Abstract: A body is attached to a rubber cuff. A sighting tube extends transversely through the body. A notch is depressed into a top face of the body. The notch is positioned at a 90 degree angle with respect to the sighting tube. The sighting apparatus is attached to a putter by inserting a shaft of the putter into the rubber cuff. The sighting apparatus is aligned properly by placing a golf tee or pencil in the notch and rotating the body until the tee or pencil is parallel to a face of a head of the putter. By placing the putter behind a golf ball and sighting a hole through the sighting tube, a golfer can align the face of the head of his or her putter for a proper stroke.

Abstract: A golf putter includes a head, a shaft, and a sighting apparatus attached to the shaft such that a geometric plane containing both a longitudinal axis of the sighting apparatus and a longitudinal axis of the shaft forms a right angle with a face of the head. When the shaft is oriented vertically, and the hole or flag pole is viewable through the sighting apparatus, the face of the head of the golf putter is pointed toward the hole, thus aligning the golf putter for the putt.