Games and Drills

Easy to do practice routine while at tournaments or practice at home.  Do some or all of this practice and watch your scores improve. POST ROUND PRACTICE

About this Game: In this drill, you will need one golf ball and putter.  The purpose of this drill is to challenge your distance/birdie putting (30 feet) and short/par putting (3 feet).   Each putt will be from a different starting position at the appropriate distance. How to play? Putt 18 […]

Place: Greenside bunker with area to land the ball on a green, if possible. Using a pitching green with a bunker is ideal, but you may also hit greenside bunker shots from a practice fairway bunker to a towel, alignment sticks, or bucket (to simulate a green). You do not need perfect conditions […]

Place: Chipping Green Items Needed: Golf Balls, Wedges, 9-iron, etc. Skill Gained:    Chipping with varying degrees of difficulty    Chipping under pressure Why?  Attempting to chip consecutive shots in a row within a specified range applies pressure. Game:  Start 1 foot from the edge of the green. Chip 10 in a row […]

Learn a Safety Shot ….What is a Safety Shot? A Safety Shot is a “Go To” shot that may be 10 yards shorter than your normal shot and it may not be as pretty, but you know it is going to be in play. First, what happens when you get […]

How to Mentally Prepare for “Those Moments” “Those Moments” happen every round.  They occur when our mind wanders from the present to the future and past.  You know this is going to happen at some point. Stop kidding yourself that it will not. Everyone has a breaking point. At some […]

Place:  Chipping green  Needed: balls, wedges, 9 iron, etc. Skills Gained: 1. chipping with varying degrees of difficulty 2. chipping under pressure Why? Attempting to chip consecutive shots in a row within a specified range applies pressure. Game: Start 1 foot from the edge of the green. Chip 10 in a […]

Place:  Golf course Items Needed:  Golf Ball, Putter Skill Gained:  putting under pressure distance control 1 and 2 putting during play Why? Learning distance control is vital to posting low scores, and setting up 2-putts. Practicing pressure putts encourages confidence and simulates conditions during tournament play. Become skilled at making putts […]

Skill Long putts, distance putting Why? Gaining distance control is vital to posting low numbers, and setting up 2-putts. Game Putt 9 times from 30-60 feet Putt to within 3 feet of hole Play this game once daily for at least a week Scoring If ball ends inside 3 ft, […]

Use 1 ball Score +1 point for each chip inside 3 feet.  Score -1 for each chip outside of 3 feet Have a  positive score (+1) at the end of 9 chips at each level Increase your positive score at each level to: +3, +5, +7, +9! Level I : […]