Accuracy Golf Putting Drill
To start the tunnel drill find a practice area that is relatively flat.
- Use the width of your putter head to put 2 tees into the ground about the width of the putter club head.
- Place these 2 tees roughly 6 feet from the hole.
- The putter club head width will be used as your guide for your opening.
- You have created an imaginary tunnel as your putting stroke guide.
- Next tie a string connecting the tees forming an imaginary tunnel. You will have 2 sets of tees tied about 6 feet.
- An alternative to using string is using 2 clubs to make your tunnel. Also, you can make your tunnel with a few more sets of tees.
- It is best to visualize this as a set of railroad tracks.
- Next place a ball about 8 inches inside the tunnel that the end that is away from the hole.
- Align your club head so it is square to the target line.
The goal here is to use the guide strings for aligning your eyes, hips, shoulders and feet so they are all parallel to the target line.
Start by taking practice putts and keeping your club face aiming straight down the target line using the railroad tracks as your guide.
If your ball goes outside the the guide strings you should be able to easyly correct it by noticing your putter head not staying parallel to the target line.
This drill is also good for shorter putts that do not need a lot of swing length. In addition, it will help your longer putts because you will have improved on keeping you body properly aligned and your putter square to the target line.
- Walk back about 6 feet and practice getting the balls through the two openings.
- Continue practicing this drill with the same stoke length with ten balls.
- Your objective is to get each putt through the gate and also touching each other once they get to the other side.
Being able to master the Gate Drill you will see Huge Improvements in the Accuracy of your putts. This results because you are fine tuning your set up and keeping your stoke path correctly along the target line.
In putting it is critical that your club head is square and keeps parallel to the target line. An important key point to putting straight is having your shoulders, arms and putter act as one unit. The stroke shoul be a smooth one piece upper body motion with almost no body rotation. The shoulders will rotate as you swing while your head and lower body remains stationary.
A Putting Course Tip: On most greens you can find an area where the edge of the green is straight for about 2 to 3 feet. Where the edge of a green meets the fairway there is a clear distinction because of the greens grass cut is shorter and is much thicker.
Just take a couple of practice stokes to determine if your putter club head is staying along the edge that is acting as your target line.
If you do notice a problem then only a few minor adjustments maybe all that is needed to get you back on track.
The next golf putting drill lesson well work on developing the proper wrist action in your putting stroke.
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