Patent ID: 6932713

Claim:
A method of assisting a golfer to improve the golfer's ability to utilize a putter in a putting stroke, with the putter comprising a shaft having a shaft upper end portion at which there is a hand grip portion and a putter head at a lower shaft end portion, and the golfer having a torso comprising an upper torso portion with two upper torso side portions, two arms with each arm comprising an upper arm portion, a forearm portion, and a hand, said method comprising: a) providing an apparatus comprising two elongate positioning members, each comprising an upper positioning member torso engaging portion, a lower positioning member connecting portion and a positioning member intermediate portion; b) connecting the positioning member connecting portions of the positioning members to the putter at a connecting location or locations below the hand grip portion; c) positioning the upper positioning member torso engaging portions of the positioning members at the upper torso side portions of the golfer, with the golfer then pressing the golfer's upper arm portions toward the upper torso side portions in a torso engaging position to hold the upper positioning member torso engaging portions in place at the upper torso side portions of the golfer; d) the golfer gripping the hand grip portion of the putter in the golfer's hands, with the golfer's upper arm portions in the torso engaging position, with the result that the golfer's upper torso portion, arms and hands are at substantially stationary locations relative to one another and the putter is at a substantially stationary position relative to the golfer's upper torso; e) the golfer executing a putting stroke by moving the golfer's upper torso relative to a lower portion of the golfer's body.