Golf putting tool

Abstract

A golf putting device includes a ball location for placing the ball, and at least three visual guides around the ball location. The visual guides serve to align the golfer's head and eye relative the golf ball so that all three guides are only visible when the golfer takes a position directly above the golf ball so as to improve putting consistency and accuracy.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A putting device to assist a golfer to properly position a golfer's head when using a putter comprising:
 a tool placed upon a ground or a floor; said tool comprising:   a surface adapted to support a golf ball, said surface comprising a ball location;   said ball location providing a recess adapted to allow a golf ball to rest thereupon;   a ball guide comprising at least three points, said ball guide positioned at points equidistance from said ball location, wherein each of said at least three points are located at, or less than, one-half ball diameter distance from the center of said ball location.   
     
     
         2 . The putting device as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein said ball guide comprising three rings tangent each of said three rings at one of said at least three points. 
     
     
         3 . The putting device as set forth in  claim 2 , wherein each of said three rings comprises a light. 
     
     
         4 . The putting device of  claim 1 , wherein said surface is maintain by a ball track plate, and said putting device further includes a base plate coupled with said ball track plate. 
     
     
         5 . The putting device of  claim 4 , wherein said ball guide appears on a top surface of said base plate. 
     
     
         6 . The putting device of  claim 5 , wherein said ball guide further comprises a contrast ring around at least a portion of said ball location, said contrast ring no larger than the area occluded by a golf ball in the vertical direction from the golfer. 
     
     
         7 . The putting device of  claim 4  wherein said ball track plate serves to raise a rear end of said putting device higher from said forward end by a minimum of 0.1 degrees relative the ground or floor. 
     
     
         8 . The putting device of  claim 1  further comprises a visual guide comprising an axis bar along the swing axis of the golfer, and a bottom bar perpendicular said axis bar. 
     
     
         9 . The putting device of  claim 8  further comprising at least one tee slot, said tee slot comprising an aperture vertically through said putting device. 
     
     
         10 . The putting device of  claim 9  wherein said at least one tee slot is along said axis bar. 
     
     
         11 . The putting device of  claim 1  further comprising a tool, said tool comprising said ball location and said ball guide; and a base plate. 
     
     
         12 . The putting device of  claim 11 , wherein said base plate comprises a recess sized to locate said tool thereon. 
     
     
         13 . The putting tool of  claim 12  wherein said tool comprises male mating features to complement with female mating features along said base plate recess. 
     
     
         14 . The putting tool of  claim 12  wherein said tool comprises female mating features to complement with male mating features along said base plate recess. 
     
     
         15 . The putting tool of  claim 1  wherein said ball guide comprises a first forward guide opposite a center of a golf hole, a second right guide positioned away from the ball location in a direction perpendicular a line posited between a center of the ball and the center of the golf hole, and a third left guide position away from the ball location in an opposite direction also perpendicular a line posited between the center of the ball and the center of the golf hole. 
     
     
         16 . A method for teaching a golfer proper position when using a putter comprising:
 placing a putting device on the ground, wherein said device supports a golf ball at a ball location along a recess, and a ball guide comprising at least three points positioned equidistant at, or less than, one-half a ball diameter from the ball location;   positioning the golfer's eye directly above the golf ball;   verifying the proper location of the golfer's eye via the ball guide;   striking the ball with a golf club.