Esox,
When I graduated from college, I got one of those "stupid" putting mats and nothing else to do while I was looking for my first job in the golf business. I have never putted better than when I was consistently putting on the mat. It's a good short term solution.
In our teaching bay, we use a hitting mat that has a hole cut in it, but I'll have to do some research to see what company it came from.
While putting and working on your game this winter, check out my video at
www.hownottospam.com.
Good luck.
Note from Mod:
Charlie I was going to cut you a break and just delete the link, but as you decided to promote your web site on both of your initial posts, you have been banished to the bunker.