Practicing Putting Fundamentals

Wrist Control Golf Putting Drill

Posted by Admin on Monday, September 21, 2009 Labels: , , , ,


Overview: The main benefit of this golf putting drill is to help you keep your wrists from turning during your putting stoke. If the wrists flex during your stoke it is very difficult to hit the ball square.

This drill also teaches rhythm and flow and gives both hands an equal role and helps prevent either hand from becoming to dominating.

To Begin This Drill:

- Hold a club in both your right and left hand and hold them so they are about four inches apart.

- Now swing the clubs back and forth as if your putting.

- The goal is keep the clubs parallel and 4" apart as you swing.

- You do not want the clubs touch as you swing.

- At a first glance this may look fairly easy but actually it is quite difficult.

- It requires a lot of hand and eye coordination to keep the clubs from touching and also to keep them exactly 4" apart.

Once you practice this drill you will quickly see that any flexing of the wrists will make the putters touch. Also, by trying to keep the clubs a constant distance apart it really makes the two arms and hands work as one unit.


Continue practicing this drill until your able to do it six times in a row correctly. Keep practicing a few times a week until your able to preform it every time. This is also a great warm up routine on the practice green before a round.






The Two Ball Drill: The main purpose of this drill is to determine it your striking the ball with a square putter head. To begin with take two balls and lay them on the green together.

  • Go ahead and take your putting stoke and hit both balls at the same time.
  • If the balls move together in a straight line then your club head was square at impact.
  • Line up two balls and hit them at the same time.

If one of the balls moved sooner then you know that part of your club head got their sooner.

If the inside ball goes farther then the heel of the putter got there first at impact. This means your clubface was open at impact.

If the outer ball goes farther then the opposite happen and your clubface was closed at impact.
The first image is an example of a open clubface, the next is a square club face and the last is a closed club face at impact.


Practice this drill until you are able to hit twenty balls and have them all move at the same time and go the same distance.

You may have to review several fundamentals of your putting stoke to pin point your problem if you are not hitting the balls at the same time.

Revisit your set up, grip, posture, alignment and that your head and lower body are remaining still.

 Remember, if your able to pass this test consistently you will be well on your way better putting and lowering your score.






Your next objective is to implement these golf putting drills into a regular practice routine.


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