Patent ID: 7780553

Claim:
Golf practice apparatus comprising a base member having length and width dimensions and an opening extending through said base member; an anchor member having a stem, one end of which extends through said opening, said anchor member terminating at a second end thereof in an enlargement; a golf ball support member having a body terminating at one end in a ball-supporting surface and terminating at an opposite end adjacent said second end of said anchor member; and elastic coupling means coupling said anchor member and said golf ball support member to one another with said opposite end of said support member confronting said second end of said anchor member, said coupling means providing a joint between said anchor member and said ball support member and enabling said anchor member and said ball support member to rock relative to one another in response to engagement of said ball support member by a golf club during swinging movement thereof; wherein said enlargement at said end of said stem and said end of said body of said support member form a socket joint.