Your favorite putting drill

[Rugger]

Lets get a thread going that explains/illustrates your favorite putting drills.

Personally I like setting up targets across a line alternating in distance. Far then short then medium etc.

Ready, go

[justinmill14]

Lets get a thread going that explains/illustrates your favorite putting drills.

what type of targets?

[Rugger]

what type of targets?

Usually just tees that I lay down sideways. Makes for a nice 1-3 inch target.

[justinmill14]

oh alright that is a good drill, i usually dont have that much time to practice my putting when im at the green (usually) but i do practice at home, and thats a good drill for at home also.

[mochila]

I like to go on the practice green of every course i play and practice rolling balls across and trying to stop them on the fringe. It acclimates me to the green speeds and helps me get a good feel for distance while I practice or b4 I go out and play.

[QWKDTSN]

I usually roll 3 balls across the green to the fringe to get a feel for speed before putting. Often I will find an empty corner of the green and stick a tee in the ground and do 3-footers to the tee until I can hit it 10 times in a row. Gets your focus down to that certain spot. Then I just mix it up. Long putts, short putts, medium putts. My goal is to never 3-putt from any distance or break.

[trjohnson2]

Ive always made a point of taking about five or ten putts with my right hand only, really helps me feel the release

[mruseless]

I like the ladder drill. Many ways to do this, but the most basic version is where you set 7 balls down at 2 ft, 3ft, 4ft, etc. Start at the closest ball, and you have to make each one or you start over. After failing to make all 7 for the 20th time, you discover that you are now bullet proof from 2, 3, and 4 feet.

I also regularly do the "Putting Square". Find a hole that has some slope. Put 4 tees in the ground around the hole, 3 feet out, so you have a straight uphill putt, a straight downhill putt, a left-breaking putt, and a right-breaking putt. Start with the uphill putt. You must make 3 in a row in order to move to the next tee. Count your misses. After going all the way around at 3 feet, move the tees back to 4 feet and do the same thing. After going around at 4 feet, move the tees back to 5 feet. When you've gone all the way around at 3, 4, and 5 feet, add up your total misses. My best is 18 misses. My worst is somewhere upwards of 60.

[ganjagolfer]

putting with my eyes closed, got the idea from tom kite who does it

[mikeloury25]

great posts. I stink at putting so I am trying to limit my putting to at the most 2 puts. helped me out alot as I am just getting back into the sport. and never had any advanced lessons

[justinmill14]

Usually when I practice in my basement I will take some painters tape and make about a 2ft square and then get as far back as the room allows, and just practice getting all the balls in that box, which helps eliminate three putts. I also put a little piece of tape right in the center of the box, and try to hit it right over that. Practicing that every night has improved my putting by so much.

[goblue107501]

I use a straight back - straight through motion. When I practice at home I will place a couple of books on the floor that are about a quarter inch wider than my putter. I'll put the ball in the middle of the books and just try and make a good stroke by not hitting the books.

[dragonflyin]

Ive always made a point of taking about five or ten putts with my right hand only, really helps me feel the release

Great drill, I do that as well!

[Yanks Fan]

I like the ladder drill. Many ways to do this, but the most basic version is where you set 7 balls down at 2 ft, 3ft, 4ft, etc. Start at the closest ball, and you have to make each one or you start over. After failing to make all 7 for the 20th time, you discover that you are now bullet proof from 2, 3, and 4 feet.

I do this whenever I'm on the putting green, but at a different variation. I set 3 balls in a line about 5 feet from the pin, 2 balls about 10 feet from the pin, and 1 one ball about 15 feet from the pin. I try and go all the way through without missing and if I do, I start over. The 5 foot putts become automatic after a couple attempts and then the 10 footers become easier but that damned 15 footer is never easy lol. I vary the distances as well.

[Dub]

Ive always made a point of taking about five or ten putts with my right hand only, really helps me feel the release

Just started doing this myself....5-10 left-handed only then 5-10 right-handed only. I do this at the very start of a practice session.

[jambalaya]

I like to do a lot of long lag putts. At first I just concentrate on getting a good feel for the distance and do about a half dozen without finishing out. I work on speed and direction only. Then I try to finish the putts just knocking them in from whereever the lag ends up.