How to Putt Better With an Easy Drill

Do you want to know the secret to putting unbelievably well on the golf course? It's speed control!

Most people can read the break of a putt fairly accurately due to the amount of experience they have had playing through the years. But the athletic/feel part of putting is correctly judging the distance and the speed of a putt.

Here is a simple drill that will have you controlling the speed of your putts in 5 minutes. Use this drill before you tee off and you will be betting your golf buddies that you can sink that double breaking 30 footer on the first hole.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Your putter
• One golf ball
• 5 minutes on the practice putting green

1. Grab your putter and one golf ball and head to the practice putting green.

2. Choose a putt of about 10 feet or so. Putt to the hole while looking at the hole (not the ball) and with only your dominant hand on the putter.

3. Go around the putting green and putt one handed, looking at the hole for different lengths and breaking putts. You will miss short, long and everywhere in between at first. But give it 5 minutes and you will be dialed in.

Tips & Warnings

• You will start off missing putts short and long and everywhere in between! But after about 5 minutes YOU WILL BE SURPRISED at how accurate your speed control will become.
• Don't be afraid to look at the hole and practice your putting stroke one handed on the course when playing a round. It will keep the link between your mind and body in sync.