Practice drills
The Best Drills for Practice Drills
Drills that give immediate feedback instead of just filling a bucket.
Feedback beats volume
The best practice drills tell you something right away. A gate drill for putter face control or a towel drill for low-point control works because the result is visible: start line, strike, face angle, or speed. You do not need a complicated station; you need a drill that makes the miss obvious.
Three reliable options
- Gate drill: set two tees just wider than the clubhead or ball path.
- Landing-zone drill: pick a towel, fringe spot, or painted range target.
- Random-call drill: change club, target, or shot shape every ball.
Coach’s tip: If a drill lets you make ten bad reps without noticing, it is not a drill. It is decoration.
Match the drill to the course
A drill should eventually look messy. Golf gives you sidehill lies, odd yardages, different speeds, and nervous hands. Once you can do the drill in place, randomize it. That is where range skill starts becoming golf skill.