I Love Practicing Putting!

[Golf Drills]

Here is a putting drill I like:

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Place three balls in a row : 3, 6 and 9 feet from the hole.

P utt until you make all three putts in succession.

Miss and start over.

[jshots]

Originally Posted by Ben

18 "holes of golf" (10'-35') Playing 18 holes and seeing how many one-putts I make, pretending they are birdies. My record is 8under so far

I have done this since I was a kid. I love doing it and I know it made me a better putter. When I was bored I would go up to the golf course and play 72 holes putting, 18 at a time and give myself a number under par (which was always my previous best record +1) that the leader of this 72 hole tournament was at (I liked to think it was Phil or Tiger) and try to beat that.

[bunkerputt]

Great!  I love it too.  There's something really rewarding about picking a line and speed and putting the best stroke you can on it.  Sometimes, when I grade myself, I get 3 A's, perfect speed, perfect line, perfect stroke.  Most of the time I don't.  You can hole a surprising number of putts with an overall B average.  It's always been so curious to me that people either think about putts as "in" or "not in".  Talk about taking a grey area and making it black and white.  It's the most philosophically weird of all the athletic endeavors.

[retexan599]

I would enjoy lengthy putting practice, but my lower back gets sore very quickly. Maybe something wrong with my posture?

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