Putting Drills
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One of the quickest ways to lower your score is by doing putting drills that work. A lot of golfers tend to lose strokes once they chip onto the greens. By doing putting drills, you can learn to get the ball into the hole in a lot fewer putts.
A seasoned player will tell you that what happens on the greens can ruin an otherwise good score if you have driven and chipped the ball well to get it onto the green. 3, 4 and even 5 putts happen more often than you might think, however there is some good news. Putting drills can tremendously assist golfers to hone their skills on the greens, resulting in much lower scores.
Concentrate on the following three essentials when doing your putting drills:
- Maintaining a smooth swing
- Achieving distance control
- Keeping the club face square
Maintaining a Smooth Swing
Putting drills should have a specific purpose and specific goal. With this tip, you can learn to swing the club smoothly, which is key to maintaining your tempo and striking the ball solidly.
Place a ball on the practice green and stick a tee into the ground about 12 inches 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 keep your hands still.
Achieving distance control
One of the most crucial putting drills is learning distance control. The only way to master distance control is through your own touch or feel. Nothing else can replace hands-on practice time when it comes to honing your skills on the green.
There are dozens of practice exercises for distance control, but one of the best is to simply stake out five tees, four feet apart, with the last tee being 20 feet away. Then, concentrate on getting the ball to each of the tees consistently.
If the ball rolls a few inches past the tee, that’s fine. What you don’t want to see is the ball stopping short of or rolling well beyond the target tee.
Notice that you are not aiming at a flag or a cup with this exercise, as this 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 not be learned together.
Keeping the Club Face Square
If you are in the habit of hitting the ball with your blade open or closed, try this:
Place a ball on the practice green and put a tee in the ground about twelve inches behind the ball. Put a silver coin on the ground about six inches in front of the ball. Bring your putter back until it taps the tee and then swing it forward, watching to ensure that the face stays square as it passes over the coin.
The above are only a few of the various putting drills that you can find on golfing websites or learn from a pro or friend. In order to master your skills on the greens, you just need to invest a little time and energy. Learn how to lag a putt, read a green and most of all learn to love your putting drills, because they really do work to improve your game, lower your score and most of all increase your fun.
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