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Lag Putting Drills to Cut 3-Putts

3-putts kill scores faster than anything. Lag drills fix the underlying problem: speed control on putts you should never hole.

Drills for this practice plan

Putting
Speed Roulette
6 putts of 15 feet around a hole at 6 different clock positions. Goal: each putt finishes PAST the hole, never short. Read the break, commit...
Putting
The Number Card
Round of 12 putts: 4 at 3 feet, 4 at 10 feet, 4 at 25 feet. Score = total made. Write the number down. Next session, try to beat the number ...
Putting
Random Cup Tour
Pick 9 putts of varied distance (3 to 30 feet) around the practice green. Play them like a 9-hole round, par 2 each. Each putt counts as 1 s...
Putting
The Calibration Loop
Find a flat 6-foot putt (validate with a level or phone app). Make 10 straight putts in a row from that spot. Then find a 6-ft left-to-right...
Putting
Reading Roulette
Drop 5 balls at random 15-foot locations on a sloped green. For each: read the break, mark your aim spot, putt. Score: 2 points inside 18 in...
Putting
Speed Track
Hit 6 lag putts from 30+ feet to an imaginary back-fringe landing zone you set 3 feet past the hole. Goal: NONE go past the back. Trains pur...
Putting
The Gate Drill
Set up two tees 3 inches apart, just wider than your putterhead. Place a ball behind the gate aimed at a hole 6 feet away. Putt the ball thr...
Putting
The Clock Drill
Set 6 balls in a circle 4 feet from the hole — like 12, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 on a clock face. Make all 6 without resetting. If you miss, start ove...

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