Short Putt Drills
sets of putts 3,5,8
– total 12 putts ( scoring par 3,5 and -1 for 8 ft) Tour Quality (-1); Lowest -4
– High volume of reps
36 putts – 3,4,5 foot putts
Target make as many as possible. KEEPING Score.
Tour Class would be 5-6 misses out of 36.
Setup of a “spiral” of 3,4,5,6,7,8 foot putts.
4 tries to complete all 6 putts – first try – do each putt. 2,3,4th try – restart on miss.
10 putts around the cup from 3 ft. ( e.g. 3 attempts at 30, if make done, max misses 5 ) penalty = 1 more drill
| Streak (n) | Expected Attempts 3 FT | Expected Miss 3FT | Expected Miss 4FT |
| 10 | 1.5 | .5 | 1.4 |
| 20 | 2.3 | 1 | 2.8 |
| 30 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 4.2 |
| 40 | 5.2 | 2 | 5.6 |
| 50 | 7.7 | 2.5 | 7 |
Medium Putting Drill
Putts between 9 -11 feet – goal to reach 10 in minimum number of putts.
Variations:
- feet – 15-point game
- 15 feet – 5 point
| Point Scheme | |
| One-Putt | 2 |
| Two Putts, first putt long | 0 |
| Two Putts, first putt short | -1 |
| Three Putt | -3 |
| Scoring Standards | 5-15 | 10-10 | 15-5 |
| Golfer | Median Holes to Win | ||
| Best Tour Putter | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| Average Tour Putter | 10 | 14 | 14 |
| Worst Tour Putter | 11 | 17 | 18 |
| 80 shooter | 13 | 24 | 21 |
Lag Putting
Two variables in Lag putting – Length of Backstroke, Energy (tempo), thought here is to keep the energy consistent and vary the backstroke.
Downhill putts are 3-putted 3 times as often as uphill putts. So let’s spend a bit more time refining touch and feel on downhill putts. This is building a reference for when you get out on the golf course.
Drill:
- 3 balls from 50,40,60 feet inside a 3 foot circle
- Final ball from 50 feet. [if fail, re-do the drill]
- Do drill from uphill and downhill to build a reference