Golf Putting Tip - Improve your Short Putting
Hi Guys,
Just wanted to let you in on a great set of putting drills which will help you with your short putts within 10 feet.
This set of putting drills is just one from the 21 Days to Better Golf instruction course.
With the new season upon us we all get alittle rusty with our game. This golf lesson will have you saving some strokes once you hit the green.
Hole Em
There is an old saying in golf which I am sure you know and have heard many times “Drive for show,Putt for dough”
Well that is one golfing term that no player can get away from however good they may be or however bad they may be.
In Putting there is definitely always room to improve, so, lets get started.
You first of all need to start practising your putting, and I have come up with 3 drills that you can use now to improve this element of your game.
Lets start with Hole em
Take four golfballs out onto the practice putting green and set them down just 1 foot from the hole, yes just 1 foot from the hole. Now knock them in at speed, don’t just trickle them in, make them hit the back of the cup and drop.
Do this 3 times making sure that you hole every single putt. If you miss one putt then you must start from the beginning
Once you have completed 3 sets of 4 putts from a foot, move the balls 2 feet from the hole and repeat the exercise. Again knock them in at speed.Again make them hit the back of the cup and drop.
Do this three times making sure that every single putt drops If you miss one you must go back and start from the
beginning.
And when i say the beginning, I mean from the one foot putts. Yes, you must start from the one foot putts. I know this will get frustrating at times but believe me it is worth it.
Once you have completed 3 sets of 4 putts from two feet, move the balls 4 feet from the hole and repeat the exercise. Again knock them in at speed. Again make them hit the back of the cup and drop.
Do this three times making sure that every single putt drops If you miss one, you must go back and start from the
beginning.
And when i say the beginning, again i mean from the one foot putts. Yes, you must start from the one foot putts. Now you will be tearing your hair out, but trust me, you will get it right and it will improve your putting.
Once you have completed 3 sets of 4 putts from four feet, move the balls 8 feet from the hole and repeat the exercise. Again knock them in at speed. Again make them hit the back of the cup and drop.
Do this three times making sure that every single putt drops If you miss one, well you know what to do now, go back to the beginning and start again.
I’ll tell you something, It took me six two hour sessions to go through the whole series of one foot, two foot, four foot and eight foot putts before I did it.
Let me know how you get on with this one, We can even set up a league table of the top ten quickest golfers and put it on the blog
Good luck with the drill
Richard
Comment by Kenny DuQ
Not to be negative but 21 days can be 1/3 of a golf season for some of us.
The 21 day drill may work fine but how many players have that kind of time. What do you work on when you have 10 to 15 minutes before tee time? Should we work on distance control? Should we work on our stroke? Do we just putt as many as we can and hope we can work it out during our round? I would like to get a few thoughts on the process that goes through the minds of players trying to beat the clock on the practice green, yet put in some quality practice before tee time.
Let us know some of your practice green secrets.
Happy Golfing
Kenny DuQ
Comment by Anonymous
Hi Kenny,
Thanks for the comment on the post and you are right, not everybody can afford the time to take 21 days to get their golf game in shape, but let me try and give you some advice on your question.
If you only have 15 minutes before your tee time then I suspect you are like a lot of golfers and may have been in a rush to the course so you wont have time to hit a bucket on the range.
If you only have 15 minutes then some deep breathing and gentle muscle flexing is probably a great use of your time. I would take 7 - 8 minutes for this, followed by swing the heaviest club in your bag for 2 - 3 minutes with slow gentle swings just to stretch out the muscles and then if the putting green is close just knock in some easy 3 or 4 footers to get the eye in.
I will email you some specific warm up routines to your email.
All the best
Richard
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