Patent ID: 7150683

Claim:
An apparatus for teaching a golfer how to set up for a putt, comprising: a base having a longitudinally-extending main part disposed in parallel with a target line; a pair of brackets secured to the base, there being one bracket at each end of the base; an elongate guide plate having opposite ends secured by the brackets; the brackets adapted to enable height-adjustability of the elongate guide plate; the brackets adapted to enable pivoting of the elongate guide plate about a longitudinal axis; knee position-locking means for holding a golfer's knees in a predetermined optimal position; the knee position-locking means being independently adjustable along a longitudinal extent of the knee position-locking means; the knee position-locking means adapted to enable height-adjustability of the knee position-locking means; shoulder and forearms-guiding means for positioning a golfer's shoulders and forearms in an optimal position; the shoulder and forearms-guiding means being longitudinally disposed in parallel with the target line; the elongate guide plate positioned at a predetermined angle that matches an angle of a golf club shaft when addressing a golf ball to be putted; whereby a golfer learns an optimal putting stance for performing a golf putt of the arc stroke type by placing his or her knees in abutting relation to the knee position-locking means, placing his or her shoulders and forearms parallel relation to the shoulder and forearms-guiding means, positioning a golf club shaft in overlying, abutting relation to the elongate guide plate, and performing a golf putting stroke of the arc stroke type by maintaining the golf club shaft in abutting relation to the elongate guide plate during the putting stroke.