Patent ID: 8435129

Claim:
An elongate golf practice device comprising (a) an elongate hollow shaft assembly having a length greater than that of a comparable conventional golf club, shaped and dimensioned to extend from a golfer's torso to the ground, and including a top section having a proximate end and a distal end, a bottom section having a proximate end and a distal end, a hollow middle section extending between and interconnecting said proximate ends of said top and said bottom sections; (b) a handle on said middle section; (c) a club head attached to said distal end of said bottom section; (d) a first counterweight attached to said distal end of said top section and spaced apart from said handle; said golf practice device having (e) a weight greater than that of a comparable conventional golf club; (f) a center of gravity spaced along said middle section a distance from said club head greater than the distance the center of gravity of a comparable conventional golf club is spaced apart from the club head of the conventional golf, and (g) a strap assembly shaped and dimensioned to extend around the golfer's torso and connected to said distal end of said top section to secure said distal end of said top section adjacent the golfer's torso.