A golf teaching and training device including a frame adapted to extend upwardly from a playing surface and a pair of pivotable arms extending away from the frame in a spaced relationship from the base of the frame and adapted to prevent an over-the-top golf swing. A track associated with the frame includes a slide to which a putter club may be releasably secured for allowing a golfer to practice his/her putting stroke. A mat may also be adapted to be seated beneath the frame and includes golf ball placement markings positioned generally below the arm of the device and corresponding foot placement markings spaced selected distances from the respective golf ball placement markings.