Have you ever wondered how you should structure a 60-minute golf practice session?
Here’s a simple practice plan with actionable advice & games you can play to keep you occupied & improve your putting.
5 Mins – Warm Up
All you need to do is practice on a putting mirror for 5 minutes to warm up.
Now when I say, “warm up”, all you are doing is making sure your setup is good, stroke is moving well, posture is good, etc.
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5 Mins – Start Line Work
On the same putting mirror, place a gate or 2 tees roughly a foot or 2 away from where the ball sits on the putting mirror.
Work on hitting the ball through the gate. Hit 10-15 putts or until 5 mins has passed.
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10 Mins – Distance Control Understanding
Work on how distance control is created. Ideally you want enough energy in the backswing to hit the ball your desired distance.
A great drill is to place tees one grip length in front & behind the ball as you can see in this image. You can add 2 more tees to work on longer putts.
The idea is to have your backswing finish on the first tee behind the ball, & the follow through to finish on the tee in front of the ball. Backswing & downswing should match, as well as the speed the club is moving.
Hit 5 balls and try to have all 5 balls finish within a grip length.
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10 Mins – Green Reading
Learn to read greens via learning the basics of Aim Point or using what I would call a 3-step system.
An easy way to read the green would be to find where the ball needs to be in the final 1/3 of the putt. Work back from there.
Aim Point is very simple, use a level, find what slope it is and hold up that number of fingers. It take next to no time at all.
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Watch the premium video on green reading (aim point) and green reading 3-step system.
10 Mins – Short Putting Game
Test your short putting skills via a skills game. Place tees around the hole in a NSEW fashion at 3, 4 & 5ft.
See if you can go all around the hole without missing for the next 10 mins. Can you get 12/12? After 10 mins, what was the best score you could achieve?
10 Mins – Mid Range Practice
Practice your putting from what I’d call “Mid-Range”. These are putts from 5-20ft & are most likely to be par saves or birdie putts.
I don’t expect you to make all of these, but you should be working on putting all 3 skills together. Speed, Read, Start Line.
Do the 100ft challenge. It’s a great game for this.
10 Mins – Lag Putting
Using the skills from your distance control practice, play a putting game that involves putts from 20-50ft. These are going to come in handy when you maybe hit a green in 2 on a par 5 & have an eagle putt, or maybe a par 3 tee shot.
Here’s a game you can play called “Proximity Test”.
There you have it. A very simple & effective practice session that will last 60mins when on the putting green.
It will help you work on all the skills you need to become a better putter.
If you’d like more information or more practice game & putting techniques, check out my Performance Practice E-Book & the Ryan Mouque Golf Academy as resources for you to take a look at if interested.
