Golf Putting Drills

by Perfect Pitch Golf



The objective of this drill is work on your eight foot putts. It requires the use of a stake and string to use a guide.

You setup the string to simulate your target line. This putting drill gives you immediate feedback to see how accurate you are on your putts.

Professional players will average getting these putts in about 50% of the
time.



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A Simple OneHand Putting Drill   by Maxx Johnson

Putting Drill: A Simple Putting Drill That Anybody Can Do
Author: Maxx Johnson

Many students want to go directly to the driving range for every lesson in a series. Truth be told it would benefit them more if they would allow us to work on a putting drill and head to the practice putting green. It has been proven time and time again that the quicker that you improve your putting the quicker your scores will come down. With that being said, practicing a putting drill just does not sound as sexy as pulling out the driver and seeing how far that you can blast a ball down the fairway.

To improve your putting, try this one-hand putting drill. Once they get over the shock of the thought of attempting to putt with just one hand, it has helped many of my students to improve their putting stroke and in turn lower their golf scores. This can easily help you do the same.

Two reasons that I highly encourage my students to practice this one handed putting drill is that it gives them the exact feel of a proper putting motion and it develops a feel for the proper impact position for the putting stroke. This is a very simple thing to implement into your putting practice. Take your grip stance and posture and proceed to setup to stroke a putt from just two to three feet away from the hole.

Take your usual putting grip for a putting stroke. Assuming you are putting right handed, take your left hand off the putter leaving only your right hand on the putter in the hands usual position. Now you should have your putter in its regular position and the ball position placed in your usual position as well. The palm of your right hand should be equal to the direction of your putter face.

One reason for doing this putting drill from such a short distance as two or three feet is the backswing will not need very much movement. This should allow you to "feel" the putter head as it moves through the motion no matter how strong you are. The right wrist should keep the same angle throughout the stroke as at address and will not break AT ALL during this stroke from this distance.

With the correct grip pressure, you will be able to feel your putter load against the index finger of your right hand (again, for a right handed golfer). This load that is properly stored will be delivered to the golf ball during the forward stroke and will be lost just after impact. If you use a stripped range ball while doing this putting drill, place the stripe so it is parallel to the green surface and make your stroke under the stripe on the range ball. Your right hand should be ahead of the ball at impact. To finish the putting drill, hold your finish to a slow count of three. The putter head should be under your hands and not way out in front of your hands. Remember, your right wrist angle should not change.

With this simple putting drill, it will not take long at all and you will begin to hit your putts more and more solid and will be watching them go into the hole. Once this happens you will watch your scores go lower and lower.
About the Author:
Max Johnson of VGS Golf Learn more about Putting Tips. Read more on free Putting Drills.

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The Tunnel Drill: The tunnel golf putting drill will help you maintain a square club face to the target line and improve your putting accuracy. While practicing this drill is a good time to also review your posture and setup routine.

To Begin:









Be sure to use the guide strings for aligning your eyes, hips, shoulders and feet so they are all parallel to the target line.

Now, begin taking practice putts and keeping your club face aiming straight down the target line using the string as your guide.


Practice until you can keep the ball inside the tunnel every time.

If your ball goes outside the the guide strings you should be able to easily correct it by repositioning your putter head parallel to the target line.


This drill well also help your long putts by keeping you body properly aligned and your putter square to the target line.
 

GATE DRILL: This is a simple set up practice drill that only requires two tees spread apart the width of your putter.

- Step back about six to eight feet and work on getting the balls between the two openings.

 - Keep practicing with the same stoke length with ten to twelve balls.

 - The goal is to get each putt through the gate and in addition to getting each ball to touch each other after they get through the gate. 

By mastering the Gate Drill you will see Significant Improvements in the Accuracy of your putts. The bottom line is that you are fine tuning your set up, posture and maintaining a stoke path along the target line.

Tiger Woods practicing the Gate Drill

 It is very important that your club head is square and stays parallel to the target line. Remember that a key putting fundamental is to keep your shoulders, arms and putter acting as a single unit. Develop a smooth one piece upper body motion with almost no body rotation or flexing of the wrists. The lower body should remain relatively
stationary.


Putting Tip: Find a spot where the edge of the green is straight for a couple of feet. 


You can use this edge to check to see if your putter stoke is nice and parallel. 

It only takes a couple of practice stokes to determine if your putter club head is staying parallel target line.

With only a few minor adjustments maybe all that is needed to straighten out your putts. This is a great check when ever you are out on the course.

The next golf putting drill lesson well work on developing the proper wrist action in your putting stroke.