Patent ID: 8105177

Claim:
A golf swing training apparatus, comprising: a golf club guide; a support frame having a base frame member, said support frame being adjustably inclined to the ground or a working support surface by a support arm; said golf club guide held by said support frame and including an unsupported ring segment connected at each end thereof to an end of said golf club guide and which defines a substantially planar circular shaped golf club swing edge, said swing edge being adjustably positionable by said support arm at an inclined angle substantially equal to a lie angle of a golf club; a substantially flat club shaft guide forming or attached to a lower portion of, and lying in a plane defined by said ring segment, said ring segment in cooperation with said shaft guide continuously extending through 360°; said shaft guide establishing and maintaining alignment of a shaft of a golf club at a lie angle of the golf club when the head of the golf club is resting atop a working support surface.