ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,245, issued on May 27.

"Golf training aid" was invented by Darius Buti Komane (Johannesburg).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf training aid (10) that is arranged to he attached to one of the front and back legs (36) of a golfer (30). The golf training aid comprising a monitoring arrangement (14) for monitoring progressive movement of the back leg towards the front leg of the golfer; and an alarm arrangement (16) for alerting the golfer when displacement of the back leg towards the front leg has reached a predetermined position, to enable the golfer to make necessary bodily movements to swing a club that is held by the golfer."

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