Golf Putting Drills

Putting Drills to Improve Your Fundamentals

Hitting a golf ball and putting have nothing in common. They're two different games. You work all your life to perfect a repeating swing that will get you to the greens, and then you have to try to do something that is totally unrelated. There shouldn't be any cups, just flag sticks. And then the man who hit the most fairways and greens and got closest to the pins would be the tournament winner.
 - Ben Hogan

Warm Up Drills: The Circle and All in Row Long Putt Drills well help you quickly establish your feel and rhythm. Also, by starting out making a lot of short putts you will improve your confidence level before a match.

Tunnel Drill

Distance Control Drills: The best way to control your distance is to practice on the various lengths of your back stroke and follow through. Developing a good feel for how much speed is applied for different lengths of your putting stroke is critical.

Consistency Drill: The Cage Drill is an excellent exercise for being able to become consistent with your putting stroke but also helps with your distance control. 

Accuracy Drills: The Tunnel and Gate Drill are exercises for helping you practice on becoming more accurate in your putting game. In addition these drills well help you work on eye alignment and keeping the putter head square to the target line.

Wrist Control Drills: The main benefit of these drills are to help reduce your wrist action. The less the wrists flex during your stoke the more square the putter head well be at impact. The Two Ball Drill and the Parallel Club Drill will help you practice in hitting the ball square.

Eyes Closed: Many of the golf putting drills should also be practiced with your eyes closed. The goal here is to be able to vision the putt in your mind and your feel and rhythm will significantly improve.

FUNDAMENTALS: Before starting your golf putting drills it is good to double check your putting fundamentals to be sure they are sound. Although many pro golfers do have different putting strokes and styles, there are certain basics that many incorporate in there game. 

If you would like more detail on basic putting fundamentals visit Golf Putting Lessons and Tips.com where you will find in depth lessons on all aspects of putting. Also, set your self up a structured putting practice routine where you write out how much time you are going to devote, the areas you well cover and the goals you wish to accomplish.

I've heard people say putting is 50 percent technique and 50 percent mental. I really believe it is 50 percent technique and 90 percent positive thinking, see, but that adds up to 140 percent, which is why nobody is 100 percent sure how to putt.
 - Chi Chi Rodriguez

by Dave Pelz

 

Dave Pelz , PGA golf instructor, illustrates how to improve your long putts at about fourty to sixty feet out.

This putting drills have you work with three balls and practice at 40, 50 and 60 feet until you can develop the feel at these longer distances.

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By Mark Crossfield

 

Golf Putting Drill Distance Control Drill with Mark Crossfield. This is a simple drill that helps you work on controlling your distance.

The objective of this drill will help you get closer to the hole on your longer putts.

This drill only requires the use of a flag pole and a few balls. Set the flag a few feet behind the hole as a guide. The goal is to either get the ball in the hole or between the hole and the flag. The flag behind the hole helps you to better judge the distance and get in the habit of not coming up short.



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Below are three great putting drills I've used in my golf lessons over the years designed to hone your putting skills.

Importance of Golf Putting Drills   by Paul Hobart
In the case of golf, when you spend those extra few minutes on the greens, practicing for your next match, you are actually preparing yourself for the speed and alertness that the game will demand of you.

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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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Covers technical skills where you might have some need additional training.Techniques to work on your visualization skills

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Below are three great putting drills I've used in my golf lessons over the years designed to hone your putting skills.

Importance of Golf Putting Drills   by Paul Hobart
In the case of golf, when you spend those extra few minutes on the greens, practicing for your next match, you are actually preparing yourself for the speed and alertness that the game will demand of you.

A Simple OneHand Putting Drill   by Maxx Johnson

by Edward Ward
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The only way to cure the putting yips long term is to dramatically change the way you associate with putting.

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Instructions on Putting Drills to help make Pressure Putts


 
Source: Golf Confidence Academy  http://golfconfidence.org/category/video_golf_instruction 
and protourgolfcollege.com

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• Covers technical skills where you might have some need additional training 
• Techniques to work on your visualization skills
• Illustrates the Progressive Intensity Putting Drill
• Getting your speed correct and then work on the right target line
• Explains that the most important thing is that if you train correctly
• Understand the importance of speed 
• 6-foot Circle Golf Putting Drill
• Putting drills used by Tiger Woods that he has used continuously over the years 
• and much more...

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Putting Drills for Under Pressure  by Golf Confidence Academy
Covers technical skills where you might have some need additional training.Techniques to work on your visualization skills

Three Stroke - Saving Putting Drills   by Jack Moorehouse
Below are three great putting drills I've used in my golf lessons over the years designed to hone your putting skills.

Importance of Golf Putting Drills   by Paul Hobart
In the case of golf, when you spend those extra few minutes on the greens, practicing for your next match, you are actually preparing yourself for the speed and alertness that the game will demand of you.

By Jack Moorehouse

Sinking more putts, as I've said in my golf tips, is the key to quickly lowering your golf handicap. You use your putter more than any other club in the bag. Think about it. Two-putting each hole during a round means you used your putter 36 times. That's anywhere from 30 percent to 40 percent of most scores. Yet the average golfer spends far less time practicing his or her putting than working on his driving or chipping.

If that's you, then you need to make the most of your time on the practice green. Develop a routine practicing your putting that makes use of every minute you're on the green. Try sinking every putt you take, unless you're practicing your lag putting. And include drills in your practice routine designed to improve your putting fundamentals. Below are three great putting drills I've used in my golf lessons over the years designed to hone your putting skills.

