Circular arc golf swing guide and method
OwnerDavid Joseph Hamiltoninventor
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Abstract
A golf putting practice guide that holds a golf club in a putting position, and allows a golfer to perform putting strokes about a single axis that passes between the shoulders of the golfer. No wrist rotation, cocking, or any other additional freedom of motion is permitted by this device. A vertical support holds a pivot bearing at about head level, and a guide arm depends from the pivot. The lower end of the guide arm firmly clamps a golf putting club shaft without blocking the golfer's view of the club head. Adjustments are provided to orient the pivot axis angle and height so that a perpendicular line drawn from the club head to the pivot axis meets the axis between the golfer's shoulders. The club head then swings in a perfect circular arc in a swing plane that passes through the golfer's shoulders.
Claims4
A circular arc golf stroke guide comprising:
- a generally vertical support having top and bottom ends;
- a pivot bearing on the top end of the support;
- an axle in the pivot bearing with a single axis of rotation;
- a lockable adjustment on the support that provides adjustment to the height of the pivot bearing;
- a lockable adjustment on the support that provides adjustment to the angle of the pivot axis in a vertical plane;
- a golf club guide arm having top and bottom ends, the top end of the guide arm attached to the pivot axle;
- a golf club shaft clamp assembly on the bottom end of the guide arm that holds a golf club rigidly with respect to the guide arm in a golf stoke address position;
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- a lockable adjustment on the bottom end of the guide arm that provides adjustment to the angle of the club shaft clamp assembly in a vertical plane;
- whereby a golf club can be clamped firmly on the bottom of the guide arm, and can only swing about the single axis with no other freedom of motion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.