"putt line" putting alignment and tempo device

Abstract

Described is a golf putting training device and a corresponding method to use the device to teach sound putting skills The device includes a length of flexible material having a center marker attached at or near its center. A least three pairs of corresponding markers, each pair made up of a first marker and a second marker. The first marker of each pair is attached to the flexible material at a different point between the center point and the first end of the flexible material, and the second marker of each pair is attached to the flexible material at a different point between the center point and the second end of the flexible material.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A golf putting training device comprising:
 a length of flexible material having a first end, and second end, and a center point;   a center marker attached to the flexible material at or near the center point of the flexible material; and   at least three pairs of corresponding markers, each pair made up of a first marker and a second marker, wherein the first marker of each pair is attached to the flexible material at a different point between the center point and the first end of the flexible material, and the second marker of each pair is attached to the flexible material at a different point between the center point and the second end of the flexible material.   
     
     
         2 . The golf putting training device of  claim 1 , wherein each first marker of each pair is attached to the flexible material at a point equidistant from the center point as its corresponding second marker. 
     
     
         3 . The golf putting training device of  claim 2 , wherein the center marker and the at least three pairs of corresponding markers are permanently attached to the flexible material. 
     
     
         4 . The golf putting training device of  claim 2 , wherein the center marker and the at least three pairs of corresponding markers are removably attached to the flexible material. 
     
     
         5 . The golf putting training device of  claim 1 , wherein at least one first marker of at least one pair of corresponding markers is attached to the flexible material at a point that is not equidistant from the center point as its corresponding second marker. 
     
     
         6 . The golf putting training device of  claim 5 , wherein the center marker and the at least three pairs of corresponding markers are permanently attached to the flexible material. 
     
     
         7 . The golf putting training device of  claim 5 , wherein the center marker and the at least three pairs of corresponding markers are removably attached to the flexible material. 
     
     
         8 . The golf putting training device of  claim 1 , wherein the flexible material is a material selected from the group consisting of string, line, wire, cable, and tape. 
     
     
         9 . A method to teach golf putting, the method comprising:
 (a) placing in front of a golfer addressing a golf ball to be putted a golf putting training device comprising a length of flexible material having a first end, and second end, and a center point; a center marker attached to the flexible material at or near the center point of the flexible material; and at least three pairs of corresponding markers, each pair made up of a first marker and a second marker, wherein the first markers of each pair are attached to the flexible material at different points between the center point and the first end of the flexible material, and the second markers of each pair are attached to the flexible material at different points between the center point and the second end of the flexible material, such that the length of flexible material is parallel to an intended line of travel for the golf ball to be putted; and then   (b) putting the golf ball by initiating a back stroke of a putter in which the back stroke terminates at or about the first marker of one of the pairs of corresponding markers, striking the ball with a forward stroke of the putter, and then following-through with a follow-through stroke that terminates at or about the second marker of the pair of corresponding markers.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein each first marker of each pair of corresponding markers is attached to the flexible material at a point equidistant from the center point as its corresponding second marker. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the center marker and the at least three pairs of corresponding markers are permanently attached to the flexible material. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the center marker and the at least three pairs of corresponding markers are removably attached to the flexible material. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein at least one first marker of at least one pair of corresponding markers is attached to the flexible material at a point that is not equidistant from the center point as its corresponding second marker. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the center marker and the at least three pairs of corresponding markers are permanently attached to the flexible material. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the center marker and the at least three pairs of corresponding markers are removably attached to the flexible material. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the flexible material is a material selected from the group consisting of string, line, wire, cable, and tape.