Patent ID: 6981921

Claim:
A training device for teaching the putting of a golf ball comprising: a spherical golf ball having an equator and an outer surface; a putter having a head including a surface and a ball striking surface defined by a length and a width; a first set of circumferentially spaced directional indicia extending about the entire outer surface of said golf ball along said equator; a second set of linearly spaced directional indicia extending in a single direction along the surface of said putter, wherein the directional indicia on the golf ball and the directional indicia on the surface of the golf club are configured to form a generally linear visual representation of the direction of a golf swing for striking the golf ball with the putter; a putting surface having an opening therein for receiving the golf ball, the opening having a predetermined diameter; a tee box on the putting surface, the tee box having a ball placement indicia for positioning the golf ball thereon and a predetermined length; a pad positioned under the putting surface to provide a contour in the putting surface, the contour having an upslope and a downslope; upslope indicia on the upslope of the contour of the putting surface visually representing a projected roll path of said golf ball putted from said ball placement indicia, including a visual representation of the deviation of at least the direction of said roll path due to said upslope; and downslope indicia on the downslope of the contour of the putting surface visually representing a projected roll path of said golf ball putted from said ball placement indicia, including a visual representation of the deviation of at least the direction of said roll path due to said downslope.