Sadly for a lot of us, we hardly have the time to work on putting. Some of the less zealous golfers are fortunate to even just play one round per week. Nevertheless if you actually want to improve your putting results, you want to put your time in and work on your stroke. Putting truly has no quick fix, and if it probably did, everyone would do it and the sport would lose its luster.
Lowering your score all relies upon your ability to play the putting game. Each golfer knows that you have got to make a putt on each single hole (except for the rare occasion of hitting a chip in or hole out). If you want to improve your score, then why don't you improve as much as you can on the strokes that you will be taking on the course. Here is the putting practice routine I use.
Short Putts
To begin with, you need to hole out all the putts that you need to make. These are the putts that are within 6 feet or less of the hole. There are 1 or 2 drills that I usually do to work on this distance.
The first thing you need to do is to get a straight putt and put a tee down at 3 feet, six feet and 9 feet. The objective is to make nine putts in a row, three from each spot. Begin by making 3 three-footers. If you miss one then you have to start again, but if you make three straight shots then you can move on to the subsequent spot. If you miss on a six-footer or a nine-footer, then you have to go back to the beginning and start at the three-foot mark again.
Another drill that can help you with the makeable putts is the six-foot circle. Place four tees round the hole making a box or a wheel. Each tee should have equivalent distances apart and this drill will help you make putts of assorted levels of difficulties like the uphill, downhill, right-left and left-right putts. Like the first drill make three from each location before moving on to the next.
Reduce Three-Putts
Now that you have practiced your makeable putts and are sure that you can make more from three-feet, six-feet and nine-feet, you're now in a position to take a lot of pressure off the others sides of your game. It'll be all the more tough for you to three-putt if you do not miss the short ones. However another aspect that requires practice is lagging putts longer than 20-feet. This way you can dump the added shots taken by three putts by ensuring you leave yourself a tap-in from the long lengths.
Two drills can be used to practice your speed control. First thing is to put a marker down three feet without delay behind the hole. Then walk out to 20 feet from the hole and place a marker down every three feet. Dependent on how much green there is available, you can travel out up to 44 feet or so. Then proceed to hit your putts from each spot, making sure that all three putts get past the cup but within the tee that is placed three feet behind the cup. If all 3 shots don't end up in that area then begin from that length again.
Playing a game with yourself is also another drill that may be used to practice your putting. Take a single ball and play to different holes on the putting green, making certain that each putt starts out at 25 feet or more. After making your first putt, make sure you finish and make your second putt too. Score yourself a (-1) for every shot you hole out and a (+1) for each hole you three putt. The aim is to get to (-3) before you reach (+3).
An additional tip for discovering your feel as quickly as possible is to hold your finish. Instead of watching the ball roll to the hole after your putt, maintain your follow through as you watch your ball come to a stop. It'll be simpler for your subconscious to ingrain how far the last stroke made the ball roll so that you can adjust your shot to how soft or how hard you may hit the next putt. You can quickly find that with a little work, you can discover your touch on the green.
Lowering your score all relies upon your ability to play the putting game. Each golfer knows that you have got to make a putt on each single hole (except for the rare occasion of hitting a chip in or hole out). If you want to improve your score, then why don't you improve as much as you can on the strokes that you will be taking on the course. Here is the putting practice routine I use.
Short Putts
To begin with, you need to hole out all the putts that you need to make. These are the putts that are within 6 feet or less of the hole. There are 1 or 2 drills that I usually do to work on this distance.
The first thing you need to do is to get a straight putt and put a tee down at 3 feet, six feet and 9 feet. The objective is to make nine putts in a row, three from each spot. Begin by making 3 three-footers. If you miss one then you have to start again, but if you make three straight shots then you can move on to the subsequent spot. If you miss on a six-footer or a nine-footer, then you have to go back to the beginning and start at the three-foot mark again.
Another drill that can help you with the makeable putts is the six-foot circle. Place four tees round the hole making a box or a wheel. Each tee should have equivalent distances apart and this drill will help you make putts of assorted levels of difficulties like the uphill, downhill, right-left and left-right putts. Like the first drill make three from each location before moving on to the next.
Reduce Three-Putts
Now that you have practiced your makeable putts and are sure that you can make more from three-feet, six-feet and nine-feet, you're now in a position to take a lot of pressure off the others sides of your game. It'll be all the more tough for you to three-putt if you do not miss the short ones. However another aspect that requires practice is lagging putts longer than 20-feet. This way you can dump the added shots taken by three putts by ensuring you leave yourself a tap-in from the long lengths.
Two drills can be used to practice your speed control. First thing is to put a marker down three feet without delay behind the hole. Then walk out to 20 feet from the hole and place a marker down every three feet. Dependent on how much green there is available, you can travel out up to 44 feet or so. Then proceed to hit your putts from each spot, making sure that all three putts get past the cup but within the tee that is placed three feet behind the cup. If all 3 shots don't end up in that area then begin from that length again.
Playing a game with yourself is also another drill that may be used to practice your putting. Take a single ball and play to different holes on the putting green, making certain that each putt starts out at 25 feet or more. After making your first putt, make sure you finish and make your second putt too. Score yourself a (-1) for every shot you hole out and a (+1) for each hole you three putt. The aim is to get to (-3) before you reach (+3).
An additional tip for discovering your feel as quickly as possible is to hold your finish. Instead of watching the ball roll to the hole after your putt, maintain your follow through as you watch your ball come to a stop. It'll be simpler for your subconscious to ingrain how far the last stroke made the ball roll so that you can adjust your shot to how soft or how hard you may hit the next putt. You can quickly find that with a little work, you can discover your touch on the green.
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Jamie Faidley not only helps with how to practice putting, but also writes articles on putting drills so golfers know what to work on. If you want golf-related content on your site, contact him at Easy Pars.
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