- (ii) a hollow tubular bottom section having a first end, and a second end slidably and lockably connected proximate said second end of said middle section;
- (b) a handle on said middle section proximate said first end of said middle section and selected from a group consisting of a standard golf grip, a training golf grip, and a custom golf grip;
- (c) a hosel adapter capable of receiving a plurality of club heads, said hosel adapter being removably attached to said first end of said bottom section;
- (d) a first counterweight removably attached to said second end of said top section;
- and,
- (e) at least one secondary counterweight removably and slidably mounted in at least one of a group consisting of said top section and said bottom section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.