Alignment training mat for golf

Abstract

An alignment training mat for golf has a permanent target line oriented through the ball placement location and perpendicular to the target line at or offset from the ball placement location and one or more sets of primary and secondary foot placement outlines or footprints for various golf shots. The practice mat enables a golfer to place a ball on the ball placement location and then look along the target line to the shot target. The golfer then decides which golf shot will be required to reach the target from the ball placement location and then stands on the appropriate primary foot placement outline. If required, the golfer then moves one or both feet to secondary foot placement outlines and adjusts their weight distribution on the secondary foot placement outlines. The golfer is then able to look at the target from a properly oriented and balanced perspective and then make the required swing at the ball on the ball placement location.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A device for training a golfer comprising:
 a mat having a target line and a golfer alignment line perpendicular to the target line;   a ball placement spot on the target line;   a plurality of primary foot placement indicia;   a plurality of secondary foot placement indicia corresponding to the plurality of primary foot placement indicia; and   wherein the plurality of primary and secondary foot placement indicia are oriented parallel to the target line and perpendicular to the golfer alignment line.   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the ball placement spot is offset from the golfer alignment line. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the plurality of primary foot placement indicia comprise:
 a plurality of sets of primary foot placement indicia. 
 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 3  wherein each set of the plurality of primary foot placement indicia has at least one secondary foot placement indicia corresponding the set of primary foot placement indicia. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 3  wherein each set of the plurality of primary foot placement indicia has at least one primary foot placement indicia on the left side of the golfer alignment line and at least one primary foot placement indicia on the right side of the golfer alignment line. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 1  further comprising:
 a ball strike zone encompassing the ball placement spot and a portion of the target line. 
 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 6  wherein the ball strike zone is removable. 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 1  further comprising:
 a plurality of attachment components for securing the device on turf.