Golf Putting Drills
By far the most significant number of strokes lost in a round of golf, happen on the green. The fastest way to lower your score is by introducing golf putting drills. By using golf putting drills to improve your technique and confidence you will be able to get the ball in the hole in fewer strokes.
Anyone who has played more than a couple of games of golf would be aware that it is the short game that takes the most strokes. Have you ever had a 3 putt, or 4 putt, or even a 5 putt that has destroyed what could have been a good score.
The good thing is, if you incorporated some golf putting drills into your routine, you can eliminate all those disasters, and become more confident on the putting green.
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There are three essential elements to consider when it comes to improving putting.
- Maintaining a smooth putting swing
- Keeping the face square
- Achieving distance control
Maintaining a smooth putting swing
If you are going to use any golf drills, they should be done with a specific goal and purpose. This drill will help maintain a smooth putting swing, which is the key to solid ball striking and good tempo.
Place a ball on the green and then put a small coin on the ground about 15 centimeters in front of the ball. Next, you need to place a tee in the ground about 30 centimeters behind the ball. Bring the club back until it just barely nicks the tee and then immediately go into your fore-swing. Keep your arms moving in a pendulum fashion and make sure that you keep your hands still.
Keeping the Face Square
If you don’t keep the face of the putter square, you will make contact with the ball with the face either open or closed. The result will be you push the ball on the incorrect line. This drill will have you playing with you putter face square in no time.
Again, place a ball on the practice green and place a coin 15 centimeters forward of the ball and a tee 30 centimeters behind the ball. Bring your putter back until it taps the tee and observe that the face is still square. Then swing it forward, again watching to ensure that the face stays square as it passes over the coin.
Achieving distance control
The most critical part of putting, is to learn to control the distance the ball runs. This becomes more difficult as it will depend on the speed and slope of the green. There is no substitute for lots of hands on practice when it comes to honing your skills on the green.
There are many different drills and practice exercises to help improve distance control, but one of the best is to simply stake out six tees, about one meter apart, with the last tee being 6 meters away. Then, concentrate on getting the ball to each of the tees consistently.
If the ball rolls a little past the tee, that’s OK. What you don’t want to see is the ball rolling well beyond the target tee, or stopping short. The real benefit of this drill is that you are not aiming at a flag or a hole. If you were, it could distract you and cause you to focus more on accuracy than distance. While it’s true that distance and accuracy must work together, there are times when they should be learned separately.
These are only a couple of the many golf putting drills that are available. To master your skill on the green, you will need to invest time and effort. Once you start to improve you skills on the green you will quickly see your scoring improve.
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