Golf Tips: Putting Challenge

Many amateur golfers think they are helping their game on the putting practice green, but they may be repetitively doing nothing beneficial.  Practice putting can often be unrealistic, failing to accomplish anything other than eating up time before the player hits the first tee. Putting Challenge Next time at the putting practice green try this challenge, similar to what Phil Mickelson and many other PGA Tour pros do.  Place five balls around the hole in a circle and start at a foot or two in distance.   If you make them all, increase the distance one foot and repeat the five.  If you miss a putt, you must start over, from scratch. Proceed with this until you reach five feet, or if you are a glutton for punishment, pick something longer. Conclusion The pressure and intensity of knowing you have to start over puts a premium on each putt with regards to concentrations, nerves, and execution.  Those same qualities will present themselves on the golf course in a real round and because of this drill you'll be ready.  Those pesky five foot and under putts will be much easier to make, and who doesn't love making more putts? We do.