A free standing golf putter is provided and configured to contact a golf
ball at a point above the center of the golf ball. The mass of the
central portion of the putter is greater than the mass of the toe and
heel of the putter. The putter is utilized to view and evaluate the slope
of a green by placing the putter in an upright, free standing
orientation, by stepping away from the putter with the putter
intermediate the golfer and hole, and by viewing the green to either side
of the putter shaft.