Patent ID: 7874941

Claim:
A method of swinging a golf club, said method comprising: (a) obtaining an alignment device comprising: (i) a clamp having a first end, a middle portion, and a second end; (ii) a pair of pinchers disposed on the first end of the clamp, the pair of pinchers can move between an open position wherein the pinchers are separated and a closed position wherein the pinchers are compressed together, the pinchers are biased in the closed position caused by a spring disposed in the middle portion of the clamp, wherein squeezing the spring moves the pinchers to the open position and releasing the spring moves the pinchers back to the closed position; and (iii) an extension component comprising a shaft and a ball, a first end of the shaft is pivotally attached to the second end of the clamp, the ball is attached to a second end of the shaft; (b) attaching the alignment device to a shoulder area; (c) performing a golf upswing; (d) focusing on a golf ball on a ground surface and simultaneously viewing the ball of the alignment device; (e) aligning visually the ball of the alignment device with golf ball; and (f) perform a golf downswing.