Patent ID: 6503152
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A putting trainer, comprising:a substantially flat plate upon which a golfer may place and strike a golf ball, the plate including a first end having a recess shaped and dimensioned for receiving a golf ball and maintaining the golf ball in position adjacent the first end until such a time that the golfer strikes the golf ball toward a second end of the plate, the first end adjacent the recess being free of obstacles so as to not interfer with a golfer striking a ball toward the second end of the plate; the plate further includes a central alignment groove extending from the recess toward the second end of the plate, the central alignment groove providing a desired alignment for a golfer striking a golf ball sitting within the recess; and a plurality of obstacles respectively and selectively positioned within a plurality of indents formed within the plate, the indents being positioned on opposite sides of the central alignment groove at positions adjacent the second end of the plate, remote from the area adjacent the first end where a golfer strikes a golf ball, to define a plurality of differently dimensioned passageways through which a golf ball is desirably struck as a golfer attempts to hit the golf ball from the first end of the plate toward the second end of the plate, wherein the indents are shaped and dimensioned such that obstacles placed therein are readily dislodged when a struck golf ball veers from the central alignment groove and strikes one of the obstacles.