Golf stance and ball alignment guide

A golf stance guide for placement on a mat or ground, the guide comprising:

• an elongated first marker for placement on an imaginary target line near a golfer's feet;
• an elongated second marker for pointing at a golf ball on the mat or ground;
• an intersection member holding said first and second markers perpendicular to each other in a golf-practice configuration;
• wherein said first marker is hollow and has an interior space, said second marker is removable from the intersection member and slidable into the interior space to be generally coaxial with and contained substantially inside the first marker for storage;
• wherein said intersection member comprises a sidewall having a first set of apertures that slidably receive the first marker, and having a second set of apertures, 90 degrees to said first set, that slidably receive the second marker;
• wherein said first marker and said second marker pass through said intersection member and cross at 90 degrees to each other, and wherein the guide and the intersection member comprise no apparatus between the first marker and the second marker where the first and second markers cross.

A golf stance guide for placement on a mat or ground, the guide comprising:

• an elongated first marker for placement on an imaginary target line near a golfer's feet;
• an elongated second marker for pointing at a golf ball on the mat or ground;
• an intersection member holding said first and second markers perpendicular to each other in a golf-practice configuration;
• wherein said first marker is hollow and has an interior space, said second marker is removable from the intersection member and slidable into the interior space to be generally coaxial with and contained substantially inside the first marker for storage;
• the guide further comprising a plurality of pegs, each having a shaft with a sharp point and each peg being adapted to pin the first marker to a mat, wherein said plurality of pegs are adapted to attach to one of said first marker and said second marker for storage;
• wherein said plurality of pegs comprises a first peg having a first main body and a first shaft, and a second peg having a second main body and a second shaft, wherein, during storage, the first shaft extends into a bore in the second main body and the second shaft extends into a bore in the first main body for shielding the sharp point of the shafts and for connecting the first peg and the second peg in a peg assembly.

A guide stance guide for placement on a mat, the guide consisting essentially of:

• a first tube for placement on an imaginary target line near a golfer's feet;
• a second tube for pointing at a golf ball on the mat;
• an intersection member holding said first and second tubes perpendicular to each other in a golf-practice configuration so that the first tube and second tube cross each other at a location inside the intersection member, wherein the intersection member is slidable on the first tube for moving said location along the length of the first tube, and wherein the second tube is slidable relative to the intersection member for sliding the second tube closer to, and farther away, from the golf ball;
• wherein the second tube is removable from the intersection member and slidable into an interior space of the first tube in a storage configuration wherein the second tube is generally coaxial with and substantially contained within the first marker;
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• a plurality of sharply-pointed pegs that pin the first tube to the mat in the golf-practice configuration;
• wherein said plurality of pegs comprises a first peg having a first main body and a first shaft, and a second peg having a second main body and a second shaft, wherein, in the storage configuration, the first shaft extends into a bore in the second main body and the second shaft extends into a bore in the first main body for shielding the sharp point of the shafts and for connecting the first peg and the second peg in a peg assembly, and wherein the peg assembly is connected to the second tube.

A golf practice guide that has a golf-practice configuration and a storage configuration, the guide comprising an elongated hollow member, an elongated insert member, and a connector;

• wherein, in the golf-practice configuration, the connector receives both the hollow member and the insert member at 90 degrees to each other and so that the hollow member and insert member are moveable relative to each other while remaining at 90 degrees to each other;
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• wherein, in the storage configuration, the insert member is removed from the connector and slid and latched into an interior space of the hollow member;
• the guide further comprising two elongated pegs, each with a pointed shaft;
• wherein, in the golf-practice configuration, each peg is connected to a portion of the hollow member with its pointed shaft extending from the hollow member for insertion into a surface upon which a golfer practices;
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• wherein, in the storage configuration, the pegs are connected end-to-end into a peg assembly, with the pointed shaft of each of the pegs inserted into a main body of the other peg, and wherein the peg assembly is connected to, and coaxial with, the hollow member and with the insert member.

A golf stance guide for placement on a mat or ground, the guide comprising:

• an elongated, horizontal, first marker for placement on an imaginary target line near a golfer's feet;
• an elongated, horizontal second marker for pointing at a golf ball on the mat or ground;
• an intersection member holding said first and second markers perpendicular to each other in a golf-practice configuration;
• wherein said intersection member comprises a generally vertical sidewall surrounding and defining an interior bore extending through said intersection member from top to bottom of the intersection member, the sidewall having a first set of apertures that slidably receive the first marker, and having a second set of apertures, 90 degrees to said first set, that slidably receive the second marker, so that said first marker and said second marker pass through said first set of apertures and said second set of apertures respectively and cross at 90 degrees to each other in said interior bore;
• said sidewall having a bottom perimeter edge comprising recessed portions that are on or above a horizontal plane through which the first marker extends and wherein the bottom perimeter edge further comprises downwardly-protruding portions that protrude down from the sidewall to be lower than said recessed portions, the downwardly-protruding portions being for contacting the mat or ground and reducing drag of the intersection member on the mat or ground.