Golf putting training aid

A putting training device comprising:

• a substantially circular base comprising a ball receiving mount positioned in a top surface of the base defining a ball receiving recess, wherein the top surface is tapered to a putting surface;
• first and second spaced apart light sensors positioned in the ball mount and in operable communication with each other to measure light differentials in ambient light between the two light sensors;
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• a plurality of lights for transmitting visible light from the top surface of the pad arranged in a circular pattern around the ball receiving recess defining a light emitting circumference, such that when a ball is received within the ball receiving recess, the LED lights are not visible from a user's perspective;
• wherein the first light sensor is positioned on an axis defined through the ball receiving recess, and the second light sensor is positioned on the light emitting circumference;
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• wherein the lights are in operable communication with the light sensors to respond to a signal that a ball has been impacted from the ball receiving recess to transmit a series of light flashes for a finite predetermined period of time after the ball is impacted from the ball receiving recess and moved across the tapered top surface to the putting surface, when the light sensors measure an ambient light differential having a value indicating that the ball has been impacted from the ball receiving recess, wherein, in use, a user can maintain focus on the transmitted light for the predetermined period of time.

A method of putting training comprising the steps of:

• receiving a ball within a ball receiving recess of a putting training device having a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the top surface is tapered to the bottom surface;
• detecting the presence of the ball within the ball receiving recess;
• detecting that the ball has been impacted from the ball receiving recess;
• sending a signal to a light source perimetrically positioned around the ball receiving recess in response to detecting that the ball has been impacted;
• transmitting light from the light source for a predetermined period of time in response to the light source receiving the signal that the ball has been impacted;
• ceasing to transmit light after the predetermined period of time has lapsed.