Patent ID: 7914388

Claim:
A golf swing training apparatus comprising a golf club with a handle, a shaft with longitudinal axis and a club head; an arcuate lower swing phase guide that is used for engagement with a golfer's lower body; a visibly prominent alignment indicator which is used for monitoring the alignment of the club shaft; thumb base positioning portions used for setting the golfer's hands in gripping the club handle; an adjustable concave shaped backswing position guide that is used for engagement of the golfer's shoulder during a backswing; various ancillary members; wherein a first ancillary member is positioned substantially inline with the shaft's longitudinal axis with one of its ends attached to the butt end of the handle; wherein the said arcuate lower swing phase guide is attached to the first ancillary member in convex and substantially symmetrical structure away from the club handle; wherein the first ancillary member contains the said visibly prominent alignment indicator which is constituted in two linear portions extending on opposite sides and right angled to it; wherein the linear portions cross and extend beyond the said arcuate swing phase guide; wherein a second ancillary member is positioned perpendicular to the line of the linear portions with one end attached to the first ancillary member; wherein the said thumb base positioning portions are supported by the second ancillary member; wherein a third ancillary member is attached at a right angle to the club shaft below the club handle; wherein the said adjustable concave shaped backswing position guide is attached to the third ancillary member; wherein the third ancillary member corresponds to the second ancillary member in respect to its perpendicularity to the line of the linear portions.