Yet it amazes me still how few mid to higher handicappers that I will actually see working on the aforementioned skill of putting.

Working on improving your putting should be a given routine of your practice time.

It doesn’t take a lot of time, nor does it require the physical energy of working on your full swing.

It does, however, require that you take your practice putting time seriously and engage in it with full concentration.

Improving your putting is simple math. Conservatively speaking… and be honest with yourself… if you are a mid to high handicapper; you could easily take 10 strokes of your game just by consistently making those mid to short range putts and by not three putting.

In fact, over the course of a round of 18 holes of golf, I would say the 10 strokes may be understated from what I see on the putting greens.

Think about it for a moment. On a par 4 hole… if you are on the green in regulation… 2 shots… the other 2 shots to make par… is your putter. In other words, 50% of par 4 holes fall to the responsibility of your putter!

Why would not take the opportunity to improve this part of your game?

And if you are mid handicapper… by improving your putting and gaining confidence in your putting skills, just think of the amount of pressure you’ll be taking off the rest of your game… and momentum will continue.

So, stop using all your practice time to just bang golf balls on the range and get yourself over to the putting green… consistently!

There are a multitude of putting drills that you can use to improve your putting, so find a few that make you focus and one’s that you can track your results with.

No, matter what type of drills you ultimately use, the two high level areas of your putting that you must work on are your line and hitting the line with a straight putt; and distance control.

Remember, direction control, and distance control… with these improvements in mind, you’ll begin to eliminate those three putts from afar and you’ll keep strokes (and your money) in pocket on those 4 to 6 footers.