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Quick check of your fundamentals |
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Round the clock exercise - realistic practice for the round ahead |
Putt well round the clock
Practising your putting is invaluable, and generally amateur golfers don't give a large enough proportion of their practise time to "the game within a game".
However, a common complaint is that golfers can hole plenty putts on the putting green, but when it comes to the course the putts stop dropping.
In this case, I often investigate how the golfer is practising. Is (s)he getting the balance right between a) instilling confidence and b) realistically simlulating the course?
Number one priority is that you go out for your round feeling positive that you can do well. With regard to putting, a simple means to do this is to practice a few short putts on the putting green, to see the ball dropping in the hole a few times. The sight and sound of ball hitting bottom of cup is going to reinforce the belief that you can putt well that day.
Number two priority is to realistically rehearse for the course and one of the key features that add challenge to your round is breaking putts.
In the second picture, I am employing an old favourite putting drill, the round the clock exercise. Find a slightly sloping piece of green and place four balls down at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o' clock, all two feet from the hole. Work round the clock, following your pre-shot routine for each one. If you hole all four, then postion the balls in the same formation, three feet away and so on.
It makes putting practise much more like the course, and trains you to really read the putt before addessing the ball. You will get downhill, uphill, left to right and right to left putts consecutively, and prepare you for anything the course can throw at you.
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