Patent ID: 8029380

Claim:
A golf putting training apparatus, comprising: a first upright support; a second upright support; an eye alignment tool for locating a user's eyes above the apparatus, with said tool including a single elongated guide member supported by and connected between said supports and laterally centered above a golf ball arranged on a putting surface, with said guide member having a substantially linear top edge defining a single line of intended travel for said ball and a pair of generally parallel planar sides extending perpendicular to the putting surface and depending from said top edge toward a lower bottom edge of said guide member, with the planar sides of said single guide member providing a visual indication whether the user's eyes are located in a vertical plane extending perpendicular to the putting surface and including the golf ball and the single line of intended travel of said ball; and a longitudinally elongated tool arranged under the lower bottom edge of the guide member of said eye alignment tool and extending along the single line of intended travel of said golf ball, with said elongated tool having an upper surface upon which said golf ball can rest, and with said upper surface of said elongated tool having a finish for enhancing viewing at least one of the planar sides of said guide member when a user's eyes are located in other than the vertical plane extending generally perpendicular to a putting surface.