Steady Head Drill

Among the most common mistakes I see in my golf lessons is a player moving his or her head while putting. We all know we should keep our heads still during a putt. And many of us do. But some players still have a hard time doing it. They look up to see where the ball is going once they've hit the putt. That's only natural. Moving your head hampers accuracy. To put well, you have to keep your head down and steady throughout the stroke. The Steady Head drill teaches you that.

Assume your normal putting stance, with your eyes fixed directly over the ball. Have your partner hold your head while you hit the putt, releasing it only after you've made contact with the ball. Keep looking at the spot where the ball was after you've made contact and count to three. Then look up to see where the ball went. Some teachers recommend staring at the spot where the ball was until you hear the ball fall in the cup. That works, too.

Eyes Closed Drill

Golf teachers often talk about "feel" in their golf instruction sessions. All great putters have great feel when it comes to putting. It's among the most important attributes you can develop when it involves the flat stick Your goal, once you've determined your line and assessed your speed requirements, is to remember the feel of a good putting stroke when you hit the ball. Feel can only be developed through practice. This drill helps you develop more feel.

You'll need a partner for this drill. After you've taken your putting stance and fixed your eyes directly over the ball, have your partner putt his hand between your eyes and the ball, blocking you vision. Now putt the ball. If you don't have a partner, close your eyes just before hitting the ball.

This drill encourages you to really feel the movement of your arms. You may fined that the slower they move, the more consistent your putting. Plus. it's a great exercise for learning distance control. Hit 10 putts with someone holding their hand in front of your face or with your eyes closed. See how many you can sink. Then try another spot on the green.

Ball Between The Knees Drill

Another common putting error I see in my golf lessons is a lack of stability. To putt well consistently, you must have great stability. Unfortunately, weekend golfers tend to move their lower bodies when they putt. That's a fatal mistake, but one that an be corrected with the help of a big rubber ball.

Take your normal putting stance on the practice green. Then wedge a rubber ball between your legs. Now squeeze the ball slightly with your thighs. Keeping the ball tight between your legs creates a solid foundation for your putting. Now hit some putts. Hitting putts this way helps develop a real feel for stability, essential to achieving a consistent putting stroke.

Work on these three drills from a variety of spots on the practice drill. They encourage better putting by ingraining three key putting fundamentals. If you keep practicing them, you'll eventually sink more putts per round, lowering your scores and golf handicap. You take more shots per round with your putter than any other club in your back. Make them all good ones.

Jack Moorehouse is the author of the best-selling book "How To Break 80 And Shoot Like The Pros." He is NOT a golf pro, rather a working man that has helped thousands of golfers from all seven continents lower their handicap immediately. He has a free weekly newsletter with the latest golf tips, golf lessons and golf instruction.

Illustration on Golf Putting drills to Practice at home

             
           Source:  Ken Martin PGA  member  http://collegeofgolf.keiseruniversity

Summary of Video Content:

• Makes use of PVC pipe to setup practicing straight putts

• Check to see if your putter swinging is correct

• Controlling your forward swing path

• Aid in controlling the heel and toe of the putter club face

by Scott Myers

Having to read the break and line golf greens can cause a high handicap golfer to break out in a cold sweat. This is because they haven't been shown an easy way to read greens yet.

In this article you're going to learn a 3-step process that is simple, yet a highly effective way to read every green and become a better putter in the process.

Step 1: Determine if the put is putt is uphill or downhill. -- I know this sounds like a no-brainer, but taking your time on this will help you with the other with the nest steps. Uphill putts will break less than downhill putts. So if a putt is uphill you would play for less break than a perfectly flat putt. Downhill putts are just the opposite. You would account for more break if your putt was downhill.

Step 2: Will your putt break right or left? -- Although it is impossible to tell you how much a putt will break in an article, I'll give you some putting tips to help you figure this out on your own.


Grass height & moister are the 2 biggest factors on how fast a green is running. If the grass hasn't been cut in awhile, or there is moister on the green, the putts will roll slower than normal. This affects how much the ball will break when you are picking out your line. You would have to account for more break on a dry green.

If you had been practicing your putting on the practice green, you would have a pretty good idea of how the greens are behaving that day.

Step 3: Putting steps 1 & 2 together. -- Now put everything together to find your optimal putting line. If you have a left-to-right breaking downhill putt, you would aim further left than you would for a level putt and use a softer stroke to compensate for the downhill putt.

On the other side a left-to-right uphill putt would require a firmer stroke while playing for less break on the putt.

While there have been entire books written on reading greens, these putting tips cover the majority of the basics on green reading and will give you a great jumpstart on sinking more putts.

About the author: Scott Myers has helped golfers of all skill levels start shooting the best golf scores of their life by teaching a simple, step-by-step putting formula designed to drop 9-to-11 strokes in as little as 5 minutes.
Putting Drills for Under Pressure  by Golf Confidence Academy
Covers technical skills where you might have some need additional training.Techniques to work on your visualization skills

Three Stroke - Saving Putting Drills   by Jack Moorehouse
Below are three great putting drills I've used in my golf lessons over the years designed to hone your putting skills.

Importance of Golf Putting Drills   by Paul Hobart
In the case of golf, when you spend those extra few minutes on the greens, practicing for your next match, you are actually preparing yourself for the speed and alertness that the game will demand of you.