Putting guide and training method for refining putting strokes
OwnerEric D. Websterinventor
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Abstract
A putting guide and training method for improving one’s putting stroke. The putting guide apparatus includes upstanding guide walls spaced apart by an end wall and a forward wall brace, with a removable alignment member extending forward in parallel to the guide walls. Slots within the guide walls accommodate a back stroke limit plate, and an optional foot positioning gauge ensures proper user alignment. The method provides feedback for refining the putting stroke through repeated use.
Claims20
A putting guide apparatus for training a putting stroke, comprising:
- opposing upstanding guide walls spaced apart in parallel symmetry and defining an ideal stroke path;
- at least one upstanding end wall connecting the guide walls;
- a forward wall brace connecting the guide walls;
- a putting alignment member removably fixed to the forward wall brace and providing a visible guide extending forward from a midpoint of the forward wall brace and parallel to the opposing upstanding guide walls for identifying an ideal ball trajectory;
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- slots disposed on interior surfaces of the opposing upstanding guide walls for optionally limit the back stroke during the putting stroke.
A system for training a putting stroke, comprising:
- a putting guide apparatus having opposing upstanding guide walls spaced apart in parallel symmetry and bounding an ideal stroke path;
- an upstanding end wall removably connecting the opposing upstanding guide walls;
- a forward wall brace removably connecting the opposing upstanding guide walls, wherein the upstanding end wall and the forward wall brace maintain the parallel symmetry of the opposing upstanding guide walls;
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- a putting alignment member removably fixed to the forward wall brace for providing a visual guide extending forward from a midpoint of the forward wall brace and parallel with the opposing upstanding guide walls for identifying an ideal ball trajectory for a golf ball.
A method for training a putting stroke, comprising:
- providing an assembled putting guide apparatus having opposing upstanding guide walls spaced apart in parallel symmetry by a removably connected end wall and forward wall brace for defining an ideal stroke path, and a putting alignment member removably connected to the forward wall brace providing a putting guide for identifying an ideal ball trajectory;
- aligning the assembled putting guide apparatus and putting alignment member with the putting guide positioned on a target;
- placing a golf ball centrally between the opposing upstanding guide walls;
- positioning a putter head down inside the opposing upstanding guide walls;
- performing a putting stroke for producing a ball trajectory;
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- receiving tactile feedback from the opposing upstanding guide walls when the putting stroke deviates from the ideal stroke path and visual feedback from the putting guide when the ball trajectory deviates from the ideal ball trajectory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.