Patent ID: 7121954

Claim:
A method of putting a golf ball over the surface of a green using a putter having a putter head with a putter face, said putter head being attached to a distal end of a shaft having a grip along a proximal end of the shaft, said method comprises a golfer (a) grasping a portion of the grip with the right hand at a location along the grip so that the proximal end of the shaft is at or past the right elbow and bears against the underside of the right arm, (b) crooking the right elbow to configure said right arm and putter in a predetermined positional relationship, and placing the left hand on the putter nearby the right hand to move with said right hand, (c) addressing the ball by standing upright to one side of a target line along the golfer's left side and with the golfer's body facing in the same general direction as the target line and both the golfer's feet on the right side of the target line and positioned nearby the ball so that essentially most of the golfer's body is on the right side of the target line, bringing said right arm across the front of the golfer's body and positioning the putter head adjacent to the ball and the putter face behind and facing the ball, and (d) striking the ball by swinging the putter through a backstroke, forward stroke, and follow-through stroke while substantially maintaining said right arm and putter in said predetermined positional relationship.