Abstract: A method of instruction for improving actual play of golf, which method comprises the following steps: hitting golf balls to a golf swing touch trainer, which embraces a portably-sized, substantially flat web material having a transverse dimension about one-half foot to about three feet, a top horizontal surface, and a bottom horizontal surface generally in vertical registry with and essentially parallel to the top surface, a peripheral boundary; having a substantially thin side profile less than about 1/8 of an inch such that a golf ball can roll across the peripheral boundary from, and to, a surface on which the trainer can be placed and onto, and off, the top surface of the web material without being substantially impeded in its travel; having a dark color or shade so as to be able to simulate a hole or easily discernible area, which can be impressionable and memorable as to an aiming area to be employed in real play after use of the trainer, and having within the peripheral boundary a single internal targ

Abstract: Golf swing training mat for highly authentic practice includes a support surface; a standing surface; a hitting surface separate from the standing surface and removably attachable to the support surface and having an area thereof designated as a front hitting area, which is made of a material that nearly looks and gives a feeling of real grass and that is not easily destroyed by repeated swings of a golf club striking the material--preferably, the front hitting area being present in conjunction with an overhang, or a generally open underpass; and a follow through notch ahead of the hitting surface, in part defined by an obliquely-angled edge, generally obliquely angled to and abutting a front edge of the hitting surface, which envoids an area such that a golfer when swinging an iron can properly follow through downwardly after striking a golf ball into the downwardmost portion of the swing when the ball is struck near the front hitting area, and which allows for the golfer to follow through without striking t

Abstract: A golf swing practice pad has a flat, generally elongate base having a length and a width; means for securing the base to a practice surface; a generally elongate hitting surface having a length, and having a width wider than the width of the base; and means for adjustably attaching the hitting surface to the base. Advantageously, the pad has a special tee slot in its base. The pad is useful in golfing instruction and practice. In another aspect, a method for attaching web material to plastic stock embraces heating the plastic stock, for instance, heating thermoplastic pellets to provide heated plastic stock, which may be extruded from a die, contacting the heated plastic stock and the web and passing the same through a sizing device, under conditions such that the web is attached to the stock. Another aspect embraces attached web and stock materials, including a loop web for hook and loop attachment melded to the practice pad base.