TBS Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 I often find myself with not enough time for a full range session but about 20 minutes that I could practice putting after work. What are your go to drills and putting practice routine that would be the most beneficial with 20 min of practice? TxTwinDad+2 and Mtbryant01 2 Quote M6 12* Oban Kiyoshi Purple 65g stiff TS2 16.5* HL Oban Kiyoshi Purple 75g stiff G410 Hybrid 19* Tour stiff i210 KBS tour stiff 4-GW 54* RTX Zipcore 58* glide 3.0 TP Black Copper Juno 34in Oncore elixr or Snell MTBx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnosil Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 11 minutes ago, TBS said: I often find myself with not enough time for a full range session but about 20 minutes that I could practice putting after work. What are your go to drills and putting practice routine that would be the most beneficial with 20 min of practice? Sped control is you number 1 thing. Go to the 50 minute make in this video and practice this drill or some form of ladder drill on longer putts I would also suggest green reading skills. I don’t have the link handy but the drill was basically to put a ghost hole about 1/3 of putt distance away from the hole and indicates where you think the putt needs to roll over to go in the hole Then roll the putt and see how well you are reading putts. I also do gate drills. That includes ball gates; to show that you can start the ball online with any length putt, and putter gates; to show that you r putts are being struck in the middle of the face You can do these drills indoors easily and don’t require anymore than about 5 feet of space TBS, THEZIPR23 and Kenny B 3 Quote Driver: G400 Max 9* w/ KBS Tour Driven Fairway: TS3 15* w/Project X Hzardous Smoke Hybrids: 915H 21* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 915H 24* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype Irons: TR20V 6-11 w/Vizard TR20-85 Graphite Wedge: 54/12D, 60/8M w/:Accra iWedge 90 Graphite Putter: Sacks Parente MC 3 Stripe Backup Putters: Milled Collection RSX 2, mFGP2, Futura 5W, TM-180 Member: MGS Hitsquad since 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headhammer Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 I always start with a ladder drill from every side of the cup then I move to long distance from all sides of the hole to try to gage the speed, grain and distance control. TBS 1 Quote Driver: Speed Zone 9* HZRDUS Smoke Yellow Shaft 3 Wood: King Speedzone 13.5* HZRDUS Smoke Black Shaft 2 & 3 Hybrids: Speedzone Recoil 480 ESX Shaft Irons: Speedzone 5-GW Recoil 460 ESX Shafts Wedges: PM Grind 54* & 58* Putter: Dual Force Rossi II Ball: Whatever I find in the woods HCP:18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyBobby_PR Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Two drills at 10 mins each 3’ circle around the hole. Place balls 5 balls 4’ apart from each other starting at 4’ from the hole. Place each line of balls at 3,6,9,12 o'clock. Goal is to have at least half finish in the circle. Putt each ball from 4’ then move to the 8’ and so on. Second drill. Place balls at 4 and 5’ from hole at 3,6,9,12 o’clock goal is to make at least 6. Putt all the 4’ then the 5’ TBS 1 Quote Driver: PXG 0811 X+ Proto w/UST Helium 5F4 Wood: TaylorMade M5 5W w/Accra TZ5 +1/2”, TaylorMade Sim 3W w/Aldila rogue white Hybrid: PXG Gen2 22* w/AD hybrid Irons: PXG Gen3 0311T w/Nippon modus 120 Wedges: TaylorMade MG2 50*, Tiger grind 56/60 Putter: Scotty Caemeron Super Rat1 Ball: Titleist Prov1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 I agree with @cnosil that speed control is the key thing to work on with limited time. When I played yesterday at an unfamiliar course, the greens were very slow, even slower than I remember them, and much slower than my home course. I arrived at the course early enough to spend time just to work on getting used to the speed, and I still left a bunch of putts short!! I actually didn't want to get used to them. Now I have to go to my course and spend time getting used to fast greens again... as if I needed an excuse. TBS 1 Quote “We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 When I practice and before every round, I do this Tiger Woods drill... TBS 1 Quote “We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Middler Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Like others I’d start with 3 footers to make sure alignment is dialed in. Then I’d go for varying longer distances, e.g. a 20 footer, a 30, a 10, a 25, etc. - mix it up. I never practice putting with more then one ball, as I want to test my green read, alignment and pace altogether. To me a second, third or fourth ball is pointless from the same spot - in a round you get ONE crack at every putt, so that’s what I practice. YMMV TBS 1 Quote Titleist TSR2 11° HZRDUS Red CB 50 6.0 w Lamkin UTx Midsize Titleist TSR2 16.5º HZRDUS Red 60 CB 6.0 & TSR2 21º HZRDUS Black 4G 70 6.0 w Lamkin UTx Midsize Mizuno JPX923 HMP 4-GW, T22 54.12WS, T22 58.04DC w Lamkin ST+2 Hybrid Midsize Evnroll EV5.3 Maxfli Tour & ProV1 Ping Pioneer - MGI Zip Navigator AT Payntr X 002 LE, Ecco Biom C4, Payntr X 001 F (Mesh) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revkev Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Could you also hit chip shots? I find myself in this situation frequently - I try to do two of these sessions a week - one of them I take three gamer balls a wedge and putter and hit random chips/pitches that I hole out. The other I start by hitting straight 3 - 4 footers until I hole 9 in a row - then I go to the middle of the putting green - drop the balls and try to roll them onto the fringe - repeat in several directions. Then I take one ball and putt it to each of the flags in some sort of random sequence. Kenny B, cnosil and TBS 3 Quote Taylor Made Stealth 2 10.5 Diamana S plus 60 Aldila R flex - 42.25 inches SMT 4 wood bassara R flex, four wood head, 3 wood shaft Ping G410 7, 9 wood Alta 65 R flex Srixon ZX5 MK II 5-GW - UST recoil Dart 65 R flex India 52,56 (60 pending) UST recoil 75's R flex Evon roll ER 5 32 inches It's our offseason so auditioning candidates - looking for that right mix of low spin long, more spin around the greens - TBD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rchang Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 I do distance drills, pace out to target and see how my feels are matched to reality for 10’ over. Then clock drill from 1 to 5 feet TBS 1 Quote WITB TS2 10.5 M2 3HL Mavrik Max 5W Titleist 818 4 hybrid Mizuno JPX921 HMP 5-Gap Mizuno S19 56 Maltby TSW 60 Bobby Grace Shiloh putter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Long lag putts. 20 ft 30 ft 40 ft. That’s all I’d do. Get the speed down. TBS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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