Abstract: A putter head is provided with a plane, flat golf ball engaging surface which extends between opposite ends of the putter head. Mounted in a recess formed in the putter head rearwardly of its face is an adjustable sighting line support having in its upper surface an elongage sighting line which registers at one end with the face of the head, and extends rearwardly therefrom. The support is mounted for limited adjustment about an axis that extends parallel to and is spaced rearwardly of the face of the putter head. In one adjusted position the sighting line extends at right angles rearwardly from the putter face in a manner similar to conventional putter sighting lines. However the support is mounted for limited rotational movement for up to at least 10° either clockwise or counterclockwise about its pivotal axis thereby to cause the sighting line to be secured in any one of a plurality of different angular positions other than 90° relative to the face of the putter head.

Abstract: A putter head is provided with a plane, flat golf ball engaging surface which extends between opposite ends of the putter head. Mounted in a recess formed in the putter head rearwardly of its face is an adjustable sighting line support having in its upper surface an elongage sighting line which registers at one end with the face of the head, and extends rearwardly therefrom. The support is mounted for limited adjustment about an axis that extends parallel to and is spaced rearwardly of the face of the putter head. In one adjusted position the sighting line extends at right angles rearwardly from the putter face in a manner similar to conventional putter sighting lines. However the support is mounted for limited rotational movement for up to at least 10° either clockwise or counterclockwise about its pivotal axis thereby to cause the sighting line to be secured in any one of a plurality of different angular positions other than 90° relative to the face of the putter head.

Abstract: A laser is mounted in the head of a putter so that its beam can be directed through an opening in the plane, ball engaging surface of the putter along a path which extends normal to the putter face, and parallel to a first sighting line positioned on the upper surface of the putter head. While for test purposes a golfer aims the sighting line toward the center of a simulated putting hole target, which is spaced from the head, the laser is energized to direct its beam toward the target. The extent of the misalignment of the putter face with the simulated hole will be indicated by the extent to which the light beam is angularly offset from the center of the target. The first sighting line is then replaced by a second sighting line reflecting this angular offset.

Abstract: The device is mounted on a horizontal surface in spaced relation to a putting hole or replica thereof. The head of a putter is releasably clamped on the face of a flat plate, which is mounted for limited rotation on the base of the device, and with the face of the putter in coplanar engagement with a pair of spaced, coplanar reference surfaces that lie in a generally vertical plane. At the outset the plate is locked in a starting position in which the putter face is accurately aligned with the hole--i.e., in a plane normal to a line connecting the center of the hole with the pivotal axis of the plate. The plate is then momentarily unlocked and the golfer rotates the handle of the putter as appears necessary to align its face with the hole. The plate is then locked in the adjusted position and graduations on the plate are read against a reference mark on the base to determine the misalignment introduced by the golfer.