This puts putting right up your alley.

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It is said of golfers--hack-away weekend duffers, not the professionals--that it only takes one or two good shots over the course of 18 holes to get them back out there to try their luck again. So true, but what's also true is that those one or two good shots rarely come from the green. It seems that just about everyone can use help with their putting, which means just about everyone could benefit from the Putting Alley Putting Stroke Isolator from Outside the Leather, LLC, Lake Forest, Calif., a short-putt practice device that uses a raised surface, 27" long, as the putting "alley."

After the golfer putts, by seeing where the ball falls off the alley, he or she can determine what his or her error is. For a righthander, for instance, if the ball falls left, the putter face is closed or the swing path is out to in; if the ball falls right, the putter face is open or the swing path is in to out. Once an individual develops the skill to make...