Golfer's training aid

Claim 2

A golf assembly comprising a golf ball and a ball-top golfswing guide, said assembly being for use at a golf course tee, in the rough, on fairways, and on putting greens, said guide comprising an indicator support, said support being rested on top of said ball, said guide being for the purpose of assisting a golfer to position himself for his golf-swing to hit said ball in an intended flight direction extending in an intended flight line to one side of said support, first indicator means on said support and visible from the top of said support, said first indicator means being substantially alignable with said flight line, said first indicator means being parallel to a radius line extending horizontally outward from the center of said ball, said first indicator means as seen from above being substantially aligned with a horizontally extending radius line of sAid ball, said support being balanced sufficiently so that it rests with stability on top of said golf ball.

Claim 3

The golf assembly of claim 1 in which said flight direction indicator means comprises forward and rearward portions substantially aligned with each other and on opposite sides of a center of said support.

Claim 4

The golf assembly of claim 1 further comprising foot position indicator means on said support and visible from the top thereof and indicating a position on a straight foot position line extending at a right angle to the intended flight line indicated by said intended flight direction indicator means.

Claim 5

The golf assembly of claim 1 further comprising a flexible elongated foldable foot-positioning member adapted to be placed in a straight line extending at a right angle to said intended flight line and connected at one end to said support at a point on a straight foot position line extending at a right angle to said intended flight line.

Claim 6

The golf assembly of claim 1 further comprising the periphery of said support being substantially blunt for safety to a golfer while it is carried in his pocket.

Claim 7

A golf-swing guide comprising an indicator support, said guide being for the purpose of assisting a golfer to position himself for his golf-swing to hit a ball in an intended flight direction extending in an intended straight flight line to one side of said support, intended flight direction indicator means on said support and visible from the top of said support, a foot position indicator means mounted on said support and visible from the upper side of said support and indicating a straight foot position line extending at a right angle to said intended flight line indicated by said intended flight direction indicator means as said support is viewed from above, said intended flight indicator means being substantially alignable with said flight line, there being an imaginary point representing the intersection of a projected line indicated by said foot position indicator means and a projected line indicated by said intended flight direction indicator means, said support when in a horizontal plane being substantially balanced about said imaginary point, said guide being free of means substantially at said imaginary point which would interfere with the resting of said support on top of a golf ball with stability and with the center of the golf ball directly under said imaginary point, said support having a vertical tee opening extending completely therethrough for receiving a vertically elongated shank of a tee, a tee having an elongated shank, said support being sufficiently yielding and resilient and so shaped in portions thereof disposed adjacent said opening that said support will cling to said shank of said tee without allowing said support to fall downwardly on said shank and yet so said support can be manually rotated on said shank for alignment.

Claim 8

A golf-swing guide comprising an indicator support, said guide being for the purpose of assisting a golfer to position himself for his golf-swing to hit a ball in an intended flight direction extending in an intended straight flight line to one side of said support, intended flight direction indicator means on said support and visible from the top of said support, a foot position indicator means mounted on said support and visible from the upper side of said support and indicating a straight foot position line extending at a right angle to said intended flight line indicated by said intended flight direction indicator means as said support is viewed from above, said intended flight indicator means being substantially alignable with said flight line, there being an imaginary point representing the intersection of a projected line indicated by said foot position indicator means and a projected line indicated by said intended flight direction indicator means, said support when in a horizontal plane being substantially balanced about said imaginary point, said guide being free of means substantially at said imaginary point which would interfere with the resting of said support on top of a golf ball with stability and with the center of the golf ball directly under said imaginary point, said support having a vertical tee opening extending completely therethrough for receiving a vertically elongated shank of a tee, a tee having an elongated shank, said support being sufficiently yielding and resilient and so shaped in portions thereof disposed adjacent said opening that said support will cling to said shank of said tee without allowing said support to fall downwardly on said shank and yet so said support can be manually rotated on said shank for alignment.