Putting Drill Ideas

[mwm118]

I recently changed putter, I love it, but am struggling with pace and confidence with the new putter and the summer greens. Just wondering if anyone has any drills that work for them well especially ones they use before playing a round?
Thanks

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Get yourself one of these https://www.amazon.co.uk/PUTT-PUTTING-TRAINING-AID-REDUCER/dp/B000FFYITO

I spend ages holing out from close range, and stick the larger ring in before I go out and hole a few putts. Makes the hole look much bigger on the course and great for confidence.

 

[Paperboy]

If your practice green is long enough, pace out 10 yards. Put a couple of tees a yard back from the hole.
Three balls, must make it past the hole unless they go in. But mustn't go past your tees. If you mess up the second one start again etc

Until all 3 are within a yard past the hole or in the hole. Good for getting the pace right.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

So....you have bought a new putter that you love but have no confidence in it and can't hole a putt with it?


OK.................

 

[pokerjoke]

So....you have bought a new putter that you love but have no confidence in it and can't hole a putt with it?


OK.................

Yes I found that quite funny but not half as funny as Homer giving out advice you just cant make some of this stuff up.

 

[Alucard]

I recently changed putter, I love it, but am struggling with pace and confidence with the new putter and the summer greens. Just wondering if anyone has any drills that work for them well especially ones they use before playing a round?
Thanks

Here is a game my Pro advised me to practice.
Start 20 to 25 feet away from the cup or as far as you like and putt 2 or even 3 balls at the hole, the object is to try to get all the balls down in 2 shots.

The furthest ball from the hole after the first putt is the ball that counts and the other balls are moved back to this distance so the next 2 or 3 puts are from the distance of the worst putt from shot 1.
When you get them all down for two you can stop, if you Hole a ball in one it doesnt count unless you hole all 2 or 3 balls depending how many balls you are playing.
The worst putt from the first shots defines the distance for the 2nd putts for all the balls you are playing.
This is harder to do than you would imagine but will certainly eventually give you feel for distance control.

 

[mwm118]

Thanks for the ideas guys, I shall be testing them out in the coming days. I have used a similar drill as mentioned by Alucard but for a whole hole, from tee shot to hole, and have found it very useful, but I'll try the drill just on the practice green and see how it goes.

Also btw I didn't actually buy a new putter, simply swapped back to an old putter which I used to love, hoping I can build my confidence up with it.

 

[TonyN]

You say you're struggling with pace, how so?

 

[mwm118]

You say you're struggling with pace, how so?

It's mainly long putts especially down hill that I judge the pace wrong, I don't have a tendency to either over or under hit, I would say its a mixture of the 2, which often leads to a 3 whack.

 

[Simbo]

Practice! Get out there on the green and do it over and over again.

 

[MadAdey]

Go and get yourself a V-Easy

 

[Beezerk]

Here is a game my Pro advised me to practice.
Start 20 to 25 feet away from the cup or as far as you like and putt 2 or even 3 balls at the hole, the object is to try to get all the balls down in 2 shots.

The furthest ball from the hole after the first putt is the ball that counts and the other balls are moved back to this distance so the next 2 or 3 puts are from the distance of the worst putt from shot 1.
When you get them all down for two you can stop, if you Hole a ball in one it doesnt count unless you hole all 2 or 3 balls depending how many balls you are playing.
The worst putt from the first shots defines the distance for the 2nd putts for all the balls you are playing.
This is harder to do than you would imagine but will certainly eventually give you feel for distance control.

I so this all the time when I'm on the practice green (wasn't shown it I just kinda started doing it myself), it's a great anti-3 putt drill.

 

[MadAdey]

So....you have bought a new putter that you love but have no confidence in it and can't hole a putt with it?


OK.................

I don't understand the thread either. How can you love a putter that you can't put in the hole and keep 3-putting with. Has it got pics of a naked lady on the head?

Maybe I need to start a thread....

I bought a new driver and I love it. But everytime I hit it it goes OOB.

 

[Albanach]

Think some folk are having an unnecessary go at the guy...he likes the look of the putter but is struggling with pace that's all...do the drills as described above but I recently saw a video where Darren Clark was saying that us lot should just practice from 2-4 feet out and just keep holing out. So take your putter and lay it on the ground and place a tee in the ground and repeat this at 4-6 spots around the hole. 2 balls per station and make your way round going back to the start of you miss one. You can then move out or in on 1 foot increments. This should give you confidence when you under or over hit a longer putt and your left with a wee stinker. Good luck.

 

[bobmac]

Never practice the same putt twice in a row

 

[turkish]

Never practice the same putt twice in a row

Interesting that you say that Bob is it detrimental to developing feel?

My puttings streaky and I regularly takes few balls and practice the same putt- that one went long so then try another and eventually get it right but you don't get 3 goes in competition!

 

[patricks148]

Go and get yourself a V-Easy

posting that is akin to saying "beetlejuice" 3 times:rofl:

 

[Wayman]

Go and get yourself a V-Easy

I would say this too.
Bought one myself and boy it's simple yet so good

 

[bobmac]

Interesting that you say that Bob is it detrimental to developing feel?

My puttings streaky and I regularly takes few balls and practice the same putt- that one went long so then try another and eventually get it right but you don't get 3 goes in competition!

Exactly.

Distance control drill.
Select 3 flags on the putting green.
1. nearest, 2. medium and 3 furthest away.
Putt one ball at each target (change the order each time). Then putt ball 1 at flag 3 then putt ball 2 at flag three.
Repeat
That mixes the distances up and makes sure you never have the same putt twice

 

[bobmac]

Go and get yourself a V-Easy

I would say this too.
Bought one myself and boy it's simple yet so good

Thanks guys, the cheques are in the post
:thup: