best putting drill

[sasquatcho69]

i've recently been working alot on putting, because i need to shave off about 5-10 strokes for golf season, and i was wondering if anybody has found any putting drills, practica aids, etc., that have dramatically improved your putting. i was thinking about getting the inside-down-the-line putting aid to replace the yard stick that i prop up with tees.
thanks

[lugonza_2001]

Here is mine:

Lock left wrist.

Hope you find it helpful

[Neil]

I own a 'Putting Rail' designed by Harold Swash (who is part of the development team at Yes!). The rail looks like a metal metre stick which you have to putt the ball along, if the ball falls from the rail that means you putter head was not square at impact.

I think the putting rail is a good aid as it suits any kind of putting swing path and really helps with focus on short putts.

[danieldrieberg]

A simple drill to visualize the relationship between speed and break.

Put a dozen balls around the cups at 3 to 4 foot distances. Ideally their will be some "break" within this area. Now try to fill the cup with all those balls. As you make putts the cup fills and to make the next ball the cup must be entered from a particular angle. Speed control and direction become important here.

This drill helps me with visualizing the break at a particular weight of swing. Kinda fun too. A chess match as to choosing which ball to hit next. My best is 11 balls made.

[Leftygolfer]

I do three drills. I do the 3 foot drill. Phil has made this famous. Pretty simple. Just 10 tees around the hole, balls beside, keep going till you miss. Then I do the same thing from 6 feet. If you make 7 out of 10 from 6 feet that is great. I also do a 20 foot drill. What you do is take two tees, 3 balls. walk off 20 feet one direction, put the tee in the ground, do the same other direction. Then the goal is to get the balls past the hole but no farther than three feet past. So you do one side, 3 putts, 3 putts, other side, 3 putts, then 1. It is really challenging. I have never been able to do it. If my directions don't make sense, these are all better explained by Pelz. The goal of all my drills is speed. If my speed is good putting is easy.