Patent ID: 6296577
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A method of putting a golf ball comprising the steps;(a) selecting a putting club having a club head member, a shaft member, and a handle member positioned opposite said club head member, the handle member covering at least a top twenty-four inches of the shaft member, said putting club sized to enable a player standing on a playing surface to strike a golf ball adjacent to the player's feet with said club head member, while holding an end of said putting club handle member in position against the player's sternum;(b) grasping said putting club handle member with both hands with both forearms of the player at an acute angle to said putting club handle member, and holding said end of said putting club handle member against the player's sternum;(c) pivoting the player's upper body in one direction with said end of said putting club handle member positioned against the player's sternum, while holding the player's wrists in a constant orientation relative to said putting club handle member to move said club head member away from the golf ball positioned adjacent to the player's feet; and(d) pivoting the player's upper body in an opposite direction with said end of said putting club handle member positioned against the player's sternum, while holding the player's wrists in a constant orientation relative to said putting club handle member to move said club head member toward the golf ball positioned adjacent to the player's feet, thereby striking the golf ball with said putting club head member in a controlled manner to propel the ball toward a target.