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**heltduell** · 03-22-2011, 07:52 PM

I had similar problems with my putter after seeing rapid improvement just like you when I first started playing golf. One of the drills I have been doing that seems to be really helping my putting game is to practice < 5ft putts. When I go out before a round to the practice green, I take 3 balls with me and put them at about 3 feet on one side of the hole. Ill keep putting from that general spot until I have made 2 sets of 3 in a row (6 in a row total). Then I move to the left side of the pin and repeat the drill and continue all the way around the pin. I'll do this sometimes for 20 minutes before I really feel comfortable with my stroke. At that point, Ill practice a 15ft putt to work on distance. But I usually have such a good feel from my putter at that point that distance control is not a problem. This drill has made my putting avg drop from around 3.5 down to about 2.1.

03-22-2011, 07:52 PM	#5
heltduell Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 438 Senior Member	I had similar problems with my putter after seeing rapid improvement just like you when I first started playing golf. One of the drills I have been doing that seems to be really helping my putting game is to practice < 5ft putts. When I go out before a round to the practice green, I take 3 balls with me and put them at about 3 feet on one side of the hole. Ill keep putting from that general spot until I have made 2 sets of 3 in a row (6 in a row total). Then I move to the left side of the pin and repeat the drill and continue all the way around the pin. I'll do this sometimes for 20 minutes before I really feel comfortable with my stroke. At that point, Ill practice a 15ft putt to work on distance. But I usually have such a good feel from my putter at that point that distance control is not a problem. This drill has made my putting avg drop from around 3.5 down to about 2.1.
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