Patent ID: 7575522

Claim:
A golf setup training device for a user to determine the proper setup for irons comprising: a pair of oppositely extending axially aligned rigid round tubular foot-alignment bars removably connected to a fitting against which the toes of a user's feet would be positioned, a rigid round tubular ball-positioning bar extending intermediate of and at right angles to the foot-alignment bars serving as a reference along which the center of the user's body would be substantially aligned or offset therefrom, said ball-positioning bar having a fixed section connected to the foot-alignment bars, and a rigid round tubular extendable section telescopically received by the fixed section and having a ball placement tip end at which a ball would be positioned for establishing the proper setup, said fixed and extendable sections sized such that the extendable section can be received within the fixed section when storing the device, incremental graduations on said extendable section coacting with the length of the fixed section for setting the position of the extendable section according to the height of the user and the club to be used, and locking means coacting with said fixed section and said extendable section for adjustably retaining the extendable section at a predetermined position on the fixed section, whereby the user would place the toes of his/her feet along and aligned with the foot-alignment bars with the center of his/her body substantially aligned with the ball-positioning bar, place the ball at the tip end of the bar, and manipulate the club head of a given iron gripped by the user in alignment with the ball thereby defining the substantially ideal setup for the user and thereafter flipping the ball-positioning bar to the rear of the user prior to hitting the ball.