When time isn't on your side, try the below putting drill to warm up.
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Look, I get it. Sometimes, you have it all planned out perfectly. You’re going to get to the course nice and early and get a proper warmup in. But then life gets in the way. By the time to get to the course you’ve got about 12 minutes before you’re on the tee. Maybe just enough time to roll a few putts.
Which brings us to the below post by professional golfer Fredrik Lindblom. He calls this his “go-to speed drill for putting,” and it’s one that you can spend hours practicing, or can knock out in a few minutes to help get you dialed in.
All you need is to grab three tees, one golf ball, a putter and an extra club. Here’s how it works.
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1. Set the extra club 17″ behind the hole
It doesn’t need to be exact, just eyeball it.
2. Place tees 10′, 20′, and 30′ from the hole
Step it off yourself; one normal step equals about three feet. You can go further back if you want, but for most of us, it’s best to follow Fredrik’s 10-20-30 advice.
3. Hit putts
Starting at 10 feet, hit a putt. If it ends either in the hole, or long of the hole but not touching the club 17″ past the hole, then you get to move back to 20′. Your goal is to hit three putts — one from each distance — in a row, without touching the club or coming up short. It’s not easy, and you may not be able to do it in 10 minutes, but no matter what it’s time well spent!
Luke Kerr-Dineen is the Game Improvement Editor at GOLF Magazine and GOLF.com. In his role he oversees the brand’s game improvement content spanning instruction, equipment, health and fitness, across all of GOLF’s multimedia platforms.
An alumni of the International Junior Golf Academy and the University of South Carolina–Beaufort golf team, where he helped them to No. 1 in the national NAIA rankings, Luke moved to New York in 2012 to pursue his Masters degree in Journalism from Columbia University. His work has also appeared in USA Today, Golf Digest, Newsweek and The Daily Beast.
