Patent ID: 7931541
Filing Date: 2011-04-26
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A golf grip training aid, comprising: a non-collapsible longitudinally extending shaft, the length of which is less than that of a standard golf club, said shaft including a handle portion to be gripped by the hands of a golfer and a lower shaft attached to said handle portion, the handle portion including an abutment plate attached to a top end of said handle portion, said abutment plate angled with respect to said handle portion; indicia including a first set of markings and a second set of markings, said first set of markings closer to said angled abutment than said second set of markings, said indicia applied to said handle portion indicating an initial, but not final placement, of the golfer's thumbs and index fingers of top and bottom hands of the golfer; a club head attached to said lower shaft; and wherein after the golfer's thumbs and index fingers are placed on said indicia, the golfer's top and bottom hands are separately moved toward said abutment plate, resulting in the golfer's thumbs and index fingers being removed from said indicia when practicing a golf swing.