Patent ID: 7666107

Claim:
A golf stroke training device comprising: a base, the base comprising a first section and a second section, the base further comprising an edge extending from an outer end of the first section, through a portion connecting the first section and the second section, to an outer end of the second section; and a vertical guide comprising a bottom edge, the bottom edge coupled to the base along an entire length of the edge of the first section and the second section of the base, the vertical guide perpendicular to the base; wherein the first section comprises an arc along the edge of the base; wherein the second section comprises a straight edge adjoining the arc of the first section at the portion connecting the first section and the second section; and wherein the vertical guide coupled to the first section and the second section of the base forms a continuous path for a reception and guidance of a heel of a golf putter head during a golf putting stroke; and wherein the vertical guide comprises a minimum height at an approximate midpoint, and the vertical guide comprises a greater height at a first end of the device and a second end of the device than at the approximate midpoint of the device, and wherein a substantially continuous arc is formed by the vertical guide extending from the first end of the device through the approximate midpoint to the second end of the device.